Recent content by arri

The North wall will have by far the easiest access during the construction phase whereas the South wall has by far the most prohibitive access due to close proximity to an existing building. The West and East walls would also be significantly easier to work with than the South one. An...

I totally agree having watched the surface scum slide right by the skimmer and would prefer to move the existing East skimmer all the way to the East wall. However, moving the steps to cover the entirety of the East wall precluded that practicality until speaking with the pool refinisher who...

So lots of preference for the cartridge filter over DE which seems to point toward the Pentair CCP520 from most accounts here on TFP. If we are able to fill in the existing stairs that encroach on our house our preferred replacement is full width steps into the shallow end. That would pretty...

I am fortunate enough to have had and will have the ability to dispose of the effluent in the new pad location without local restrictions. DE maintenance has never been problematic for me; however, I am intrigued by the lower maintenance cartridge users extol over DE. It appears the larger...

Thanks! Am definitely considering a salt chlorinator. I am reading here that cartridge filters will operate more efficiently than DE especially when oversized, but they do not achieve quite the level of cleanliness of DE. That's going to be a difficult decision!

My 33,000 gallon 20x40 in ground that was built in 1973 and fiberglassed in 1995 is getting an overhaul. We are doing architectural work that requires removal of the pool decking as well as relocating the pool equipment pad. The pool leaks heavily at the tile line, the fiberglass is blistering...

It's such a shame because everything else about the robot seems capable of lasting considerably longer. It's just that that choice of a permanent magnet dc motor (pmdc) in a sealed container is doomed to fail after a fairly narrowly defined number of hours of operation. There is a lot of dirt in...

I just hopped online to ask this exact question and saw this thread! Long story short, yes I will probably repurchase a pool robot, possibly even a Maytronics simply because it's the devil I know. I also have had a 300i for about six years which I have replaced the bearings in twice and the...

For the sake of others who may stumble upon this thread later, I would caution anyone to consider how important reliability is when automating a liquid chlorine doser. Too many times (even with an incredibly robust Zwave mesh) I witnessed missed events. If the dosing pump turns on when the...

Our gunite pool was built in the early 70's and eventually it was fiberglassed in the 90's. However, it doesn't appear the fiberglass extended to the coping rather it terminated below the waterline tile edge. As anyone can imagine, it appears to leak through the waterline tile and may well leak...