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Is there general guidance on when is the best time to do pressure testing? Our PB uses an air gauge not water gauge. What can you share on testing LED lights in the pool both when there is water in the pool and then AFTER the pool is drained of water. Should lines be pressure tested before the...

Thank you. I attached a picture of the skimmer installation just before the backer rod and concrete were added. Any thoughts on how likely the voids on either side of the stone MIGHT make the granite coping crack? I know the coping was laid before the concrete was added to the skimmer...

We have been advised that over time even marine grade stainless steel (314) will corrode (need replacement). Is anyone familiar with using a piece of porcelain or a piece of slate as the bridge over the skimmer and under the granite coping stone as some structural support? Any thoughts on the...

Anything special to bond stone to metal?

I hope this shows the crack between the orange lines. There is a Vulkem expansion joint in the picture and a saw cut in the concrete patio just laid. As to the Stainless steel bridge under the granite stone how would someone keep water from getting between the stone and the stainless steel. Is...

Still in progress of renovation remediation and pool water will have to come out for next phase. Yesterday we noticed that the NEW granite coping stone over the deep end skimmer has a crack in it. We will have a new stone cut and would like thoughts on how to reinstall the 12 x 24 x 1.5" granite...

The spillway stone is 25 inches wide. The pool and spa are on the same water circulation. When the spa is on the circulation is within the spa only and doesn’t run over the edge. It was suggested that we have a new stone cut where the top would be a small bullnose and underneath would be...

Do i need a squared off edge - not a bullnose or doesn't it matter the shape of the edge of the spillway stone?

Yes thank you. So what is the "degree of the edge" I am looking for to get the water shooting OUT over the coping? Is there a guidance on the type of edge and how far out the coping stone should be?

Would like to ask guidance on how to ensure the 1.5 inch thick granite coping stone we are using on the spillway flows OUT and not down the front of the tile on the raised Dam Wall below it. Does the profile of the cut of the stone matter? We had a capillary cut made on the stone so the water...

Thanks Allen - I found taking Live Photo in the App worked but when brain can handle all the iPhone steps you attached - I’ll do the Hokey Pokey and the 6 steps and try it that way too.

I believe the material to be used in the pool above the waterline tile and below the granite coping and the joint at the change of planes will be Latasil. Now trying to figure out in building up to that point - the materials that will be used. This is challenging getting build out material list...

Each jpg file is too big to upload. I need to sleep. Trying

Tried to upload pictures -said too large but will try again. The dirt being too close to the beam has not been resolved after day 2 PB working. They continued anyway and muddy so I’m trying to figure out how they will keep the bond beam clean after they level it with “RapidSet concrete leveler”...

They were supposed to drain pool into the street sewer and had given them the distance so they’d have long enough hoses but No Yesterday - I looked and my grass yard and 2 mature trees were laying in 36000 ???? of water. Only time will tell but will I likely loose the lawn and how about those...

so the concrete contractor demolition removed prior cantilevered decking off bond beam successfully but did not remove dirt so it is adjacent and upto the bondbeam where the PB now is going to dry lay granite coping stone BUT the rain has created mud and it’s too close and too dirty to work to...

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Thank you. I was not clear in my writing. The Vulkem 445 SSL will be used on the expansion joint outside the pool after the granite coping and before the concrete decking begins. The concrete decking will still be green and curing. Then inside of the pool - just trying to be clear what should...

I was told Vulkem 445 SSL would be used on the expansion joint “caulking” after top of the backer rod is removed on the expansion joint between the granite coping stone and exposed aggregate decking. Our concrete will still be green and not fully cured. Supposedly the Vulkem is moisture cured...

Thank you all and especially Allen - you are truly a gift. We are using through-body 6x6 porcelain tiles. Tile manufacturing has changed in 21 years too but we never lost a tile in 21 years and even through the jackhammering last week - none came loose. We are going from a cantilevered concrete...

Looking for your valued input on our in progress gunite pool renovation in frost thaw climate Central NJ. The demolition of our former cantilevered concrete decking is complete and this week the PB will begin on removing tile and get to starting the renovation work. In trying to understand the...