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Trying to pump out groundwater after heavy rain. Have moved pump out of excavation above pool and attached quite a long suction side hose but now having probs. Is there a limit as to the length of suction side hose and height of pump?. when hose was short and pump down in excavation, pump was...

I am thinking about putting in a large solar water heater. I am plumbing the new pool in the next couple of weeks so I need to know if I have to put in separate pipework for the solar or if I can use the main pump and line. The plan is to put in 2 or 3 times the surface area of the pool (28sqm)...

Am considering tiling my diy pool (my-self-build-ferrocement-pool-t28358.html) and have been weighing up the likely costs and have a few questions if anyone could help please. Have been told that tiling on its own does not waterproof a pool. If epoxy grout is used, is this still the case? Due to...

I have 4 options for water filling. My house supply is from rainwater tanks with water collected from the roofs of my house etc. 1. Trucked in: expensive. The water is treated (quite heavily from the smell of it). This water is the supply for the nearest town. 2. I have a large tank which isnt...

Looking at the controllers available, they seem to do a lot more than I need and I guess they aren't cheap. I am putting in a fairly simple system: 1Xpump,1XSWG,1Xsingle colour LED. No spa. If I put in separate timers for the pump and SWG (the SWG already has one), there is no guaranteeing that...

Here in Australia there is very little choice other than single speed pumps. ie: Astral Viron P300 3 speed pump about $700 (slowest speed isnt very slow: 1420rpm) http://www.hurlcon.com.au/sites/default ... %20WEB.pdf @1420rpm 1.5amps 200 litres p/m @3.6metres head (I presume that there...

I need to incorporate some steps into one corner and I would like to do this using as little concrete as possible and take up as little space as possible whilst providing a step deep enough to sit on in reasonable comfort . The depth from coping stone to floor is 1.5m (5ft) which from my...

Thought it might be fun to post a log of my pool build which I am doing mostly myself. Hope its of interest to people. After a lot of research I decided on ferrocement otherwise known as thin shell in the US. It consists of layers of mesh and a dense mortar which is similar to how fibreglass...

I have tracked down the relevant regulations for equipotential bonding in Australia and to my laymans reading of it, there seem to be some important differences between Australia and the US. I have spoken to an electrician and told him about this and he said if I wanted to do it the American way...

The difference in price between the single color and multi color led pool lights is just over $200 for the range I have chosen. I probably would use only the blue anyway but some of the pictures I have seen of blue led lit pools are a bit too much for my taste, almost like blue ink. I dont know...

Hi Folks, first post so here goes. After 4 years of planning (on and off), I am in the middle of building my pool myself. I had the plumbing more or less worked out but decided to re-check my plumbing layout with one of my suppliers who is also a pool builder and plumber. I wanted to check...