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    Delay to Build Vinyl Pool

    Im shocked that IG liner pools take that long. My last one, which was done in 18 was a 18x38 lagoon style was completed less concrete decking in 3 days.
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    Autocover: buy pool w/ built-in box or just make own box?

    I’m currently installing a 16x38 fiberglass pool in Delaware with an autocover. PM me for more info.
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    Pool showed up today…..

    Plumbing done. Electrical close. Waiting on my buddy to pull some wire to the sub panel. I usually do all my own electrical work. I built and wired that shop in the backround with radiant infloor heat and EMT conduit for all electrical. But Im letting him do this for time sake. Once the...
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    Pool showed up today…..

    Yeah I can’t imagine trying to do it some other way.
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    Pool showed up today…..

    We used a large telehandler with 30 foot straps and a spreader bar. My local small crane guy was unavailable or I would have used him. So far the installation has been decent. I probably wouldn’t go it again, but that’s because I’d rather be doing other things.
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    Pool showed up today…..

    Equipment availability was the main reason. I didn’t realize until after that sta-rite and pentair are the same. I had a sta rite on my last pool and I didn’t care for the sta-rite cartridge filter I had. I didn’t even know about the pentair intellichlor units until after I had bought...
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    Pool showed up today…..

    The dig sheet specified 1 inch per foot of fall from shallow to deep. We over dug 5 inches and set screed rails with a laser. Double and triple checked out math. First time we set the pool it was 3 inches too high on the shallow end. This pool doesn’t have any flat sections per say. Only a...
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    Pentair mastertemp 200

    Can someone explain the the plumbing routing for a manual bypass for a pentair mastertemp. The way I understand it, the heater has a bypass in it? I was told that I should be able to isolate the heater so water isn’t running through unless it’s being used for heating. Can someone give me an idea...
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