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I'm wanting to apply a texture to my pool deck. It is old and is showing its wear but it is overall solid. I was thinking about doing a knock down type of texture but I don't want to buy expensive equipment for this one use. I have a hopper gun that I use for wall texture that may work but what...

Good Evening Everybody I posted here a while back about having issues with pool paint blistering. In short my wife and I purchased a home 3 years ago that has a pool. I'm not sure if I should call it gunite , concrete or plaster. I believe gunite/concrete are the same and that they are all...

So I have a bit of a dilemma. We moved into our home 3 years ago. It has an in-ground indoor concrete/plaster pool . The previous owner had painted the pool with a product called Envirolon which is a synthetic rubber paint made by Kelley Technical Coatings out of Kentucky. They did a poor job of...

Looking for options to heat my pool indoor / inground gunite pool in Iowa. I've been looking at two options linked to solar. One option is a solar pool heater but how well would that work in the early spring and late fall months in Iowa and I don't like the idea of pumping water onto the roof...

I could remove the paint and mortar fairly easily. I'm more interested in how to remove the dark spots. Is that just aging or staining from chemicals over the years? Or is that just how the stone looks?

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I have an in-ground concrete pool that was built in 1950. It has what I believe to be the original limestone coping that's in tough shape. Some of the stones have stains, have discolored and have paint drips on them in places. Some of them have been re-set with regular mortar. Some of them are...

Could I use a chlorinator with it?

I have a gunite pool that was built in 1950. It is plumbed with copper. Is there any precautions I should be taking regarding chemicals due to the copper piping? Thanks

We purchased a new home this summer and it has a 40,000 gallon in-ground concrete pool that is in an enclosure. It is currently set up with a natural gas heater that is not working. It was a fairly mild summer and the water never really warmed enough so that it was comfortable to swim even with...