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200 thick walls will be fine for a 900mm deep pool (3 ft) Mine is 2100 deep (7ft), self supporting with 200mm thick walls (but I have 2 layers of reo), but the upload documents are contradicting. One specifies 200mm thick, the other 150mm My concern is for the rest of the structure holding up...

Yes, it has been a long time coming, but we are obviously ecstatic with the result And some would say (me!) that my wife is my two biggest problems!.....I kid I kid She is far and away my biggest supporter (and critic) and without her I would be lost

All I have to do now it to "fix" the solar heating I had the evacuated tube solar heating designed by arguably the largest supplier of evacuated tube hot water systems in Australia and they stuffed it up. Heat exchanger is only 30% of the size it is supposed to be so the hot water coming from...

G'Day from Australia! Pool is FINALLY complete! My gosh, what a drama filled effort that was! Pool was filled and then emptied , then party re-filled about 6 times and now finally full! After all that effort, I was let down by the advice (and workmanship) of others and....we had a major...

No pool expert, but some experience with quartz finishes, and yes, an acid wash is normally used to reveal the quartz

Are the unsightly areas smoother or rougher than the surrounding areas? Its obviously due to water ponding, but what Im wondering if its just areas where the plaster "cream" was allowed to sit when it was washed down and maybe draining some water and a good scrub with a dilute acid solution...

Im also in the final stages of building a lap pool (25m) so Ive had to toss around these issues at various stages. We also have a step at the end of the pool to rest on, also around 4 ft deep so we can flip turn without smashing an ankle, so I dont think that will be an issue, but the light...

Its NYE hear in Australia and we didn't quite make it :( Still waiting on some pool equipment (inflow cleaning distribution valves which were supposed to be in stock at my supplier on the 10th of December), but otherwise we have everything else and the missing parts won't hold up the progress...

Work has been overwhelming this silly season so we are behind with the pool Cladding will have to wait. Found a bow in one wall of the pool. Its only 1/2 inch, but that more than enough to annoy me when each side should have been dead straight. Have started to build out the bow with render so...

Pool interior has also arrived and it sitting in my garage on 4 pallets. We decided on Quartzon Colour is called Pacific Star. Its mid blue colour. Not looking forward to carrying 210, 44lb bags upstairs though!

Biggest job left before completing the pool itself now is cladding of the bridge over the pool. Cladding is an Australian made composite aluminium cladding that is non combustible. I am bending the sheets so that they form the soffit of the underside of the bridge as well cover the stringers of...

So an update as there where we're at. I did manage to source the body for the inflow cleaning nozzles. Astral Australia told my supplier half a dozen times that they no longer imported the nozzles into Australia, only for us to be told this week that they do have them in stock and that they have...

Thanks for the info! Will make contact with them and see if they can help me out Thanks again!

Hi all and greeting from Australia! I'm currently completing my pool build here in Oz but have run into a bit of a snag Im unable to purchase the Net n Clean In floor Cleaning System Nozzles anymore as they are no longer imported by the Australian distributor. I thought I had a work around as...

Hello all! Still going Plan is to be swimming for Christmas Will post pictures of the works progressing in a few days. Currently have a fairly major supplier issue with some pool parts (in-floor cleaning nozzles) that is giving me sleepless nights so will post a seperate thread to see if someone...

Could be a couple of things Do you have any trees over hanging the area that drop leaves? If so, could be tannin stains The travertine may also have traces of manganese and something could be causing the manganese to leech out. Acid will cause that to happen Either way, treatment is the same...

Here we are in mid 2019 and.....still no pool! Actually working on it today. Cutting around the Launter edge to get it dead straight. Yes it was "straight" before, but I want it straighter :cool: Ive been told in no uncertain terms by the Boss that the pool MUST be finished this year so we...

Merry Christmas to all at TFP! Surprise, surprise.....pool is still not finished! Began a new business some time ago, so all my time (and money) has been devoted to getting that off the ground. Now its up and running and actually making me money, pool is back on the agenda Stay tuned for more...

Hi All! Been a while since I posted in this thread! Pool is still under construction. Not much to go really (finish polishing pool surrounds, interior and pool equipment), Im just too busy to get it finished. While try to get some more photos up soon

Looks fantastic! Glad to see a catch tank that correctly sized. You see far too many that arent wide enough and that leads to a high rate of water loss due to splashing. As a contractor, Im also glad to see all that rebar! I see a lot of builds there in the US (Im from Australia) that seem to...

Congrats on the pool laceygirl, it looks fantastic! At least someone got to enjoy their pool this summer, lol!

Hey Lacey, Firstly, happy new year! And no, no real developments apart from pouring of the suspended bedroom slabs (to the left in the above photos) Unfortunetly, being in the trade means my house has to taken a back seat to paying customers. Wife and kids are NOT happy, but, thats life...

lol wut?? Sydney saw one of the wettest Augusts in recorded history and apart from one half decent day, it hasnt really stopped raining for more than an hour or two for the last 3 weeks!

We're very lucky in that we got to design our new house and pool from scratch and one of must haves was a half bath that doubled for both regular and pool use so I cant recommend the above idea enough if it is at all possible.

As Zea says, Id let the water level continue to drop until it stops losing water (if at all) Sounds like it could be a combination of leaks so the only way to solve it will be by a process of elimination. Id start with the plumbing first. Let the water level continue to drop until its below all...