Recent content by dleonard1122

A little bit of heat, penetrating oil, and some vice grips and you'll have that last bolt out in no time. Subscribed to follow along.

Removing the plugs on the returns before firing the pump up. The water was a frigid 57°F.

Sorry, I didn't see this username ping. My permits were $563, plus another $250 or so to have an engineer approve and stamp the drawing from the pool company. Like you, I also put a sub panel in our shed for the pool equipment. I suppose this explains how West Deptford has that nice community...

For your plumbing supplies it might be worth checking out Audubon Plumbing Supply Co. They're able to deliver everything, and you can get 20' sticks of PVC to reduce the amount of couplers (and possible leak points.)

You've got the right idea. There's a correct glue/primer for the job but it is very much normal to use those valves with schedule 40 PVC.

I trust your experience with it then. I'm probably just in a "grass is always greener on the other side" situation where I only have experience with non-foamed walls.

I'll say that I didn't do wall foam for my inground pool and I slightly regret it. I know inground and above ground are different beasts, but I do wish I had the tolerance of imperfections that foam provides.

Glad it worked out. Your initial quote for excavation of your semi-buried pool was more than what MVA charged me for a non-standard in ground pool excavation. Depending on how much backfilling you have to do, it may be worth looking into renting a Dingo. They're the stand on/walk behind mini...

Or you can just use a 3-way valve

Howdy neighbor! Depending where in West Deptford you are I might be able to throw a stone and have it land in your new pool. I'm right across Mantua Creek in East Greenwich. Looks like you're already in good hands with respect to equipment. I'll add my .02: - We went with an oversize cartridge...

Closed down after another successful (and easy) pool season thanks to TFP! I started around 9:30 and wrapped up just in time for the 1 PM NFL games to start. My ah-ha moment/pro tip that I discovered this year was using the Shop-Vac to draw all of the air from the inflatables. Insert a small...

Interesting day so far. Tested my water today. FC was down to 4, so I bumped my SWG from 10% to 20%. It's been ultra hot and sunny here lately, and we've been using the pool a ton so I just assumed we're burning more FC now. Just now we're in the pool and I run my hand across 1 of the 3...

**Closes thread and goes back to the safety and comfort of "How Clear is TFP Clear"**

Lol we've been swimming in our unheated pool for the past 3 days. Started around 77 but I think we hit 80 today.