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Recently layed off work and trying to save some $. Need a new pool heater prior to Spring startup. I am handy around the house. I've replaced our water heater, replaced my car radiator very comfortable with electrical work and piping. But before I attempt to replace our water heater, I wanted...

My current heater is 250,000 BTU and served us well for 20 years. It has finally gone to heater heaven and the replacement I am looking at is 266,000 BTU. Is the extra 16,000 BTU negligible enough that I wouldn't need to inquire about an upgraded meter at the house?

I have a Laars Lite2 LD250N (250K BTU, Natural Gas) heater that has finally crossed over... It gave us 20 good years of service. What model would you all recommend to replace it with? Keep with same BTU rating I assume? We have a 20x40 with 6 ft deep end. TIA!

I have wrinkles in my liner that have progressively gotten worse over the last 3 years. When I noticed the first wrinke, I inspected it thoroughly to see if there was any puncture in the liner that could have caused it. I didn't find anything. It got worse later in the summer so I had our pool...

I fill from well water which is very high in iron. To reduce iron, I typically fill my pool through the skimmer and place 1" chlorine tablets in the skimmer to release the iron and filter it out. Now the only tablets I can find are tri-chlor and I've heard it may not be recommended to put...

I used the waterguru all last summer with pretty good results overall. Seemed pretty accurate as long as the flow was good. This summer with a new cassette I've noticed the FC readings have been consistently lower than reality by about 2ppm. Now, all of a sudden over last 3 days, it is...

After opening this year, my pool guy said my TDS level was 205ppm. He said anything above 200 can start to become a problem with being able to maintain correct ph, clorine etc levels. This is not a salt water pool. I've owned this pool for 15 years and have not once ever tested for TDS. Any...

My dealer tells me that I need a brake assembly for my coverstar auto pool cover (it is opening crooked which is not allowing me to open all the way and messing up the ropes). Says he cannot get parts. System is about 16 years old. And of course, I just had the cover itself replaced a year ago...

I have a Laars LD250N heater that quit on me recently. Found a troubleshooting guide from Jandy that goes through step by step testing for 24V at various different locations. I got all the way to Step 7 where it asks 24V at black/yellow wire of the Ign Controller? Answer is "no" which then...

Does high FC level (25 to 30ppm) have any effect on CYA test results? For the past couple days I have been trying to shock to eliminate .5ppm CC and have not been able to maintain constant FC level. (I've been leaving my pool un-covered so that I don't damage my autocover from high FC level). I...

I recently had to shock and once my FC stabilized, I was at 20ppm FC. I was hoping to be able to go swimming the next day but not at 20ppm. So I opened up the cover and let the hot sun shine down on the pool all day and by the end of the day, I was at 4ppm. I was amazed at how just 8 hrs of...

I am currently shocking my pool due to excessive FC loss. Pool looks crystal clear and the only abnormality I am seeing is a grayish colored film on top of the water inside my skimmers. Also the back side of the skimmers were coated black along the water line. At first I thought the coating on...

When cleaning the gunk out of my skimmers today, I noticed a couple of my skimmers have cracks in them (in the top round part where the skimmer baskets are). What kinds of problems can I expect because of this? Am I probably losing water through those cracks? Are the skimmers difficult to...

Never had my water tested by a pool store so thought I'd run an experiment. Wow! Took my sample in and the first thing the gal did was pour the water into a beaker and dip a test strip in and then put the test strip into some kind of fancy electronic analyzer. She ran a drop test for pH and...

I recall a post from Ben on PoolSolutions where he talked about a method to remove metals from fill water. I believe he said to load up one of your skimmer baskets with chlorine pucks and fill directly through the pucks. From what I recall, I believe he said the high chlorine concentration in...

I have a Laars heater. It's going on it's 7th year of operation and I haven't had to replace a single component or have any repairs. I know that I am completely jinxing myself by posting this but I'd rather do some pro-active maintenance on it while everything is working to try to keep...

Just had a brand new liner installed and my wife noticed all along one side of the pool what felt like tiny rocks/pebbles all along the top (behind the liner). I complained to our PB and one of his guys that was involved with the liner install pulled back a section of the liner to look behind...

I'm no expert, and certainly a far cry from a licensed electrician, but take a look at this and let me know if this is bad workmanship or not. Installed here is a new Sta-Rite 4spd VS3050 pump and Easy Touch control system (electronic control system for Jandy valve to swim-out jets, heater, pool...

I have a Polaris pool cleaner and typically have to replace the velcro bag about once every 2 years due to the velcro getting clogged and becoming unreliable. I see that Polaris has a zipper bag but am wondering if the zipper would be ok in a liner pool. Thanks!

Hi, I am in need of replacing my pump on my 20x40 IG and my pool dealer is recommending this new pump from Sta-Rite. It is computer controlled at 4 different speeds. They say that you can run it at the lowest speed (for a longer time than you would normally run your pump) and that it will run...

I have a 20x40 IG pool and just received a quote to have the liner replaced. Replacement includes: - drain, remove old liner, chlorine rinse for bacteria control, smooth out any rough spots, patch any large cracks, caulk seams, clear debris, install liner - 27 mil liner - new faceplates and...