Swimming pools blog

Has anyone ever seen a black vinyl liner in an in
ground pool? I got a sample of the liner; it looks like
an inner tube. I wonder if it would look weird next
to light gray coping stones. I love the natural pond
look of black gunite pools but this sample looked
awfully severe. Comments?

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My 4 month old pool decking has patches of dark
grey. The concrete contractor says it’s traped
moisture. I find this hard to believe. They poured using
two trucks. 1st truck area no patches, 2nd truck lots
of patches. Anyone have experience with trapped
moisture in pool decking?

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I’m getting a pool put in as we speak, (non-diving, vinyl lined) and although I
paid for well points in the contract, the builder instead put a “french drain”
in. Am I being ripped off?

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Is there an easy way to close a 24 above ground
pool? It took 2 days to put the cover on that pool,
remove the filter and put it in the boiler room , warm
and cozy for the winter months. It is almost
impossible to vacuum that pool with out being in the pool
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Where is the best place to get bleach and ph- cheap?? What is ph- and where can
I find the chemical with out the brand name that costs more?

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Has anyone visited poolsolutions.com? I find the site to be very helpful as a
new pool owner. Can’t wait to pour that first gallon of Clorox in my
pool!!!!!!!!!!!

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Need some recommendations: We plan to build an
inground pool & need to know what features to look for,
should it be concrete or fiberglass? what are the
benefits of each? We live in St. Louis. Any
info/experience on inground pools & what to pay, what to expect
on yearly maintanence is appreciated. Thanks!

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WE have a gunnite pool and the last house we were
in had one. This pool was surrounded by trees and
has had the decking broke(low heat decking in large
slabs) and there are surface cracks in the gunnite. The
other pool we had was built by a different company. no
cracks and the pool surface did not wear out […]

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Finally getting some hot weather here. Pool has been at 86 degrees for over a
week now on solar heating only.<br

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I was cleaning my pool after the tropical storm
came through and noticed that my pump was running, the
skimmer basket was floating in it’s housing, and on my
guage it was reading between 0-5 bouncing between the
two numbers. I tried to vacuum and there was hardly
any suction. I have a 13,000 gal inground pool and my
middle jet […]

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