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After lots of research it looks like I can omit all of the pool company systems and just utilize my Elk Controller to do what I need. I looked at the Hayward PS and it seemed promising and had an Aqua link to hook up to my pc/Elk but then I found someone who was able to use all OTS relays to...

I have been looking at automation and it seems there are many out there. What are people using and do you recommend it? We need at least 10 auxiliary connections for pool equipment so it threw the jandy aqualink pda out the door after talking to their rep. We have all Jandy equipment and never...

We have the following: Weepin water wall, 5 spa jets, 2 bubblers, 4 returns and 2 spray fans The builder put in 2 pumps a jandy stealth 2HP and Jandy 1.5HP We requested energy efficient and we ended up with single speed pumps. How much savings is there in a 2spd pump versus single speed. The...

When you are installing the mosaics are these steps correct? 1. Put some very soupy cement looking mixture down with a brush sort of like waterproofing...What is that? 2. Float the floor with portland and sand to create a flat base for the thinset/tile 3. Looks like the smaller tile uses 3/16"...

I wonder what type of damage putting a check valve and firehose hookup to the main drain would cause. I would think that throttling the water down on startup would limit the volcano eruption effect or use the well for the first foot in the deep end and then throttle the water in through the main...

Truck Water in / Well Water / City Provided Dillemma...We have a Well that produces around 5GPM on a good day so filling a 25K pool would take 83 hours to fill. Pool surface is a Sunstone Quartz Aggregate Pool builder stated that I should not use a hydrant or have it trucked in because it...

Funny...We are looking at mixing the Midnight blue with black onyx. I just do not like the higher cost for the midnight blue so was debating on mixing blue mist with black onyx for a lighter color. or even going 6 bags of blue mist with 4 bags of black onyx rather than the 7/3 they normally use...

Yeah we are in Willow Springs Ranch south of the golf course. We looked forever in Van Zandt and could not find a lot or home we liked for sale and settled for a builder foreclosure on the lot and built here three years ago. What color Diamond Brite did you get and do you like it?

25 feet Behind the weeping wall we are going to put a 4 foot Berm and then plant trees in it. Right behind the weeping wall we will plant some native texas grasses and lower shrubs to create layers of growth and reduce mowing around the pool and clippings end up in the lawn. Raymond

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No test kit yet. That is the third thing to purchase once we are closer to fill date. The water is coming from our well since I cannot use a truck The pool company is doing the initial start-up and supposedly it requires 14 gallons of acid and lots of brushing then they will come in clean it...

We started our pool build recently after 3 years of planning. Specs: Gunite 3.5'-7.5' 21'X39.5' Jump Rock 32' Weeping Oklahoma Creek Rock Wall inset into water Sunstone - Black Onyx/Blue Mist ( 3:7 bag mixture ) Pseudo Spa with no heat just jets and air Tanning Ledge Gecko mosaics Umbrella Pole...

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We had the Sheer descents in our last pool on a raised beam and they were okay but not very natural looking. I like the idea of the stacked stone. What type of stone is good to use for that? We have Oklahoma Flag for coping and then Tuscany colored textured decking. The plan is to have a...

Every pool we see has Moss Rock for their waterfalls and we just do not like the look of the Moss Rock. Are there any other options of non porous stone to use? Thanks, Raymond

We have it all throughout the downstairs and it is great if you get a good top seal. Anything water based without UV will come off with mineral spirits pretty easy. If you get the epoxy types that you pay for out the nose ~100 gallon from a concrete specialist not Lowes or Home Depot you will...

We owned the dolphin and had a minor problem that had to be shipped now the units are self serviceable so that reduces shipping and down time. I would purchase a smartpool product again based on effectiveness. Raymond

Thanks Scott.... I have asked the PB to provide me with 3 customers one per year of each product and the installer he will be using for our poolso that we can go see the product. Hopefully he provides soon so we can go see before this weekend. We like the Sunscapes mini pebble and the Pebble...

I searched for the various finishes and Pros and cons and cannot see them. Diamond Brite Sunstone Hydrazzo Durazzo Most of the pool builders were using Sunscapes or Pebbletec with a cheaper alternative of Diamond Brite but this one pushed Sunstone. He is really pushing Sunstone and what...

25K gallon pool freeform with stonescapes 2 Bubblers on tanning deck Spa bench on pool with blower and 5 jets 2 fan misters 2 skimmers 4+ returns weeping water wall around 24 feet Jump rock from 3.5-8' 2 pumps 1st pump with bubblers,weeping water wall and misters 2nd pump alternating between...

Okay doing more research...... Looking at Waterco website because they have the pre-filter I want to use to reduce my maintenance on cartrdige cleaning and noticed the hydrostar looks a lot like the older JAndy stealth pumps. Are the older Jandy Stealth pumps any good say from 2007 and before...

We are in the process of bidding right now and we are down to three builders. Builder H uses Hayward Tristar 2 speed pumps and cartridge filters we have had Hayward before and had Builder J uses Jandy stealth pumps Builder P uses Pentair We like H' design and quality but are leery due to the...