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Good morning. I have a 16x32 inground vinyl salt water pool with Hayward Pro grid DE filter and Hayward vari-flo valve. In previous years, when opening my pool, my pool guy would use liquid shock. It would go green to blue in a couple of hours and eventually the filter would gradually clear the...

I think that's what I'll do. If it's insanely inefficient (which it may be) I'll just scrap it. Like I said, it was free anyway. At least now my system is plumbed for a heater so when I eventually save up for a heat pump it will be an easy install. Anyway, thanks for all the replies.

I recently got a free Laars Lite 2 propane heater from a friend of mine and had my PB plumb it to my system when they installed a new filter for me. It's 125,000 btu's which I know is undersized for my 24,000 gal IGP but I figured it was free and I'd only use it occasionally to boost the temp...

I think that my light is leaking. Water level keeps stopping at half way through the light and I can't see any rips in the liner. Through what I could search out on the internet I'm assuming it's the niche that is actually leaking. My pool guy said it could be due to my ph not being perfect...

I contacted them last week and got back a great e-mail. Very helpful. What brand did you go with and are you happy with it? Thanks

Perfect, thanks.

Hello all, I bought a house last year that has an inground pool (16 x 32, 8' deep at the deep end). I'd like to get a heat pump installed this year but I'm not sure what size to buy. Based on some on-line calculations I determined the volume to be about 24000 gallons with a surface area of...

Good luck with the new site. I for one am thankful you started it. I bought a house with a pool last september and wanted to ask a few questions at the other site but was unable to register. Thanks again and good luck!