Recent content by a4xcrypto

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    Looking for help/recommendations for my solar heater plumbing..

    Thank you for your reply on this, it got me digging other threads and I came across this wonder infographic. I think it answers all of my questions!
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    Solar Heater Recommendations

    I used the FAFCO 24' panel thats on amazon for my 27' pool and it worked great last summer. I didn't even use my bubble top cover and it kept the pool mostly-warm throughout the summer. I am upgrading and adding a 2nd 24' panel this year and I hope that it will keep the pool nice and warm over...
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    Looking for help/recommendations for my solar heater plumbing..

    Ok... Do the SWG's work better with heated water or something? Or maybe is bad to run the hyper-chlorinated water through the heater tubes?
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    Looking for help/recommendations for my solar heater plumbing..

    Hello, I have a 27' round above ground pool. I ran a solar heater last year with a spare submersible pump which was an easy plumbing job. I now want to tie my solar heaters into my main plumbing loop so I don't have a submersible pump sitting in my pool and a return PVC sitting overtop the pool...
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    New pool on sloped yard need to backfill the right way

    I would love an answer to this as well. I was thinking myself of installing some type of vapor barrier prior to backfilling the side of the pool that is partially underground and then backfilling but then I was thinking what happens to water trapped between the barrier and the side of the pool...
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    AGP Pool Base Prep & Foam Base Questions

    Hello, I purchased a Saltwater 8000 Pool a few months ago, and its getting close to the time to start installation. I plan on hiring an excavator to flatten everything out and I have a few questions.. I have searched alot of the forum post and have seemed to discover older threads with mixed...
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    Hello from Reading PA

    Hello, I had an intex 18' pool last year and looking to upgrade to something more durable and permanent this year. Currently lurking throughout the forum and ready to possibly pull a trigger on a 27/30' pool.
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    Best AGP for freezing Michigan Steel vs. Resin

    Also looking for more info on this.. I was looking at the Saltwater 8000 on the pool factory but after seeing alot of the failures of salt panels I am wondering how long they actually hold up and how long the coatings last.. The Saltwater 8000 apparently has an interior and exterior coating but...
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    Overlap vs Unibead liners? Help!!

    I am doing the same research and pretty much at the same stage of buying you are... From what I have researched is that the unibead allows for replacement without taking off the top coping as it sits in a channel. Unibead also doesnt require trimming at all. This would be good if you are putting...