New poster here. Looking to learn a lot from those who have owned a pool as I am having my first built. Going for a 406 sq.ft. kidney shape gunite and we like the idea...

We wanted to relocate a family pool to our house, but upon inspection of the wall and rails, I'm uncertain due to rust. The rust is primarily at the bottom ring, maybe...

Please help. What is happening to my pool. What is the cause. The manufacturer says it is not enough calicum in water and the gelcoat has weakened. I have pictures. I...

We have repainted our pool steps with exactly the same paint year after year. This year the steps are slippery and we've had several bad falls. We've tried to rough up...

New pool people here. :D We just paid to have our pool re-plastered, new, white plaster. We've been in the house a year and half and the plaster was in good shape since...

Hello everyone,

I'm a 3 year pool owner and a new member to this forum. I'm seeking help to understand a mysterious lighter-colored "ring" about 6" wide...

Am on site with a largish new build indoor pool constructed from cast in-situ concrete. Has anyone any experience of hot polyurea as a decorative / waterproof coating in...

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We want to replace the 3 steep steps in our pool with several small steps. The FIRST step, if possible, should be just at the top of the tile line, OUT OF THE...

We just had our new pool finished and surfaced with Diamond bright in cobalt blue. The Diamond bright was done 4 days ago and filled with water 3 days ago. We are highly...

I am a recent 1st time pool owner. I was having such a hard time keeping the algae at bay that this past fall I decided to drain the pool.

Can you please tell me what...

I have a pool with a concrete base and fiberglass sides. There are some relatively thin cracks in the shallow end. Are these just plaster cracks that can be filled in,...

Help....our pool builder is washing shovels, bull floats, brooms, and hand finishing tools in our fiberglass pool during the installation. Will this hurt our pool and or...

We’ve had our pool area redone in concrete aggregate. The contractors left it too long and the excess concrete wash off has set in the bottom of our pool (they have...

Why is my pool vacuum chipping my plaster around the edge of the bottom of the pool? Its significant chipping about 4 inches wide. Following the exact path the vacuum...

We are about to resurface our inground marbelite pool. We have heard some comments about Beadcrete and would like to hear from people who have had Beadcrete in their...

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We are going to apply pebble surface to our 40 year old pool. We are using natural quartz pebble plus 10% glass bead.

We are tossing up between 1.6mm pebbles...

My pool is currently drained so I can fix it.

Over the years, some of the tiles have fallen off. What should I use to replace the tiles? My guess is that normal mortar...

My pool is currently drained...

My swimming pool has ceramic tiles at the water line. Over many years, mineral deposits have formed on the tile surface. I have decided...

Hi All, I just had a pool built last summer (we finished our second season), and i have terrible build up on my glass tile above the water line. I have an auto safety...

Is that true that Pebble outlasts plaster for at least 10 years?
I am building a pool and just yesterday sprayed gunite in it. In my contract I have a plaster, however,...