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There's no gotchas with a 20 mil liner as far as I know. Half of Merlin's lineup is 20 mil. I'm sure my existing liner is 20 mil and it's been fine for years. With that said, we just went with the Merlin Shelter Cove which is 27 mil. When spending this much on a liner (labor actually) I'm going...

I'd probably think about letting it turn into a swamp. Then, when I return, drain and refill with clean water.

No way! You spent $11k and will be seeing that liner EVERY DAY! Replace it. Would you have accepted the liner BEFORE it was installed if they gave you a stupid 10% discount on it??

Look into getting a Pentair GFCI breaker. Check this post: GFCI breaker started tripping

I'd do the opposite. Do you have a shop vac? Try to blow air into the skimmer line and force the mouse out to the pump

I can't speak much about how safe it is for your pool, but I don't think it is appropriate to have a giant tree growing so close to your pool. It's odd, landscape wise, and it will be a practical nightmare. Get some umbrellas instead :)

Hi Urchin - The Hotspot website says it may work with 2 speed compressors but you should call or email them to make sure. They are responsive.

Consider as an alternative the Hotspot FPH pool heater. It hooks up to your house AC and dumps the waste heat into your pool. Better cooling of your house and free pool heat with very little footprint on your yard. Would be ideal for puerto rico. You can see threads here for others who have...

Hello Sagar from Southborough! Fellow MA resident here. Since you say this is your first pool, let me give you my hard-won advice. You will need a solar cover either way. I have what amounts to a heat pump with a solar cover and my pool is 90 all summer. It would go higher but my thermostat cuts...

We don't recommend powder shock because it contains cyanuric acid which builds up in your pool over time and makes the chlorine less effective. I use liquid shock which is just concentrated bleach and I store it in an outdoor shed.

You don't necessarily have to go through all that work. I painted mine in 2018 and it is still holding up: Refinish Cement Deck

Very similar thing just started happening to me. After doing a bunch of research, I replaced the breaker with this. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HYJFBG?ref=nb_sb_ss_w_as-reorder-t1_ypp_rep_k0_1_15&amp&crid=VO0VXK8C4Z1H&amp&sprefix=pentair+breaker Read up on that breaker and why they made it...

It would drop due to the evaporation, and the ambient conditions would try to bring it back up. There's not enough info to know which one would win out though.

@newpoolj I run my FPH with low GPM. I don't know what the flow is, but I usually run my VS pump at ~350 watts.

If the condenser fan is off, and the AC air going into your house is cold: it's working. It will take ~2 hours of continuous AC run time before you will notice the difference in water temp coming out of your jets.