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Thanks to all for your comments! Taking the tips here I went out and figured out where I was wrong. One of the black Jandy valves was not turned correctly. I had turned the valve to open the spa drain, but I had not turned it to CLOSE OFF the main drain. Once I moved the OFF position one...

sure, I'll take a pic of the valves. Here is what I did so far. I left the pool pump on but turned the valve to shut off the returns to the pool so that all water returned is coming out the spa. I turned on the spa pump so that system is working. Hot water is coming out of the returns and...

Hi there. I am firing up my spa for the first time and need some help with how to turn valves, etc. I have a pool with a spill over spa. I am not sure what I need to do in order to just heat up the spa and not the whole pool. The heated water comes out the 2 spa returns. No hot water comes...

Hey Landmark. Just wondering if you could help me. I have the same Pentair heater that you do on my pool. I have finally gotten it hooked up to the gas. It was hooked up by a plumber that is licesened to do gas as well. However, he does not know anything about pool heaters themselves so...

This is a new spa and is an owner/build. I have finally gotten the spa jet internals installed in my spa and the pressure is pitiful. The spa return line has more power than the jets. It is an 8' diameter spa with 6 jets. It has it's own 2.5 HP whisperflo pump. I checked online and found a...

Just wondering where to buy these? Hopefully I won't have to go to a pool store to get them? Walmart, Home depot, Lowes....... anyone like that have them? I am adding Borax to new pool and need to check my levels. Thanks in advance!

What beautiful and neat plumbing! Mine looks absolutely NOTHING like that! LOL. I love your stamped concrete. It gives the whole project such a designer look. Good choice of upgrade on that one. I'm swimming!

I have not been able to get my pump to hold a prime for more than a few hours, and it is difficult to get a prime in the first place. I have tried shutting off the main drain line as well as the skimmers, but it still will not hold a prime. I have primed my filter and can get all the air out...

Thanks for the help and shared story! We switched the 2 that were backward last night and it was working fine. However I am not sure if the vacuum in the filter is 100% this morning. You know that small clear plastic bulb at the top of the filter that fills with water after the air is sucked...

Well..... It’s me again. The owner/builder with a screw up at every turn. This time it's in the plumbing. I got water going last Thursday; finally got power to the pump on Monday. My water does not look right. I have a dark grey plaster and instead of dark blue water it is greyish...

No, my pump does not have a plug, but YES I do have a sump pump. I can go do that right now. Do you think I could go ahead and start adjusting my ph with this going? Thanks so much!

My pool was plastered on Thursday. It finished filling last night. I need to start my circulation and get my water chemistry adjusted. Problem is the electrician did not show back up yesterday. He was here on Wed and ran the wires out to the equipment pad and said to give him a call as soon...

Hey Steven, thanks for the first hand knowledge. Can you tell me if you had the circulation on during the period of time that you dropped the ph and were brushing? I thought it would ruin your pump etc, if you ran the pump during a no drain acid wash. How long did you leave the ph this low...

Well..... I called the SMC diamond brite home offices and spoke to Al who is suppose to be a regional manager. These guys are so vague. They do not want to give you any advice other than to say “I am only supposed to refer you to the manufactures installation instructions." When I would ask...

owner build sorry I should have reminded the board that this is an owner build. Any mistakes are mine to fix! The decking was poured yesterday and the concrete crew mixed up some portland I had here and filled in the holes for me. It was an easy fix, I just hope that was alright.

I used the Waterway spa jets in my new pool build. As per the instruction you must cone the gunite back 4” behind the PVC pipe when finishing the wet gunite. I explained this to the guy during the shoot to which he replied "I know how to do these, this is the kind we always work with."...

Picture of repair I got the guy that has been doing most of the work on my pool to do the pegging to the skimmer area yesterday. I told him how it was recommended here that it be done. However..... he insisted that using one bar of rebar bent around was better than two on each side bent back...

I agree with what you are saying about telling him to do it. However...... if as he says "I never do that" then should I really trust him to do it properly. I was thinking if this was a 2 or 3 hour job my husband and I would just do it ourselves. I'll let you know what we decide.

No pressure test IThank you for all the replies. I asked him last week if the plumbing had bee pressure tested yet. His reply "No, I never pressure test my plumbing. I haven't had a problem yet." So...... I think I will be doing the pressure testing myself. I found a pool site that said...

More questions with this pool build. I bought a subsciption to the "How i build my own pool "site to help me with my owner/build but the order in which the guy that is doing my pool just doesn't match up with that site so often! I am hoping there is more than one way to do the plumbing. He ran...

Bill Jones will not stand behind his work Well... I finally talked to the owner of the company that shot my gunite shell (He is out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi) He was adamant in saying there was no need to do any pegging, etc and all I needed to do was to fill up that hole with concrete when...

love it Thanks for posting. I love the water color! Beautiufl pool.

feel your pain my kids are older now, but I know exactly where you are coming from. My rule was as long as their parents come to watch them they could swim. But I was not going to be responsible for sitting outside in the heat and watching others kids all summer. I think a pool is to be...

Below is the link to the up to date photos of my pool build. The tile and coping is getting done today and tomorrow so I will post more when that is completed. I am learning so much from this experience, mostly from my mistakes! PM me if you are going through this process and I will share...

Link to more pics. I have included a link to photo bucket with several more pics so as not to junk up this site with so many pics. I removed the form and the mud that was on top of the concrete. The gunite guy poured 2 buckets of gunite down into the formed up box so what you are seeing in...

Thank you very much for the suggestions. I am going to take some additional pics of the skimmers. The gunite guys poured 2 buckets of gunite into the bottom of the skimmer box. You cannot see it in the above pic as it rained afterward and mud is covering the bottom. Would this gunite in the...

already paid not only have I already paid, but the owner of the company that did the "work" had open heart surgery and I don't know when he will be back at work. Do you think I need a concrete person to do this work, or a pool builder? I don't really know who is the best person to call to...

pics of skimmer here are some pics of the skimmer. If you need more tell me what angles would be most helpful and I'll go out and take some more. Thanks so much to all that will help.