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One third of my pool is shadowed by two redwood trees and the Polaris 360 collects two full bags of needle leaves every week. So I plan to use borate as algae inhibitor along with chlorine. Silkier feeling water is the added benefit as I am not using SWG. Before pool remodeling, my pool guy...

It's been a month since my pool was plastered with NPT ColorScape Caribbean Blue. PB started up the pool over ten days to gradually balance the water. After start-up, water measurements have been pretty consistent as follows: CH=450 TA=120 CC=0 ~ 0.5 FC=7.5 CYA=40 PH=7.6 Temperature=85 To...

I just had IntelliChem installed with acid (521378) and chlorine (521398) containers, which have with small vent holes. The whole system is enclosed in the equipment shed, which has an 8" wide chimney through the roof and two 16"x4" openings at where the roof meets side walls. I got a few...

My pool is is being remodeled for 2 additional returns, skimmer replacement at the same location and main drain conversion for entrapment prevention. I have no idea of how old the pool is but the house was built in 60's. Pool characteristics: 1. 25K oval 2. metal pipes 3. two layers of plaster...

What i meant by closing is not to circulate water up to solar collectors during winter months. I had an idea yesterday evening. 1. Add an isolation valves to the solar collectors at the house wall. 2. Add a bypass valve before the isolation valves. During winter months, I close the isolation...

I plan to add solar collectors on the roof to heat my pool. The solar pipes go underground from the equipment pad to the exterior wall of the house and then go up to the roof to the collectors. So the underground pipes basically form a U shape with two upward openings at the equipment pad and...