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Thanks for the "chainsaw" advice, but due to a medical condition, I need my pool to stay somewhat cool and shady through the Houston summer, so I love the benefits and we tolerate the mess from my unpruned overhanging oak shade tree and my massive overhanging Evergreen Wisteria, which drops...

Thanks, JoyfulNoise and pooldv for your advice. I need a robot to clean and brush my pool floor, walls and tile line. Can the robot handle a shallow shelf? Will it get stuck on it or will it fall back in the water when it gets to the shallow shelf or the top step? I have many seating benches...

Thanks, Matt. I didn't even think about the shallow end. I will use your method and ask my son or husband to help with the brushing/mixing if necessary. BTW, I noticed that you switched from KreepyKrauly to a robot cleaner. I am having extreme wear problems on my Polaris bags, tail, body, etc...

You guys about have me convinced, I have watched the Polaris doing its random thing, getting stuck on the stairs for seemingly hours, spraying my windows and my friends. Now I just need to research robots. I think some can be controlled with your phone, right?

Okay, thanks. I looked at your link about robot, but also noticed in your "2012 build and pics" that you originally had a Polaris 380. Did you have similar wear problems with it? Just curious. My Polaris was somewhat reliable for years until I replaced my plaster with pebble. Now I need to...

Thanks for the advice, Matt. I was trying to avoid brushing since I am a weakling, and thought adding to a circulating spa spilling into to the pool would do the work for me. But the spillway runs down the tile onto a shallow bench seat. Can you see any downside to that? I could add it over...

I am considering adding boric acid to my pool to help alleviate the sudden mustard algae blooms in Houston. I use mostly liquid chlorine supplemented by a floater with some Tri-Chlor tabs, but occasionally my FC drops too low (I use a TF-100 test kit). I have a four month old Pebble Tec surface...

Pebble Tec and Pebble Sheen pool owners, please advise. My trusty Polaris 380 is having issues since I updated my plaster to Pebble Sheen. The rough surface is wearing all the parts of my cleaner that rub against the pebbly surface. The all-purpose bags are most problematic in the short term...

Hello! I love your design and your coping & deck colors are similar to mine, except I now have white plaster but want to replace it with Pebble Sheen, and my favorite color is Irish Mist. How do you like the color? Can you upload some photos? It is difficult to find pools in this color, but I...