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Thanks for the information and the link! Much appreciated.

Hello again. Spent quite a bit of time here back when the pool was new about 5-6 years ago, and am needing some assistance again. :) Several years ago we had white scaling begin to appear on the waterline tile just below and around our spa waterfall. We figured it looked like calcium buildup...

I am just having to replace my 4 year old 280 black max. It did a good job, but just had a wheel snap off (not in a fixable way). The base was faded to a light gray. The wheels were still black, and the rest was faded a bit. The bag had recently been replaced.

We were very pleased with Riverbend Sandler in Plano, if that's a company you are thinking of checking out.

Hey, that's a valid excuse! :)

Primarily because I wanted a surface that if I'm bare footed and need/want to be at the equipment pad, I wouldn't have to worry about the rock. We are also putting a storage chest next to the pad for all of the pool toys. I don't want any excuses from the kids as to why they didn't pick up 75...

I put down a layer of fabric, then fill dirt, then decomposed granite. These pavers are recycled rubber (http://www.envirotile.ca/index.html) that connect to each other via plastic clips to keep movement down to a minimum. They can be cut with a standard utility knife. I initially liked this...

Caroline helping to load the pavers.

After a month, the weather and my schedule jived, so we've moved a step closer to being done. Added a ton of decomposed granite. Hopefully get the pavers down in the next week or so.

Looking good.

BTW, you'll LOVE the "Captain's Seat" in the spa!

Sorry I took so long to respond, but yes, we are very pleased with the Tahoe Blue. When you first fill it, it looks very green, but the color changed over the first couple of days.

Are you using Riverbend Sandler?

After a year since pool completion, I'm finally getting around to finishing off the side yard by the pool equipment. Thus far I've put down fabric to help prevent weeds, raised the overflow drain by about 4 inches, and then unloaded and moved 2 tons of fill dirt. Next step will be to level the...

I have Kool Deck and we love how much cooler it is than standard concrete. Just yesterday it was 102* and I could stand on it indefinitely without issue, but had to stay well clear of the stone coping. To answer your question, when they first applied our KD, it chipped up in many places, so...

Please understand, I agree with the philosophy of this method 100%. It was simply a comment about how many say that we don't try to sell things to people, but then push specific test kits. Obviously, it's left up to each person on what they buy as it's not a requirement in order to post here...

I'm certainly not looking to start anything, whatsoever (because I own the kit, etc), but the one thing that gets me is when folks say that we won't try and sell them anything, then say they need to buy something.

We used RBS last fall and have been very please with their work.

Nothing else matters. :D

You'll find that it will be several days after it's filled before you really see what the color will be.

Ours took 3 weeks.

If you don't mind me asking, whom else did you talk with besides Hauk and Hobert? What part of the metroplex are you in?

Just in time for the temps to warm up! :swim:

Depends upon numerous factors. Will you have a spa? How often will you heat it? Will you heat the pool? If so, how often. Variable speed/2 speed pump or not? We got quotes from Riverbend Sandler, Gold Medal, Foley, and Masterpiece. Went with RBS.

Are you using Premier Grilling? We absolutely loved working with them (the Frisco office....don't know anything about Plano).

Here is my spa, with the "Captain's seat" with the 4 jets and the seat is about two inches lower than the rest. Love it!

I will try to remember to get one tomorrow.

We've planted loropetalum on one side of our pool. It's still too new to know how it's going to look or any potential drawbacks from it.