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Moved from here. We have some missing grout as well on the tile on the spa wall. We have the name of the grout but have been too apprehensive to try to fix this. Do we need to drain the pool if it's above the water line to fix or can we just do it while we are in the pool??

Hi everyone, we recently had our deck resurfaced (in March) and we had our first real rain of the season this weekend and I noticed a few areas it appeared to have cracks on the deck. I know they cracks weren't there the day before as I was in the pool all day and would have seen them. The next...

I noticed there’s a few spots in the pool tile on the waterline and the spa spillover that there is missing grout. Not fully missing but the tile isn’t grouted completely around the tile. Is this something I should worry about?? And if so is it something I can fix or should I have my tile guy...

So I recently bought a warrior SI robot and love it (*him* thanks willy the warrior!). We just had a severe wind storm and the pool was very dirty today and got it cleaned up in no time. Right now we have a pool service guy that comes to supplement our own cleaning and testing, but after summer...

Is it ok to use a pumice stone on glass tile? I keep reading ok for porcelain but what about glass if I use it gently? Don’t have much calcium build up but want to catch it as it forms to make my life easier! Thank you

Hey everyone. I got my pool replastered using mini pebble in 10/2020 and I just had my pool deck resurfaced this past week. I was cleaning the filters today and saw some of the pebbles in my filter. I’m trying to figure out where this came from. The crew that did the deck made a mess of the pool...

Hey all. We are currently having our pool Deck resurfaced. It’s been an incredible mess, I knew it would be bad but didn’t expect it to be this bad. This morning while the robot was cleaning I noticed this spot In the pool (see pic). It won’t vacuum up or move with a brush. It seems like the...

I had my pool resurfaced and retiled last October. We now need to resurface the deck (concrete) as the previous owners just painted it and the paint is peeling everywhere. The concrete company admits that the process is messy and will make a mess in the pool due to the dust during the grinding...

So we have owned our home now for 2 years and our home warranty is coming up for renewal. The first year we had a terrible company who were very hard to deal with, although they did replace quite a few things around the house including a brand new hot water heater. This past year we changed to a...

Hey everyone! I am so excited my warrior SI just got delivered! I was reading through the instructions and I read about the settings that has the robot run either daily, every other day or every 3 days which seems handy! However it also says in the instructions to not leave the robot in the pool...

Hi all! I’m very excited I just ordered a warrior SI from marina! I was just wondering though, can I put this robot in my in ground spa or are the steps too steep for it to clean in there? I’ll attach a pic of my pool for reference.

I am thinking of ordering the warrior SI cleaner and I know it scrubs the waterline tile. Should I be worried that it could scratch my waterline tile if it’s all glass tile? Thank you!

Hi everyone, I recently had my pool resurfaced and re-tiled in October and now we need to have the deck resurfaced as the previous owners just painted the deck and now it’s all stripping away, and some of the concrete around the spa cap appears to be degrading. I am very very anxious and...

Hey everyone, I just upgraded my pool math app so I can finally log my results, and my csi is a little too low (-0.77). a little background, I had the pool resurfaced and filled on October 5th of this year. I test using the Taylor k2006 test kit. I live in Palm Springs California and we have...

Hey all, I know TFP methods don’t worry much about phosphates and I don’t either but I have pool water that’s about 2 months old and already have phosphates in the water so I’m wondering where it could have came from. I don’t use any fertilizer around the pool and it hasn’t been windy here so...

I’m looking to fire my pool guy. I think I finally have a good handle of testing and just tested my water and not happy with the results. Seems like he just cleans throws some chlorine and acid and calls it a day! I read some older threads regarding pool robots but I was wondering what the...

I bought a test kit from leslies prior to finding this site which is essentially the same I’ve been told of the Taylor k2005 test kit. I have come to understand from this site that the kit is fine except it’s missing the FAS-DPD test. Is this kit that I found on Amazon the same test? Also, what...

Hi everyone! I just finished remodeling my pool and I love the way it came out, however now it is making our ugly pool deck stand out! We bought our house a year ago and apparently the previous owner (flipper) painted over the kool deck with normal paint and it’s now peeling in a lot of the...

Hi everyone. We just replastered our pool one week ago with a pebble finish and we are working on balancing our water. We added a gallon of CYA on Tuesday which brought our level to approximately 30. We don’t want to add too much too quickly, but we are having a problem keeping chlorine in the...

Hi everyone. We have owned our home with a pool for about a year and a half now. Up until about 2 months ago we had someone caring for the pool that we trusted because he is family and he has been in the pool business for about 30 years. Always went above and beyond for us. Unfortunately he...

Hi everyone. We just resurfaced our pool and it got filled on Wednesday. We need to add CYA but have no idea how much to add. We added chlorine this morning and it’s already low again! How do we figure out how much cya to add?

This is the first time I’ve ever drained and refilled a pool. We started this morning at 9:30am and we have two hoses going. We are barely at the first step and it’s almost 6:00 pm here. My question is how long does it usually take a pool to fill? And how do you go about sleeping while it’s...

Hey everyone! Just finishing up our pool remodel. This is universal mini pebble aqua Azul with Orion ocean glass tile. We acid wash tomorrow and start to fill. Anything I should look out for?? Here are some before and after pics!

Hi everyone! Pool got chipped out today and I noticed this crack where the pool tile was, hopefully you can zoom in on the picture to see. Is this an issue? It is above the waterline, but I’m wondering if it will be an issue for the waterline tile. What’s the best fix for this or should I just...

Hi everyone! Pool is set to be resurfaced using a pebble finish this week (so excited!) and I just thought of something and figured maybe some of you experts will know the answer! Right now our pump (single speed at the moment; hoping to upgrade soon) runs for 8 hours per day (9am to 5pm) due to...

Hi everyone! Me again :) our tile installer is coming by Friday so wanted to know your opinions. We are installing NPT Orion ocean glass tiles around the water line in our pool and spa and spa spillover. We have heard nightmares about glass tile falling off and chipping but I really want it...

Hey everyone! Thanks to this great site we are thinking of changing from a single speed pump to a variable speed. The one question we have is that when our current pump is on, we have a spill over from the spa to the pool (3 waterfalls). If we install a variable speed pump, will the water fall...

Has anyone heard or used the company “universal mini pebble”? We were originally going to use stone scapes aqua blue but our PB brought us samples of “universal mini pebble” and my husband really likes the “aqua azul” color. I’m a little hesitant because I’ve never heard of this company for...

Hi everyone, I did a search for this and read some posts but I wanted to get a general consensus on adding abalone shells to pebble finishes? I read some cases where it stained the pool and def don’t want that but our PB is offering it at no charge and says it really makes the pool sparkle. Pros...

Hi everyone, I just picked up this test kit from Leslie. What do you think? Is it missing anything important? Thank you!