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  1. beachinmoney

    Pool builder didn't install bubblers

    So, any ideas what I can do with them? Use them? Still get some beauty out of them anything? I do have a fountain that's too short to fall over my swim up bar due to trying to purchase duringtjanks! Covid. Could I incorporate it into this? Any ideas?
  2. beachinmoney

    Had someone out to fix Pentair vs and next morning pool near empty. HELP PLEASE

    I am at my new home out of state. Where to start? Please help. It's Friday.
  3. beachinmoney

    Need help replacing x10 rocker light switch

    I have a GFI with an X10 rocker toggle light switch, Shasta built in 2006. My x10 toggle switch died and I am moving soon. I just want to put something inexpensive in that will work. Does anyone have any suggestions. It takes three wires. Any suggestions?Thanks in advance.
  4. beachinmoney

    2 PB took $ & ran. Question & Answer needed please!!

    I'm not loving Mexico right now. My pool retaining wall is built, all the backhoe work has been completed and rebar. The 2nd PB turned out to be a drunk who passed out in his vehicle after drinking all day long and wanted me to pay him for things not done. At this point I'm considering a DIY...
  5. beachinmoney

    Special tool to install Pentair vs pump?

    Is there any reason I can't install this myself? How do I hook up the electrical?
  6. beachinmoney

    Help please on pool build and quote, this is in Ensenada, MX area

    I have a few questions. My home in Baja of California that I was building a pool. Contractor didn't finish and stole money. So now, new guy. Explanation. 1st off I'm having new electrical run and a 200amp breaker box with 24 slots. I'll have solar, a/c mini splits, kitchen appliances some will...
  7. beachinmoney

    Lost jewelry, ring, help on looking please

    I've spent one night til 3am and 3 hours yesterday. The Tanzanite stone in my ring fell out. If it got sucked up by the A &A Infloor cleaners might it be in the leaf basket? I will look in my Pentair clean & clear filter but I can't put it back together by myself!!!!
  8. beachinmoney

    Pool light fixture

    The only thing I have determined for sure is that designing and selling a pool light fixture that also has led color changing lights and an automation function would earn you millions. You could sell the fixtures alone to everyone wanting out of their old bad ones. The bulbs to the same and no...
  9. beachinmoney

    Please help me with my new pool build and equipment

    Hello. I have purchased a home in La Mision, Baja California, Ensenada area and it will be 30 x 18 with a 7 x 7 sun shelf, a swim-up bar, and be pebble tec with a waterfall over the top of the gazebo going into the pool and also bubblers with colored lead lights on the sun shelf. I want to make...
  10. beachinmoney

    Gift certificate when your a supporter

    I never got one...
  11. beachinmoney

    Help my Pentair pumps leaking!!!

    I have a 1 yr old Pentair Intelliflo 2 VST. I noticed it's quite damp around the pad so I went to take a closer look. Let's see if I can post a video here. Can someone tell me why it would be leaking? And what this white stuff is? Chlorine? And what to do.
  12. beachinmoney

    Any help James W, AZrob.. pool light

    Well obviously my light is back in the pool. New gasket and new brass bolt. The other was pretty much stripped and hard to get in and out. So my question is, there has to be a way to upgrade this without putting a whole new fixture in. I googled it but unable to find anything yet. The water...
  13. beachinmoney

    Boy I sure hope someone can help asap, nothing since giving $

    I got more help before I contributed. So far I've had to pay someone to come and now I have my light torn apart and really would appreciate some help. I pulled it out and it's not a matter if simply screwing the new bulb in. I'll take a picture.
  14. beachinmoney

    Help, leaf basket, light gasket

    I bought this home 5 years ago It's a pool installed by Shasta in 2006. I do not have any paperwork and Shasta apparently doesn't keep that stuff I had an I'ld Hayward NS sp4050 or something like that. I tried that leaf strainer and it shaped totally different. wlAny idea what kind of leaf...
  15. beachinmoney

    Leak, who's cheap and good in Arizona?

    Hi, I just became a bronze member, I don't think it shows yet. I need to research and hopefully find some answers. I bought this house 5 years ago. The pool was built by Shasta in about 2006. It had an older Hayward NS but a year ago I put in a Pentair Interflow pump and a Pentair Clean and...
  16. beachinmoney

    Fix leak in PVC. Repair guy said 200-300!

