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New build going on right now at my house. I’ll be ready for finish in two weeks. I am considering seriously tiling 100% of pool instead of more common alternative finishes. Pebble/River Rock ruled out after I tried a friends pool with this finish and it seemed to harsh and rough for my taste...

Hello, it's been a while since my last post. I was responsible for this build a few years ago: Construction Time! Miami, FL New Pool with Pictures and Prices Included. I'm back at it. I just purchased a new home and it's time for a new build...This photo is the rendering of the new pool. We...

Just last week I installed a Hayward Heatpro 110k Btu heat pro pump. The first day I set heater to heat water to 86 degrees (from 79 degrees current water temp). 12 hours later I checked and it had heated pool to 89 degrees, that's 3 degrees more than I requested. I turned heat pump off...

Need help. I've had Poolvergnuegen second gen pool cleaner for about a year now. All great until a few months ago. I have it set to clean 4 hours daily. Almost every single day the mechanism inside the cleaner gets stuck and stops working. I keep having to open the cleaner up, and make sure the...

Just installed ThePoolCleaner (2 wheel) on my new pool, running with 3 returns, main drain, one skimmer and one wall suction side fitting. In order to get the cleaner's recommended 11-13 rpm on the wheels, I needed to: 1- run ecostar pump at 2700 rpm and 2- close the skimmer and main drains...

Just installed four deck jets. They are plumbed in pairs. So, there are two lines of coming from the pump, and each splits into two lines with a "T" before making their way to the deck jets. The problem is that one of the deck jets has about 20% less pressure/force than the other 3. I already...

Greetings! I'd like to use one more lifeline, please! Last week I started up my Prologic PS4 Salt System for the first time since building the pool. I added the required salt into the water, left my pump running 16 hours per day at 1400 RPM, and set Chlorine to 65%. Just today I went to the...

It's been officially 30 days since my new pool was filled and I can now add a cleaner into the pool. I have been running my Ecostar pump for 16 hrs a day at 1300 rpm. I have found that to be a good sweet spot for my 10k gallon pool. However, I noticed that the "pressure" of water ejecting from...

I have a Hayward DE 36 and my new 10k gallon pool was filled exactly one month ago. I haven't done any backwash yet because I was told to backwash only when the filter gauge displays a gain of 10 in pressure. The pressure gauge has read 3 since the pool was filled, and it has only gone up...

I currently have my hayward colorlogic turning on nightly, 7 days a week, from 6pm to midnight. Is that ok? Will I "burn" the light with daily use? I am wondering what everyone's light schedule here is.

Hi. Just plastered on Friday using diamond brite Tahoe blue. I will share my original reading an plan of attack with you, would love to hear your thoughts: Original Start-up readings (county water): Free Chlorine: 0.21 ppm Total Chlorine: 2.11 ppm Combined Chlorine: 1.9 Ph: 8.6 Hardness: 79...

Just finished new build-by-owner last week. My pool has a swimout detail with three therapy jets. The jets are connected to a 1.5hp silence blower. To my surprise, when I turned the "spa" on, the bubbles are so aggressive that water overflows to the deck. It caused about a 1" loss from the...

Hello! I am in the last phase of my new build. The plaster contractor took almost the entire month of December off, so I have had a lot of time to research and think about which plaster color to use. Pool is getting plastered the first weekend of January. My preference is a plaster with blue...

Hi guys, is there a reason why I can only see the first two pages of threads for the Under Construction section? I've been looking for some threads from around 3 months ago and can't get there.

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Dear all, a promise is a promise! I've roamed around this forum for last two months bothering you guys with questions, and now I'm excited to announce that its GO time! I will try to maintain this thread updated throughout the constructions as much as possible to help new members not make the...

I will provide the full report and open a formal new construction thread once digging begins in 10 days. In the meantime I need to know, for zoning setback regulations, if a swimout detail counts toward the actual pool size. Example, my pool is small...mostly 12 x 25 rectangular except for a...

Hello everyone, so I was just getting ready to order the Hayward Ecostar and found myself having to choose between a $1100 SVRS model, and the "standard" $870 model without the vacuum release. Is the SVRS a big deal? I am building a new 12 X 25 inground with two drains t-connected. From what I...

Thanks a lot for all of your help so far. I finally received the actual recommended installation plan from the engineer. I need your help once again - check out the two attached diagrams and let me know: 1- What do you think of the placement of returns, skimmer, light? (notice that the 3...

I am in the process of building a small 12z24 on a small patio. Should I including any overflow system? What do you recommend? It rains a lot here in Miami! How common is it for people to use an overflow control, and how often do pools overflow?

I am building a small 10k gallon 12x24 rectangular pool and I am debating whether to go for a 2 speed or a variable speed pump. Some factors I am considering between the two are cost, energy consumption, reliability, etc. I read I could run a 2 speedy in low 24/7...would that be overkill on...

Need to pick the brain of all you smart people ;)! I am in the beginning steps of building a small 12' X 25' concrete inground pool by owner (no builder). I have questions about the placement of the plumbing outlets and light. Although the engineer drawing the plans will recommend locations of...