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I have a 20X40 in ground pool with a concrete base & fiberglass walls. The pool has been in the ground since the early to mid 80's. I've been losing about 2" of water a day for the past week. I've plugged the skimmers & not run the pump for a day & I am still losing the same amount of water. I...

Sorry for taking so long as I got tied up with things. I was never able to get my issue resolved. I replaced the gasket around the pump lid. Things look great, when I have the skimmer & main drain open. As soon as I close the skimmers the pump starts to starve. I get some water to the pump but...

Thank you for your help. This is a learning curve for me. I'm having a little trouble figuring things out. There are 2 skimmers & a main drain. One of the skimmers had a plug in the suction hole. When I remove it there is a large difference in the amount of suction between the 2 skimmers. Also...

I will defiantly verify that the pump is done before I do anything. It is a single speed super pump. The water for my slide isn't supplies by the pump & there are no water features & I have a cartridge filter. A Pentair CCP420. Would there be a benefit going to a larger hp pump? Sent from my...

Tonight I walked outside, my pump wasn't running & the breaker was tripped. I reset the breaker & it tripped instantly. It's a Hayward 1.5hp super pump. I'm assuming the pump is locked up. We bought the house last year & don't know how old the pump is. The pool was put in the ground in the...

I have a Hayward 1.5hp super pump. I also have a Pentair CCP 420 filter assembly & I have a Hayward C3025 filter assembly. Which filter assembly would be better to run with my pump? I am new to the pool game. I thought bigger is better but am being told that the Hayward is closer to the GPM in...

Yes. Although it doesn't seem to be as full as is was last season. The water level is down right now & I am only feeding the pump from the main drain. Could it be not enough water for the pump? As the water level comes up & I open the feed from the skimmers does that seem like it will fix my issue?

I just opened my pool for the 1st time. I am not getting any pressure on my filter housing. In Fact after running my pump for a few min I am not getting any water out of the relief valve. I feel air coming out of the valve but it's as if the housing isn't filling with water completely. I do hear...

Going with a Raypak heater. Now the only question I have is, should I order a Millivolt or a digital heater? What are the pros & cons of each? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Oops. Yes, I did mean 250,000. Thanks for the help. 1st time owning an in ground pool. I was looking around online & all heaters seemed to have mixed reviews. I was leaning towards the Haward just because the one I'm replacing seemed to last a long time. I will look at the Raypak now.

Can anyone help me decide which pool heater to get & how many btu's should I get? My pool is about 35,000 gallons with about a 720' surface area. I am replacing a 25,000BTU Hayward which looks to be 20 years old (we just bought the house.) Are haywards still that reliable or should I be looking...

Thanks for the links. Unfortunately I have still not been able to find the correct fittings. I think that they need to be 1-3/4". Everything that I have found is the standard 1-1/2. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hopefully someone here will know I'm not crazy. Last September my wife & I purchased a new house just outside of Chicago. One selling point was the 18X40 in ground pool outside our back door. The pool has been in the ground since the early 80's. It has a concrete bottom with fiberglass sides...