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I have a Globrite I need to replace and happy doing it myself, but are there any videos or step by step? Do I need to lower the water to below the niche? The one I'm replacing is on a shelf about 4" below surface so wouldn't be a big deal. Man, these lights suck. Any leads on the best price for...

yeah, it's not the best design, but it's just a square piece of stone and no cracks 6 years in. I can't imagine it would be hard to replace. Looking at it again there's a standard circular hole w/in the skimmer so hopefully this can slide in flush.

@IceShadow Thanks for all the valuable insight! I just ordered one. Question - my cover is actually a square cut piece of lueders limestone - is there a world where I can remove the circle top and somehow attach what's left to the underside of my skimmer cover? I'm not sure the square adapter...

I found this thread deciding what to do with my Oceanside Glasstile - it hasn't fared well in 5 years. We went with Oceanside pipeline interlocking. Looked great for the first 6 months and then we started getting crazy buildup on grout and tile - like a white something that won't come off...

I suspect this project is done, but I'm also in Austin and used the Globrites from Pentair - they are basically garbage. I've replaced all of them multiple times now over the years - at least most of this is covered by warranty. Also, the lights pointing up? not a good look [sorry, I see these...

I would get Pentair to issue a warranty service on these - I've had at least 5 replaced now over the years. They're total garbage.

So I went with the 4 Glo-Brites and 2 failed w/in the first week. They were promptly replaced and poor packaging was to blame (cracks let in water). But so far I'm pretty happy with the light output and colors. I have them come on at night for an hour when we're most likely to be sitting out and...

Went with Millennium Pools (Blake French) - still don't have the final from COA, but pretty much done. Blake's been good to work with and he's done a lot of stuff at cost for me (automation/wireless pieces). I compared with OceanQuest (my runner up) and they were pretty much in line, but all the...

Thanks. I started the bucket test earlier and shut off autofill so we'll see what happens. I want to run it normally to really see what I'm losing.

we're wrapping up our first (and hopefully last) pool in Austin. My advice is to go with a good builder that uses the equipment/materials you want (in my case, Pentair) and don't worry about lifetime warranties. The reality is they simply aren't going to fix something 15-30 or even 80 yrs down...

We're wrapping up our build and everything was fine until we noticed an area of our stone side wall was a little wet. I didn't think much of it as we'd been rebuilding the irrigation system and figured a head or something sprayed up, but after we started running the Polaris (3 weeks after...

Thanks. I have the Pentair guy calling me about this. I think I'm just more irked that I explicitly called out the Intellibrites (I didn't know globrites existed) and he's simply changing it do a less expensive product. Maybe he can do 3 in the pool, 1 shelf, 1 spa and it'll be ok. The reality...

My PB is looking to use Globrites on my pool despite me originally stating I wanted the Intellibrite 5G LEDs -he says given my main pool area depth 3.5-5' and dimensions 11X20, 2 globrites should be just fine. These new lights from Pentair appear to be for "shallow applications" like shelves...

https://business.angieslist.com/default.aspx?cid=AL ask a couple of your customers to write a quick review and it should go a long way.

Good to know. Thanks for the all the input, guys. Angie's List is my goto spot for contractors, but there was only one PB on there and although a nice guy, ended up having some weak designs.

I've chosen a builder but he doesn't offer a "Lifetime Warranty" - some of the runners up did, but I wonder if this is really something to consider. My PB says that a lifetime warranty just doesn't make sense - he can't be addressing something that may come up do to ground shifting 50 yrs...

I kinda feel like this too. So 9-12" - can you explain this to me? I take it there's a first step and then a sloped area from 9 to 12? Just trying to visualize. thanks.

Ok, so we thought we had our design done - small (24X11) gunite pool, rectangle, spa, and a few steps the meander about and create seating - with a couple swim out benches at the "deep end" (5 ft). Anyway, we looked at a pool recently with a "beach" (no slope to entry), but 6" deep shelf with...

PB came over today - we're going to put spa-side - and yes, it does run lengthwise, but the spa is a little tucked away behind part of the house and offers some better options for the housing/elec access. It will be under matching limestone coping so should look fine. Getting excited - just...

Since I have a knowledgeable audience here, I have another autocover question. My pool and spa are basically 1 rectangle with a "dam wall" that the cover would slide over - should I have the cover roll up on the spa side or pool side? in other words, If I'm sitting in the spa with a margarita...

Thanks for the insight on the CoverStar product and the link - that's a much better website. I'm hearing more good things about CS so I'll probably go that way - I was really just curious why it was hard to get an real detail on their product.

I'm having trouble getting any real details on automatic covers - aside form the CoverPools site, http://www.coverpools.com/pool-cover-sy ... O7Zo2-x99U there really isn't a lot of good info on CoverStar or any other companies? In fact, what are the other companies? My PB uses CoverStar and...

Re: In design phase, looking for non-SWCG system to suppleme Yeah, I checked the prices and you're right, a good stenner pump is likely the better long term solution.

Re: In design phase, looking for non-SWCG system to suppleme ok. I'll look into the peristaltic pump as well. In my situation, I'll be running the VS pump 24/7 likely and will have no booster pump for the spa so things will be relatively static. I'm also considering an automatic cover instead...

Re: In design phase, looking for non-SWCG system to suppleme You've basically sold me on the Liquidator (or someone has) and as my pool is under 10K gallons, I think it will work well for me. If I were approaching 25K gal, I would look into a peristaltic system. This may seem like a dumb...

Re: Gunite Builders Austin TX & Is SWG Pools on their way ou Mike- Who did you end up going with and did you do a SWG? thanks dp

Re: In design phase, looking for non-SWCG system to suppleme Well, my house is probably 80% limestone and the patio in the back yard is also limestone which is basically forcing my hand in doing a sort of stone coping to keep things uniform. I don't want to have to think about washing off stone...

Re: In design phase, looking for non-SWCG system to suppleme Thanks. This is the first I'm hearing of such a solution. I'll do some research. Would you say this might fall under the category of a "hack" or something a standard PB wouldn't be willing to do?

I'm super new here (also in austin), but would NEVER pay for anything up front in full. My latest bid had a breakdown with percentages for each phase of the project - with the final 3% (Plaster) and 2% (Final walk through) - this seems like the way to approach it. Unless it's a CASH discount...

Good stuff, guys. Thanks! I'm looking to do a pool at some point soon and am not working with a lot of real estate or free impervious coverage. I've pretty much decided on my design/location and am keeping things simple (I kinda have to given my limits on coverage). I've spoken to a few...