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    Pool To deep

    I was afraid of that. Agree looks deeper than actual but measuring where the tile and waterline are still think we should have went with 3.5. Guess we will leave as is. Thanks all
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    Quartzscapes, Diamond Brite, or...?

    Houtex do u have a picture of your French gray. We r looking at this color but worried about it being too dark (thus making the pool warmer) in the Texas sun.
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    Pool To deep

    Stupid question Since I am my own GC for our pool, wondering who usually removes the framing boards after the gunite has been shot and how long during the curing process do they remain? Thanks
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    Pool To deep

    We finally shot the gunite Friday, but I see we misjudged how deep a 4'-6-4.5' would be. We should have want with 3.5 on the shallow ends. I know I can't do anything about the center as the drains are built in now but my question is can we add add gunite to the existing sides to raise up and...
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    Looking for pool thread of pool with island/splash pad

    Owner/Builder Project in Cypress, TX Underway! We finished the day and the excavators expected to dig in the morning and rebar in the afternoon but only finished the forming and excavating. I personally thought they had high expectations, so i'm not too bothered. My plumbers recommended these...
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    Looking for pool thread of pool with island/splash pad

    I was tooling around the forum a few weeks ago and came upon a cool design that had an island capped in flagstone built into the middle of the pool. Can anyone point me back to the thread please. Also, I broke ground today on my owner/builder pool. Will post pic's tonite or tommorrow. For...
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    First time to GC pool and need referrals- Houston area

    Sorry was offline couple days, this will be our third pool and in each build we asked a lot of questions, caught many mistakes and generally managed the project when the pool builder wasn't there. After getting three quotes ranging from 55-70k for the same apples to apples pool it was pretty...
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    First time to GC pool and need referrals- Houston area

    Anyone have referrals for a plumber and electrician. I've received quotes from 3 gunite companies (includes dig, rebar and gunite) and 2 plaster company's (plan to get another one this week), I have a good tile/stone guy, and several bids to do the decking but really struggling on the plumber...
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    Planning to GC our pool and need some referrals in Houston a

    Re: Planning to GC our pool and need some referrals in Houst Sorry, guess I should have been more clear. I'm open for any pool subs but specifically I need a plumber and electrician. I've received quotes from 3 gunite companies (includes dig, rebar and gunite) and 2 plaster company's (plan...
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    Planning to GC our pool and need some referrals in Houston a

    Boy do I wish we had found this site when we had our last 2 pools, would have saved a lot of headaches. Anyway we are underway getting our quotes from the various trades but are having trouble finding good plumber and electrician . We have GCd our home and 2 flip houses so were thinking this...