    Surely there has to be a way. I'll post pic's any help would be much appreciated. The leak is where the blue is.
  17. beachinmoney

    Installer cut out my three way valve no waste line??? Help

    I just noticed that when I had a new Filter installed the, for lack of better term, idiot guy cut out my three-way valve. I need to empty some of the water because I over filled it. I have a Pentair Clean and Clear Plus. What the heck do I do??? Not happy and I can't find his card...
  18. beachinmoney

    I am going to repair this but it's not in use, so input

    Hi, I need to fix a leak in this pipe where the arrow is but it doesn't connect to the SWG that used to be there. Any way to just get rid of it instead of having to cut it out and repair it?
  19. beachinmoney

    Help on fixing my pool pump/piping and adding a threaded shaft??? Flooded yard today.

    No one answered my add on to my old post so I am posting this new... So today at 5:30 am I woke up to a flooded yard. My pool pump came apart at the pipe going into the pump. It isn't a threaded piece that goes into the pump... Any and all help on fixing would be greatly appreciated. I am going...
  20. beachinmoney

    Need help, water leaking, other issues. Need to identify and fix

    Hi, I'm home on my own due to husband being out on the road with work and I replaced my motor in my Hayward Northstar SP4010 pump with a 2 speed. The seal was replaced along with the impeller just to give you some background. My strainer lid was leaking water. I got a new o-ring and it still...
  21. beachinmoney

    New Motor Trouble Installing

    Hi, I got a B2977 motor for my Hayward SP4010NS pump. It is longer then the old motor which is like a B128. Correction, I looked at Century site and it says they are the same. How can he be having this problem? .... The motor I got is a lot longer and that is the trouble we are having getting...
  22. beachinmoney

    Got my 2 spped motor, wiring question

    Hi, My new motor came Saturday evening and when switching it out we had an impeller that was stuck and ended up having to crack it to get it off. So Leslies didn't have the impeller and we just got one today. When my BF was at the pool store they tried to tell him that we didn't know what we...
  23. beachinmoney

    Pump leaking water, time to upgrade to 2 speed need advice

    Hi all. I have a Hayward Northstar SP4010N with a SP1610Z1 motor. I want to get a 2 speed motor and I have done a lot of research. I have in ground AA cleaning in my pool that is important for anyone to know. In calling around I got this quote, " I currently have a 2-speed pump with a toggle...
  24. beachinmoney

    Question about Clorox Pool & Spa Chlorine Tabs

    Hi, I know that Costco just got these in. Are they really Bleach or are they tabs just like the other bad ones?
  25. beachinmoney

    A&A Pop up's not all working need some help please

    Hi, I had to replace the A&A Manufacturing 524664 Low Profile 6 Port Upper Housing and Lid Assembly Valve SKU #: 524664 and also the A&A Manufacturing 540277 Low Profile 6 Port 1-1/2in. - 2in. T-Valve Replacement Parts Kit everything seems good except only three of the pop ups actually are...
  26. beachinmoney

    Water squirting out of my AA Manufacturing Lid For Low-Profile Water Valves

    It was coming out like I had the aerator on. I ordered the lid but now it says it won't be here until Friday. I called them, emailed them everything about next day shipping. We tried to seal the lid with Gorilla glue and that did no good. My pool is going to be a mess of nothing but algae if I...
  27. beachinmoney

    Weigh in opinions on the 2 ez speed motor's lasting and thx to everyone....

    I just wanted to first off say thank you all very much for all the help you have given me. I have been reading and researching and the one thing I can say without a doubt is that it makes no sense to get a VS motor over a 2 speed. Practically everyone believes all the hype and you all are so...
  28. beachinmoney

    Have a water leak out of pump and need help with part

    Hi, I looked up my pump, it's a SP4010NS by Hayward and found a diagram here of all parts, http://www.poolpartsonline.com/popup.aspx?src=watermark.axd%3fproductid%3d212%26size%3dlarge The problem is the place that water is leaking from doesn't have a number or part... It is coming from the pipe...
  29. beachinmoney

    Can someone look at this timer and tell me if it's gonna work please?

    Hi, I am looking at getting a 2 speed motor and I have a timer only for my one speed. I was told that the seller would throw in this brand new timer that he got from someone going out of business cheap. I am not that mechanical and trying to read everything is making me crazy so I thought maybe...
  30. beachinmoney

    One last try to get some help... Need to get this done and still somewhat confused...

    I can not afford to buy a whole new Pump and pay for install. I just had to buy a new Heat pump at the tune of 5K. I am getting some yard work done, a paver and the rocks and plants around the pool. Also have to get Solar Screens for the windows. That means I am shot right now on money so I need...