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What's the problem you see? I see concrete that isn't cured fully but has plenty of moisture for the hydration process. Scott

That would not be a good idea for a DIY project. That involves a number of expert skill sets. Not only is there demo to the wall, there is the rebar setting, re-doing the bonding system, gunite shooting, re-plumbing, and re-plastering/tiling the whole pool. Without the decking, your looking at...

Minor surface problems? I can see fiberglass in the crack on the third pic! Common? Maybe for his installs. It's certainly not that way for the hugely larger majority of installers and people that have shells put in. Lets call the 1st picture Spiderman. The second, Reflections because I see you...

It will but that will cost some serious coin on a year round basis. God forbid you lose power for an extended period during a cold snap. Having a generator as a back up will have to have the pump and heater loads accounted for in addition to what ever else it can power. An enclosed pool room...

It's not just the pool that needs enclosing in the Winter. The equipment will also. A heater will need to be vented for the exhaust and allow fresh air in from somewhere warm. Bringing in cold air will create an acidic condensate. Heating water is not like heating air. To heat 1 pound of water...

A gunite cure is a chemical process. It takes 27 days for cure to the advertised PSI level. Scott

While a 300,000 BTU heater will do it, a 400,000 will be faster and use the same amount of gas. Scott

Liner pool bottoms can be sand, cement, or vermiculite and cement. Few use sand anymore though. Scott

Coating the facing is SOP and not a repair. That the mason crew may not have been the best doesn't surprise me. Three on a team not normally enough man power if the pour was via wheel barrows. Men to pour it in the forms, man with a rake, man with bull float, and one finisher/edger. I don't...

I don't know what it looked like before the face of the decking was done but will tell you its SOP. The colors never match exactly. They can't due to the different batches and materials used. This is normal. As for that which got into the track and on the liner bead, gently scrape it off. It's...

Please bear in mind that saying anything prior can be, if the installer were to win (just saying mind you), he could sue for "damaging" his rep also. There are legal ramifications, thats all I am saying. Scott

I never seen rebar reinforcement on the floor or hopper walls for a liner pool. Scott

Once more than six inches of water are over a wrinkle, it get nearly impossible to move because of the water's downward pressure. The vacuum should have take all wrinkles out prior to filling with a properly measured liner that is also had the bead inserted where it belongs or else the liner...

Do not drain the pool. The liner can shrink. The liner does not need to be detached. I need to see a picture. Put a pic in a Photobucket album. Hover over it and 4 coding options will appear. Copy the 4th one and paste it here. Use a new line to delineate multiple pics. Scott

Two layers is fine if the 1st on isn't delaminated extensively. As for the costs involved, typically its the home owner's. Too much heat and Sun typically in August. It would dry things out instead of letting them properly hydrate, a chemical process. You might loose a half inch of depth. I...

Pavers need no expansion joint. Use polymeric sand to fill the voids. Scott

One thing I don't like seeing is the lack of pipe between fittings. Makes repairs need more plumbing. Scott

Either you trust the nozzleman or you watch when it's getting shot. Scott

Spray deck coatings should not crack when new. I could understand if it or chips appeared 5 years from now. The improper slope's slab needs to be repoured. That would likely lead to the entire spray deck needing to be redone to get one color. Spray decks are colored. Colorants are made in...

This thread shows why you need more space than you might think. open-letter-to-mr-pool-builder-t28680.html?hilit=Dear%20Mr.%20Pool%20Builder Scott

Sounds like an inexperienced sales guy. I would be very leery about having this fellow manage the project. Unless a pool was shot so as to make the pool too deep, a shell is not given a second layer of gunite or shotcrete. In cases where the pool is too deep, the depth of the error will...

Soil movement is a different animal entirely. That affects the shell. The finish won't matter there. Whatever the shell does, the finish follows. Scott

Portland cement is what holds all plaster finishes together. The less exposed to water, the better. The higher the percentage of aggregates in the mix, the less Portland is exposed. Portland is mostly calcium. There are better mixes than plain plaster with additives. Alas, they also cost more...

Post Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:52 pm I haven't heard of black sand as a paver base. They used a clean white sand base of 1-2" when our driveway was done a few years back. Is this an east coast standard material? San Jose doesn't have a frost line in the soil. Lancaster does. The black...

Whether you wait or not, the decking guys should dig down to just below the frost line and add crusher (a well crushed concrete and dirt mix), compacted into 4" to 6" lifts. This will allow drainage and prevent frost heaves. A black sand paver base is added just above it for a couple inches...

Since they are flush at the edges, there is no sanding to lock them in place like there would be for standard pavers. Polymeric's main advantage is, when used with pavers, it doesn't wash out with rain like mason sand can. Scott

Most travertine I have seen uses large tiles that fit flush with each other. Polymeric doesn't bring anything to the table. The use of a compacted paver base that extends to below the frost line is suggested. Polymeric is great for standard pavers that have spacing between them like grout lines...

The installer has about $20,000 in costs at stake so it's no surprise there is an effort on his part to not do what needs to be done. This was his screw up and not the manufacturer's. The manufacturer will wash their hands of him but there will always be another manufacturer for an installer...

All you can do is look in the Hayward catalog. Some models may have a slight difference, some won't. This is where having some real world experience helps. Scott

Hayward does most of BHP's equipment. Scott