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We've had this pump for less than 5 1/2 years with very little pool use, and it's giving driver/stall errors now. My technician says it's a common problem with this line of ECOSTAR and says we should just pay $2k for a new Pentair and forgo Hayward products all together. I contacted Hayward...

Make a faux diving board out of concrete! That's what I did :) My builder did it for 400 dollars. Mid build: Finished:

Definitely, I've had to replace a few pop ups every single year. That gear box is going to go sometime soon too.

Heeey that was my builder. Stay on top of them and watch construction, I caught a few mistakes myself. They had a package when I built that included in-floor cleaners, you should look into it. I'm pretty happy with my own! Living in an area with little to no leaf debris makes the in floors a...

I have pebble sheen. I think it is a bit smoother than regular pebble tec, but we've still had a few scrapped knees with rowdy kids on the stairs. Nothing terrible though. My smoothest pool was the vinyl pool my parents had :love:

Thanks for the input!

I have not sealed it! Guess we'll see in a few more years how that ends up, but so far it looks fine ^^

Would I rent something like this? https://www.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/Submersible-Pump-2/0009112/index.html They also have a gas powered one that seems intimidating :confused:

Okay thank you very much. I've never rented a pump before (didnt know that was a thing, cool) , so I'll have to look into that and see if they have 100+ft hoses to make it to the sewer clean out.

Question, as long as I keep the plaster wet with a good spraying every 2-3 hrs or so, wouldn't that protect it from the sun while I drain and then refill? Kind of like how we had to do when the plaster/gunite was first constructed? That way I could get it done during the summer?

So a month earlier would have been easier because of the cooler weather -- is this because of concerns with damaging the pebble sheen plaster with the heat right now? In that case, I suppose I could just push it off until early fall. I didn't realize I couldn't stop the process if I was going...

Good to know, nixing the hose then. I'll get a more traditional hose. I'm really unsure where else I can drain to. I have a view fence that backs up to a small walking trail and a large wash, but I'm pretty sure the HOA will kill me if they see me draining to out there. Other than that I have...