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Thanks everyone. From what I'm hearing, mesh does not block sunlight 100%; and depending on when you close and open, water might be green - clear, but green. And I'm seeing that a solid cover would most likely have clear water when pool is opened in Spring. Assuming that all the prep work are...

Hi everyone, Deciding between the following: Solid ( with drain in the middle ) - I'm leaning towards this due to all day all sun, even in winter when there is no snow on the ground 12 x 24 ft Rectangle Safety Cover Hyper Light Solid | Pool Supplies Canada or Mesh 12 x 24 ft Rectangle Safety...

Auto-drain - I need to figure this out for my pool. One of the disadvantages of small pools I guess, one torrential rain, and I'm watching the pool level - had to drain it twice yesterday during the rain storm. But no problem to keep warm :)

I've left most of the finishing touches/landscaping for me to play around with - keeps me busy in the yard and out of the house :) Still a long way to go for "our paradise", but I'm enjoying the journey. I want to put a covered area where I have the old bench now - bench is there as a...

U Profile Deluxe Inground Wheel Solar Reel with 16 ft Tube | Pool Supplies Canada Happy with it so far - I have no sag in mine even though I got the 14mm cover. Granted, I've a 12x24 cover - so not much weight to begin with. But also because the tubing is "doubled" in my case, the extension...

Cool pool and drawing. Almost did artificial sod; let me know how it works out, and if you're happy with the supplier. Looking forward to see the rest of the build

As promised - View when exiting the house: At some point, there will be a covered sitting area looking towards the house: Random shot from the softscape area My new solar cover - 14mm clear - pool gets to be 92F - at some point, will be hidden inside a bench/box or something - we'll see...

Quick update. Since we've dropped 5 bags salt, and shock, the morning after, swg registered good salt, flow. Using test strips while getting my testing kit, all is fine. Water looks clearer, slightly cloudy still. Used the pool yesterday, pool gets full sun all day. So in the morning, chlorine...

Okay - so, water is cloudy. I've been running the pump 24 hours at 1750 rpm since June 22nd on good old Richmond Hill tap water. PB dropped by today and dropped 6 ( or was it 5 ) bags of 20KG salt and shock the pool. I suppose he's doing a pool opening. Pool is about 9K Gal (34K litres) if...

My 0.02 - First off - you can check prices at Pool Supplies Canada Keep in mind that PB includes a margin and install cost in their prices - and some equipment sellers will not give full warranty if diy install - pentair comes to mind From what I just went through - please consider the...

Thanks everyone - appreciate the support and the opportunity to share. It felt like TFP was my therapy session - sharing progress made the wait bearable - not sure if I'm explaining this correctly. It got my mind distracted from the build/mess and instead, pool educate myself while I'm...

I looked at both BlackStone and CampChef - from what I can tell, Camp Chef would be a better choice. I'm still deciding if it makes sense for me.

All caught up with footage of pool project Final push - waiting for sod and we should be done - hopefully tomorrow Day 17 - Finishing pavers with Polymeric sand Day 18 - morning rain and mostly cloudy - thank goodness - and the crew pushed on Video - Day 18 - Pea Gravel and Preparing base...

Day 16 - Finish laying all pavers Getting close to the finishing line - problem is there are 9 projects sharing the same crews; so we all get them a few hours a day only - and the whole project drags on - assembly line style.

What seems to be the unnecessary mess is what gets to me; and with a slight case of OCD, it does not help that I have my gopro capturing the build :) I've come to realize that when it comes to outdoors projects - I have to follow the 80%-20% rule - with time, I've seen the 20% slowly goes away...

Congrats - What kind of pool did you get? Vinyl, fibreglass? Mine is almost done and I can't wait for all the mess to be done with.

I did a diy using irrigation tubing once for my 16ft diameter round above ground "vinyl bag" :) 100 ft of them - key is to slow down the flow for maximum heat exchange. Worked amazingly well - sometimes too hot in full summer. Keep in mind to not run the system at night when the temp dips as...

Congrats on a beautiful pool - Looks amazing; and I'm biased to rectangular pool :) I just like the simplicity of it. Good choice on the placement with the pool - I find that it makes the pool longer when you're coming down the steps :) We are having one build with similar ideas ( minus the...

Wow, smart idea. Perhaps paint/cloth/something dark/black the block then apply the privacy screen? I wish I was as handy as you Chris.

I tend to keep my lawn 3" to 4" - or whatever the max height my lawn mower allows and it stays green in summer - less watering So, quick update - we're switching to full pea gravel around the pool deck - basically, I jump started my rock/zen garden - still have the other half of the yard for...

I came to the same conclusion - no point rushing the rock garden yet - pool builder is also more $$ for this kind of work anyway. Foot wide edge won't buy me anything yet in terms of grass clippings flying around. This year, I have stopped grass cutting service, and decided to tackle it on my...

Thanks Kim. I have the easytouch pentair automation and wireless access - from the demo app, I see that I can get the various water chemistry data. First question is - how reliable are these - I believe that I would still need a testing kit. If yes, any recommendation for a testing kit -...

Yeah - in hindsight, I should have waited for the pump and filter to run and then use a skimmer sock or something - conserve the water. The PB cleaning crew is unnecessary IMO. Just ordered myself this - So now that the pump and filter are running, water looks clear ( will try to take a pix...

Day 15 - Main patio and pool wash Finally caught up with the footage I might have done something silly and rushed the pool clean up maybe, but the mess, hpb, dirt, etc in the pool was started to annoy me. Worst case, I'll cover it - don't really want to refill it again - roughly 9 hours with...

Opinion from forum - keeping in mind, I'm going for simple and clean design - would you (1) consider a foot wide "edge" with river rock all around the perimeter of the new patio and pool surround/deck ( 4.6" wide ) or (2) consider sod right at the edge of the new pavers.

Day 12 - Coping Natural stone - rough edge - 6' length Went with light color, figured it would work better being a small "lounging" Enjoy

Agree - very clean job indeed. Getting the coping video up soon. Today, the crew worked on the main patio - pretty happy how it turning out - was trying to stay away from any steps from the rear porch - I'm almost caught up with the footage

Day 9 - Cement Collar, Equipment Pad and Lighting Cement collar will give some challenge when we starts coping and pavers - I selected Oaks Villanova for my pavers (3") Collar is too wide :(

Here's a question to the board - is it normal that crew comes in for a few hours a day only? I think they are working on a few at a time. This drip drip drip style of work is killing me On one hand, I can see different folks come in, almost like an assembly line, so I'm thinking if they all...

Day 8 - Level steps section The crew fixed the waterline - waterline looks fine, but the top of the shell is off by 1/4" - I'm okay with it - at least I hope I should be okay with it :)