Recent content by dave_w

I am very happy with my 1hp above ground B&D pump. Super quiet. Been running just fine.

I’m looking to automate or remotely control a black and decker above ground 1hp VSP. I have seen threads on using the CircuPool® SmartFlo Interface Kit-SF-INTERFACE. SmartFlo interface for the in ground pool pumps but these don’t fit the above ground pumps. The keypad is smaller and the plugs...

Thanks. I have a spare ecobee but they will not accommodate an external hard wired temp sensor. Some radiant floor heating systems use external slab sensors and give the option to drive from just that sensor, ambient room temp or average bott. But most run on line level voltage and the few...

I am Looking for a reliable programmable 24v Wi-Fi enabled thermostat with external probe control for Navien combi boiler for boiler zone control. Zone is used with a stainless Bowman heat exchanger for a cedar hot tub and I want the zone to maintain hot tub temp for 3 different events - away...

1st Step....strip the plaster.... https://photos.app.goo.gl/baRc6qAIKswEpopE3 - - - Updated - - - edit

Thanks. I believe the coating on the deck now is actually Spray Deck in a dark gray color Its in pretty good condition and I'd just keep it, except the dark color means it can exceed 150 F on a hot day!! and I'm tired of burning my feet. I have a local concrete contractor coming by tomorrow...

Mid Century - 1963 Pool remodel. 1st saw cut tomorrow. The shell cracked and upon inspection we found that the cantilevered deck was not tied in correctly around the whole perimeter. The bond beam stops about 7" shy, 1/2 way up the tile line. This was causing the mud to crack, tiles to pop...

So I thought my bond beam had failed when tiles started popping out around the waterline and the thin set was cracking all the way around the pool at about the same height. I just moved into the house a few years ago and the pool was re-plastered and tiled just before hand. I don't know...