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Hey guys, It’s been a while but I’m still trying to resolve my messed up patio. Upon cleaning up the Mason damaged the sandblasted marble stone by power washing it with pressure nozzles. It stripped the finish and left swirls on many stones. I’ve attempted to try multiple different...

Hi Guys, Need some advice. I really ran into a problem with my patio installer. His man went to pressure wash and used a strong nozzle too close to my patio and caused damaged and streaking. They then tried to apply a new cleaner today and left a ton of discoloration. I think he will do...

Hey guys, Marble dust was done yesterday. They finished around 1pm and started filling. ~415 very very light rain for ~ 5 mins. ~730 torrential downpour for 25 mins followed by light rain for next 2 hours. Today pool is still filling and my sunshelf looks like attached. PB said it’s calcium...

Hey guys, Curious to gather some opinions on how to finish this product off. The pool and patio coming off the house is about 2.5, max 3ft higher elevation than my yard. This entire time I pictured feathering down to the yard but am not realizing that would yield a larger sloped portion of...

Been reading up on this as this part of the decision has finally come up and I figured be great to get a fresh opinion from the experts. We are a rectangle 22x40. On the deep end we will have a 25ft L shaped dolphin water slide in a rock waterfall feature. So despite being a rectangle we are...

Hey guys - need TFP to come to rescue one again. My PB just put the plumbing in. All the return heads are 1.5in and they are all on basically a single loop. They have an initial 2 inch line that is split into 2 1.5in lines. One of the 1.5in lines feeds 3 returns. The other feeds 2 returns...

Hey guys, Does this design make any sense? PB wanted to put both skimmers on the side of the pool nearest my house so that when you look out from my house you don’t see the skimmers which I appreciated but not so certain in the return design? Uploading pictures not working. So pool is 40x...

Hey Guys, Cannot thank you guys enough. This information is like pulling teeth to get anywhere else. I wanted to confirm my understanding here… 1) Pentair Home App - simple app for phone that my intelliflo variable speed pump can be added to and controlled from WITHOUT needing the...

Hey guys, Back again for amazing advice. My deep end swim out is a small 36x18 inch bench. The main purpose is for egress to the DB and slide entrance. PB wants me to do 18in water depth. So about 24 inches to TOC - to me that’s too high for my 6 and 4 year old to get in and out. I get...

Hi guys, So my pool is finally being dug right now. I was originally given the attached photo which safely fits a level 1 diving envelope next to my slide. Pool was expanded to 22 ft wide to do this. Now after much scrutiny over the slope profile - I observed this wasted 1 ft of flat deep...

Supposedly 2 weeks away from demo-ing my old pool and I’m still debating this design. On the rectangular build the PB said the swim out has to be in the corner. But now look at how someone off the slide has to travel to get there…. So I thought of this different length deep end walls. This...

Hey guys, Equipment all pentair 3 HP variable speed pump IC40 Tr 100 filter No automation - seems too expensive for what value it will bring me (no spa) Current pool spec 20x40 7.5 by 3.5ft deep 33000 gallons. Likely to enlarge to 22x40 - 36000 gallons. I’ve even doing some...

Hey Guys, Any thoughts with this L shape design and just doing a straight cliff at the dotted lined. I’m installing a type 1 pool / diving board which requires 29ft of length and 12ft wide. I finally found a smaller envelope for slides installed around DBs (attached as well). Long story...

Hi Everyone, I’ve asked already about the general idea of renovating for rip out + new pool. The overwhelming feedback was to renovate which I can understand the logic here. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it, in this don’t case rip it out. However, I am having trouble coming to terms with the...

Hey guys, Still trying to figure out how to have a diving board and slide given the two enormous and entirely unnecessary safety envelopes. Pool builder will not install overlapping envelopes. So here’s the next question - According to the safety standards are shallow end transitions of 1:7...

Every Insurance company’s dream come true or worse nightmare… Does any one know the rules in NY around how close these 2 items can be. Say the water slide has a 10x15 safety envelope can that overlap with the diving board safety envelope? If no, that would place them impossibly far apart for...

Hey Everyone, Looking for anyone who can shed some personal experience on pool slides. I’m looking for the most fun slide I can get to increase the longevity and return on the cost. I am a bit space constrained so I have the below two options. Single piece dolphin 15.5ft slide or a custom...

Hi guys, I know the travertine in cold climates has been discussed at length and there are various opinions and travertine continues to be a popular product throughout my area (LI). That being said, is there an expectation that sandblasted travertine should be even worse? The idea being the...

Hi Everyone, Trying to get some expert advice for a large project decision. I have an existing 30yr old Gunite pool - no idea the quality of installation. It still holds water and no visible signs of cracks that I can see through the water. Pool companies are not afraid to renovate this pool...

Hi everyone, I think I may have posted original thread in wrong location “everything else” Forgive me, I’m New here. Doing a Gunite / patio renovation soon and been obsessing over patio material. Looking for some advice. My number one priority is cool feet. I am in the northeast so have...

Hi, New member here. Doing a Gunite / patio overhaul this fall into spring and looking to leverage some expertise from valuable members of this forum!