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And a followup, am I better all around just replacing with a VS and not a VSF as this is just a typical pool plus hot tub arrangement, I'm not sure why the builder would have speced the VSF - but again I am looking for easiest install...

Long story short - sister's house in Fort Myers had 4' of water in the yard during Ian, which put their pool equipment entirely under water. Their year-old Intelliflo VSF pump appears, as you'd expect, to be shot. I'm no equipment expert but looks like pentair uses this same wet end for...

Sorry for the late reply, let me try to answer some of the above: - How often can someone be there to test? Well, at $125/month, it seems we can count on someone showing up 2x a month, maybe. Are they testing the water? Honestly I doubt it. At this point I'm happy if they vac out the worst...

Short version: Parents in their late 70s. Dad stopped taking care of the pool ~10 years ago, let it become a swamp, we got it under control over a period of months and hundreds of dollars, and are now on the 6th or 7th "professional" pool service. Going rate is now $125 a month, and the last...

I've lived in Florida most of my life and as far as I know, hydrostati valves just weren't a thing when most of these pools were built. (Not sure if they are today) standard operating procedure on the handful of pools I've seen resurfaced (including my own) is day 1 drain, day 2 drill 3" hole in...

I don't honestly think "closing" the pool is an option - you can't drain a pool here without drilling a hole in the bottom (otherwise they have a nasty habit of popping out of the ground).. And once the pool has SOME water in it.. Well, it's a problem. My dad just revealed that his grand plan...

The situation was, surprisingly, under control for the last few years and essentially he would dump in shock all the time, and I'd show up every 2-3 months and spend a day getting the pool into ok shape. He has an older cartridge filter and and barracuda cleaner - where everything really went...

Need some advice. My father (who is in generally poor health and is still "with it" but getting worse) decided to stop taking care of his 15k gallon inground pool. In florida. In the middle of summer. After 3 months, I returned home to discover that he essentially let the pool turn into a...

I had the standard "dead hayward aqr" problem described here: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/17562-Aquarite-Not-generating-lights-not-on Complete with visibly failed current limiter. Unit was only 18 months old. I didn't have time to deal with it at the moment, so ordered a new board...

Thanks guys. Either is mid-$600s right now, and I'm willing to pay a premium for the 'adjustability' vs the 2 speed pump. Added bonus that I can use my existing timer - I don't anticipate needing any other automation etc. Just wanted to make sure there wasn't something dramatically better...

I need to make a decision this week - I am replacing an existing 3/4 HP pump which provides more than adequate flow in my pool. My choices - both are mid-$600 - are the SP2300VSP or the SP2600 VSP. The 2300VSP uses the "Max-Flow" Head. The 2600VSP uses the "Superpump" Head. The motors on both...

So I'm just converting to SWG and struggling with my salt levels - according to my Hayward AQR panel I'm at 3400 ppm. According to the (well inside expiration date) Aquacheck strips that came with it, I'm somewhere between 1200 and 2000, depending on which strip I choose to believe. Based on...

I really have no idea - I assumed the gauge was just no good because I never saw it go past 5 psi, but it's possible it just never went past 5 psi. I always measured the filter condition by the speed of the cleaner - slow cleaner and I'd pull the filter out and hose it down. When the water...

Way too late on the filter. :) Actually the previous filter was a 75 sqft so this is a moderate upgrade. Previous owner built a "box" around the pool equipment with a lid, so I was limited by height in how big I could go. I actually had no complaints about the previous filter's capacity...

Ok, I get the message on the rectorseal, I'll check it out. I actually may have a can of their "t plus 2" stuff around here somewhere, that looks very familiar. On the Teflon tape - for the record - 2-3 wraps of it was specifically what was recommended by the Hayward Filter manual. As a...