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We are complete newbies to the pool-building arena. With an investment this big, we wanted to make sure we did everything right,so we plunged in to the research and learned everything we could about pool building. We interviewed 8 builders and obtained pool designs and bids from 6. I must...

We are getting to the final stages of our pool design. The plan is a natural-form pool, spa with rock waterfall, 12 foot weeping wall and 3'6" grotto/waterfall with small seating area behind waterfall. The pool will be 20K gallons with 6 ft deep end. I have seen some grottos that are...

We are building a pool in North Texas. Our neighborhood is well known for very volitile soil movement. In fact, some pools have failed and many pool builders refuse to build anywhere in our neighborhood. However, the soil report on our house was very favorable compared to the rest of the...

We are putting in a new pool (18K gallon, natural form, gunnite with pebbletech, SWG) and trying to decide if we want the pool company to put in the polaris with a pump or to buy our own electric robotic cleaner. We live in North texas, with 1 tree in the backyard, small leaves and young plants...

We are getting bids on a pool (gunnite, IG, SWG, 18 K gallons) and with the slope in our yard it looks like we will need an exposed beam of about 2.5 feet on the deeper end of the pool. The pool builder sketched in more decking on the far side. This all sounded great until the "mom" in me...

We are getting bids for an ig pool, gunnite, 18k gallons, 33x16, 3.5-6ft deep, spa, waterfall with weeping rock wall, oklahoma flagstone, pepple tech interior, etc etc in north Texas. One builder strongly suggests swg while another says they are only doing 10% swg and recommends chlorine with...