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Congratulations! My pool is brand new also - first swim was May 13th! My CYA is about 30 ppm. I am putting in about a quart myself (11,500gal). I'm in Tucson where it has been exceptionally hot and sunny (over 105 without a cloud in the sky). When the kids are playing a lot, I will throw in...

Hi, I have cart filters for my pool. I'm hesitant about letting my dog into the pool because I expect that getting dog hair out of the carts would be really hard. Does anyone have experience/suggestions? Thanks Eric

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I put on a solar cover on my pool for the last few days. The pool temp was 92 when I finally got home and went for a swim at 9pm! Yes, 92 degrees! It was like a bath. I left the cover off last night, and it dropped down to 85. I am amazed at how much dirt and rocks my dog kicks into the...

Just Orion! : )

Glow in the dark tiles -- It isn't too easy to take pictures of them, so here are some picts that isn't too bad. First, the pool with no other lights than the pool light Now, the pool without the pool light (and a 30 second exposure with an F-stop of 11 to get lots in focus). This is the...

jro33176 - Thanks! It is really cool, and if the sky has the right color, it really makes the edge not noticeable. I just finished reviewing your pool build! Wow, you had a lot of stuff going on with the utility lines. I'm sure you are glad you are through it. Speaking from experience, it...

I ended up using Artistic Pavers for my coping and really like them. I was able to borrow samples from the pool builder and put them around the pool shell. It let me see how they matched to the brick of the house and preexisting tiles too. I was also able to see how hot they got. Like you, I...

People were interested in what Pebble Fina looked like once set. When the plaster was put down, it was very smooth and the stones/shells were not very noticalbe. During the hot start, they put in a lot of acid (it was off scale for the pH testing kit). It removed the outside layer of plaster...

Yes, I got a view of both the Catalina and Rincon Mountains.

Sorry for the delay -- too much to do, so little time. Friday, during the night it was filling up. There was quite a bit of cloudy material in the pool. Saturday, pool filled up and looking great. They did a hot start on it where they put in 6 gallons of muriatic acid. They would normally...

I'm not sure the the waterline tile's name was. I just chose it by sight in the showroom. I'll find out today. ----- Just got the word.. Natiional Aquarius Moorea/Lapis Blue

Another option is to dilute and scale. Using the OTO test, try this. In a jar, Mix 1 oz of pool water with 3 oz of tap (bottled, distilled) water. This will reduce the concentration of chlorine by a factor of 4. Use that mixed water to fill up your OTO tubes and test as normal. Then...

Update. I know this guy who does odd jobs and he really liked the idea of try this out. This is what we ended up doing. The plaster is about 1/2" thick, so the tiles needed to be raised up. They were glass tiles and only about 1/8" thick. He set a base of mortar that covered most of the...

What did you run out of? Leslie's Pools carries DPD reagents, and they have stuff for DPD. http://www.lesliespool.com/taylor-dpd-reagent-water-testing-agents/dpd-reagent.htm http://www.lesliespool.com/taylor-r-0870-i-12-dpd-powder/r-0870-i-12.htm Good luck on the SLAM

The pool is filling up. The water is very cloudy, which is (I expect) due to the fresh plaster. I think it will finish some time during the night, so I'll have to adjust the water flow. The plaster company (sub) is planning on doing a "Hot Start" for the pool to help the Pebble Fina cure...

Thanks. Plaster is done and it's filling up. Pictures soon.

It's been a while, but that is because the pool builder isn't doing much -- one small thing each week. The coping (85 linear feet) took 4 days because they only worked 2 hours at a time. I think they had a lot of jobs, so they did just a bit on each one to make everyone happy. The only reason...

I've decided NOT to pay the pool builder $600 to mount the accent tiles, but get a friend to help. They are 1" tiles that will be spaces as singles, 2x2 and 3x3 both on the steps and on the walls, about 1 sq feet total of title. I was wondering if people had suggestions about what needed to be...

Interesting. I've been planning sets of 3x3 on the side of the walls, just two each wall. Thanks

Hi Bigdav160. Now that you've had some time with your tile, any suggestions? Would you use more or less? I have about a week to make my final decision. I've seen some pictures where people have randomly scattered tiles on the bottom of the pool to make it look a bit like stars! Any...

A week ago Monday, they finished the tile, then its been quiet for a week. They finally got around to electrical this Tuesday and will be doing the coping Thursday. I have a final section of fence that needs to be brought up to code. You can climb around things and hop a 3' fence to get...

They started the tile today, and it looks good. They need to do the negative edge -- maybe Saturday or Monday. Now I have to decide on coping. The pool builder did the math to figure the costs of adding just coping and subtracting the pool decking and other options. I am going to go with...

I like the glow tile. I don't think I'm going to use that much -- mostly as an accent. I have ordered 2 sheets of tiles, so 288 single inch tiles. Now I have to figure out where to put them all.

Here is something neat for you all to enjoy. A special project. Other view What do you all think? I have to decide on the exact design, but the kids had a blast trying out different things.

Looks really nice! I love the lines and the layout

Hey, it looks great! Are you going swimming tomorrow? It might be warm enough! Actually, the forecast is for 90 in a week! Congrats!

The original plan was good and made sense. We had 530 sq ft of decking. However, when the problem happened, I wanted to go with minimal coping and use the decking money to pay for the extra soil work. I thought that the 530 sq ft of decking was in addition to the coping, but it is not. And...

Hi cbink, It's a bit of a trick. The pool doesn't actually have a infinity edge -- no catch basin. The negative edge is setup to have the water be about 1 1/2" below the lip, which will keep the water in, usually. The negative edge will have blue, water-like tile that makes the lower water...