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The backwash goes off to the right to a separate drain pipe

Hi all, Going to hard pipe this fall after closing down the pool. I am confused about the best setup with valves and unions. I have a straightforward setup with a pump, sand filter, and SWG. From what I gather, I should put unions between pool and pump, between pump and filter, and between...

And then, the electrician. The electrical work was great! Gave us an extra outlet by the house, upgraded the garage subpanel to 50 amps, put a switch on the outside of the garage for the light by the pool... But absolutely no idea of how to bond a resin pool. Or any pool, really. Or what a...

So far so good, here is the pool, with saltwater generator attached. The unicorn's name is Marshmallow Strippy-Stripe. The dog's name is Oscar.

And here is a picture of the pool finally, finally getting filled! No more liner wrinkles now. o

Here's the bend in the wall before filling the pool. It has just about returned to normal with the weight of the water and the pliability of the resin.

So we put the liner in again. Went on much better with an actual 27' round liner! Except we again went clockwise round the pool instead of installing by 8 sections (N/S/E/W/NE/SW/NW/SE). What happens is the bottom of the liner drags a little bit compared to the top, and you get wrinkles. So I...

And we arrive at the liner, what was quite possibly the low point of all of this. Normally when you buy a 27' round liner, and the box says 27' round liner, and the tag on the liner says 27' liner, you expect a 27' liner. We did not get a 27' round liner. We got a weird, defective liner. It...