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  1. Barnon

    Modified Skimmer to raise water level?

    I like the way my pool looks after a hard rain that raises my water level above my current skimmer opening. I was thinking of modifying my Skimmer to allow the water to come up within a few inches of where my Vinyl Liner attaches. Are there any problems that may arise from this concept that I...
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    Question about Palm trees. Too close to the Pool?

    We built this pool about three years ago and planted the two palm trees in the pics after it was completed. I'm wondering if they will cause a problem as they get bigger. I think they are Mexican Fan Palms. The two pics attached shows the edge of the trunk is about a foot away from the Flatwork...
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    Pool Coping for Steel wall vinyl liner pool

    ]I will be installing the coping soon on my DIY pool. I will have a concrete deck butting up to 3.5 wide x 2.24 high x 9 inch long bull nose coping with an expansion joint in between. I'm in the process of pouring a concrete base about 12 inches wide x 6 inches deep reinforced with rebar that...
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    Light Niche installed to high

    Help! I installed the steel wall panel with the light niche upside down so the light niche is too high. According to specs it needs to be 18 inches below the surface of the water. Seems impossible to fix at this point. Should I just put a cover on it and make it impossible to install a light...
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    Cloudy water after hard Texas rain on newly built pool

    Hi all. I am in the process of building a DYI vinyl liner pool. We just filled it up with city water from our house taps about 3 weeks ago. The water looked great until we had a hard rain about a week ago and now the water is quite cloudy. Attached are a few pics. I shocked the pool and ran the...