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BuckeyeChris, glad to hear! Cbrach411, what happened with the issues?

they weren't calcium lines. it was just probably some salt build up from the initial adding of salt to the pool? something crisp that had bubbled up on the water line. was easily removed by brushing and swimming. but while we r on the topic of testing, i always wondered about the test kit on...

interestingly, pb came out and showed me how if u move pump around it will be louder in certain positions. his plan was to cut off some backwash hose and stick it underneath until he saw an old mat for standing in front of the kitchen sink that we were throwing out. the kinds that are rubbery...

no, calpool doesn't have a trip fee each time. the company that cbrach411 has may. i remember that's one of the reasons i chose calpools over the other company. i was specifically talking with them about in-floor heads at the time when they said there's a fee. i think $75 or something close...

so sorry. i know, i'm tired of the pool people still coming around. and we've had accident and issue after issue and a big dirt backyard, now, due to their mistake with thinking the backyard was to be all deck. with your pb, don't u have to pay each time there is a warranty issue? be...

Realdealoo8, didn't see any shoe imprints in the sealer after it dried? i called the sealer company and they said the sealer could just get sucked up into the skimmer. gladly, there were some leaves and i think it grabbed onto as i did find some oily leaves in the skimmer. i've never owned a...

it's been about a week now with water. i'm lowering the water due to needing to touch up some pebble and fix the grout on the tile along with sealed the marbella today. i can't believe i already have water lines. i didn't think they'd bother me so went with the tile i wanted, cobalt blue...

I sealed my marbella this morning. i wanted to seal the overhang and originally tried to spray it on. i saw how much sealer was getting into the water so i took some lambswool and did it that way from then on, but that caused another problem; trying not to get the lambswool wet, which i did a...

bmoreswim, maybe something like this? I wonder if it'd be thick enough. would have to buy a couple. how easy is that pump to pick up with all the pipes attached to it, anyway? Amazon.com : Colortrak High Heat-resistant Station Mat : Hair Styling Accessories : Beauty Colortrak High...

wjr75. that's the pump i wanted. :( i didn't know enough of the difference in volume due to pb saying the haywards was more quiet. NOT. i kept hearing how loud they were at the showpools but they told me those pumps were the competetor's. i believed them but i should've looked on the pool...

I didnt let the kids swim yesterday afternoon after i got the marbella all cleaned up, nor today, and they weren't going to swim tomorrow to ensure that the marbella was dry enough to seal 5am monday morn. now it rained for a lousy 5 minutes. was sort of a sprinkle so i'm tempted to just keep...

we're going in the morning to buy some preserve outdoor penetrating sealer. $80 for 5 gallons. the guy at monterrey tile said the trick is getting penetrating sealer, not topical cuz it peels. we were told to get a solvent sprayer pump and some lambswool to rub it off 20 minutes later. got...

thx everyone for your feedback! nope, it's not touching the house. it's a good few inches from the house. interesting: plastic pad. i wonder how that will hold up in the AZ sun. I'm curious if it helps. so heater must vibrate more than pumps if they didn't put that under the pump. i...

how hot would u say they'd get in the very hot sun? we r in phoenix so i'm hesitant about dark brown

the pool pump is much louder than i thought. i am able to sense/hear it from the other side of our 1615 sq foot house and able to feel the vibration when i sit down at the dinner table. any ideas about this? someone said i might want to see if it's level. maybe that cheesy little drop-in...

gwegan and tim5055, couldn't get on site for a couple of days. i've been speaking with the pb about this and the electrician told me i'm being nitpicky, that if someone throws a radio in the pool noone will get electricuted, and that the fence is bonded to the pool. they said the rebar around...

thx so much for the info! i'm getting much closer to understanding, although there are still questions with if the AHJ requires Phoenix to follow the 2011 code that Phx has adopted. We have the Hayward Color Logic 320 LED color lights. they are pretty small. does anyone know if the part that...

thx ozdiver and AmyJo! yes, it's after pebble day and tomorrow the do acid.

tim5055, thanku! the quote of the code I got was from the website that is selling water bonders. sounds like u're saying they got the code wrong? sounds like it's saying two different things? my brother left vacation with a text that said if there is a light nitche fixture then we should be...

pebble today! - - - Updated - - - we have a few areas where it drips down like this. should this be a no-brainer for them to fix without me even having to point it out to them? - - - Updated - - - I know they and others said it'd be blotchy, but will this dirt come out? should I say...

My brother, who is a by the book electrician and teacher in MA has informed me that not only the pool needs to be bonded, but also the water has to be bonded (and in our case our fence since it's less than 5 feet from waters edge). Noone has seemed to hear of a water bonder. I looked it up and...

it looks so nice! r u happy with the end result?

well, thx for the comments and for checking! at this point i need to just try to focus on what i'm glad for i suppose. it's crazy how i partially put my pool in the place i did because of some neighbors whose cig smoke came into my yard and i never planned on sitting on that side of the pool...

so gorgeous! it all fits in the environment so well! the chaise lounges look so comfy. r they? i wonder how they'd be in the phoenix hot sun?! we don't have a membership to sams, so we'd have to add in that cost. i'll check out costco

bmoreswim, the pb said that those steps would be a structural disaster. i didn't expect that. trvbm, never heard of those hand hold tiles. that's what they r built for? if shotcrete comes tomorrow might be too late. i think what we mostly want is a place for the feet or to hang out. i...

thx! i checked and it'd be a minimum of $1500 and putting a step would be a structural no no. now, as natvtxn27 mentions, more for safety in my husband's eyes and more for convenience to get out of the pool easily and pain free in my eyes and hanging out. we did get marbella so we'll just...

well, i got my answer. a minimum of $1500 to put a small bench or step. forget that. i'll have to be happy with what we have. :)

i could have sworn i posted about this and can't seem to find the answers. there's been so much going on lately i must be loosing my mind. i'm really regretting not putting in a bench in the corner of my 40 foot pool where we'll have an exit. there's an in-floor head prob 5 feet from the...

i gotta say i really regret not putting in a small bench in the opposite corner of the pool. it's a 40 foot long pool and i'm now realizing i'm going to put in a gate on that side of the yard and will also utilize it as a sitting area when it's shaded and the other side of the pool isn't. sad...

thx everyone! It was a very close call! a new inspector came out and we told her that the 2 things we were failed on were fixed-the door was no doubt supreme in her eyes and we told her we scratched the idea of the fence because it was going to slow down the process to get the pool going. She...