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My pool was built 2 months ago. It's wonderful. 20 x 41 mountain pond inground. Concrete bottom and a mixture of concrete and vermiculite sides. I noticed today in the bright sun, that underneath the liner is quite a bit of rockiness texture. Especially on the walls and deep end sides it...

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Hi... it starts at the pool edge/coping and is bigger there... but then travels outward, fading halfway down patio (about 2.5 to 3 feet out). It's small... right now. I live in Massachusetts... so yup, we will get a big winter/freeze! I called the patio builder and waiting to hear back. They...

The patio was poured Tuesday. Today, I noticed a hairline crack and it's not within a seam! It's subtle... and tapers off and not running the whole way down the 5 foot area... it's perhaps halfway down already. Is this normal????

Does anyone have any experience in acid staining? Does it hold up? Or is it something you have to maintain every couple years??

I just had my pool deck finished today. I went with the basic concrete that has a nice design, going out a bit on certain areas. They did a trowel finish instead of a broom finish. When it's wet... it's a dark gray and I like it. To my surprise today... it dried and became almost white...

Thanks for your responses. My town's bylaws says at least 5' high. But when I drive around and look at other homes on my street (newer pools), some have 4 feet. So, I'm confused... others are definitely below 5 feet. This is the only fence on my property... I have a 40 foot wide x 16 foot...

We are going with a black aluminum style fence. The fence will be a complete square around the patio with more space for mulch. I'm having trouble on deciding on height. Which do you think looks best... 4.5 feet high or 5 feet high? Any advice?

My gosh... not only do i have the same shape, but i think i picked the same liner... pic from a couple weeks ago....

Gorgeous! I just installed the same pool a couple weeks ago! I backfilled with existing earth... interesting you are with gravel... that seems better! I was told to wait 3 to 6 weeks for patio to let ground settle. We ran a hose around the permiter and major ground sinking... husband rented...

Yes, my pool is now swimable... 1 week. The picture with the water is only 1 truckload of water... barely putting any in the deep end. That sat for one day. Today they backfilled and put another truckload of water in... then we used our house hose to top it off. Next, is our electrian who...

The picture without the liner was last week (before they poured the concrete inside). The liner pics are from today!

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They will backfill with the ground they dug up... as it's all around the sides. Can I attach a picture or do I need to create a URL to the picture?

For all of you who waited till the Spring and have a fence around the pool... did you wait to install the fence too? Is the orange construction fence sufficient/up to code during the wait? Want to do my fence AFTER my patio.. but not sure if that's legal.... let alone safe!

If they don't pour the decking... why on earth do they care then?? 3 pool companies all say do it within 3 weeks. Although they all did say a few years ago, yes, they advised to wait... but not anymore. And, I wonder why???

Bottom of contact says: The Contractor recommends the installation of a concrete deck of at least 3 feet minimum around the entire circumference of the pool within 3 to 6 weeks of pool installation to complete the monolithic integrity. Owner acknowledges the contractor has explained the...

I'm having a pool installed now... water is going in as I type! 21 x 40 inground vinyl liner pool. Last week we had a bad heat wave (massachusetts). The pool company usually uses vermiculite for the hard bottom. But they didn't like how the vermiculite was mixing last week so they went to...

Thanks for your responses. I've got to wonder though... why do all the pool companies up here say do it within 3 weeks. I had 3 pool companies bid on my pool and all said the same thing. And they aren't doing the decking. If I wait till the Spring, is it best to wait for the fence too? What...

I live in Massachusetts and am almost done with my pool installation. Liner and water go in this week. The pool company is telling us that we must wait at least 3 weeks before pouring the deck/cement patio. That gives enough time for the ground to settle. But every single person I talk to...