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    how much sand should be in the filter?

    Thank you very much guys!! The local pool store told me half of the tank is good so I had doubts!
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    how much sand should be in the filter?

    I have Tagelius TA100D filter and planning to do a cleanup of the sand in there.. The sand in the filter was never added for over 10 years.. How would I know I have enough sand? what is the approx level should be?
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    Infinity pool - what is the best way to run the edge pump?

    I have an infinity pool and two pumps - main and the edge. When I moved into this house the existing tiles on the negative edge wall were missing all the grout. Not sure if this was a bad grouting or pool water balance or both.. Now I have new glass tiles, waterproofing and epoxy grout. I read...
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    new glass tile pool - how to balance the water?

    thanks @ajw22 - this applies even to the epoxy grout? what is the ideal range? 200-300 ppm?
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    new glass tile pool - how to balance the water?

    I have just finished tiling my concrete swimming pool (it used to be plaster). So now I have beautiful mosaic glass tiles and epoxy grout. I just filled it with water a couple of days ago and now ready to do the proper balancing. I will definitely go to the local pool store for testing the water...
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    infinity pool overflow pump

    guys, what pump is the best for the relatively small infinity pool (25x15 feet)? currently I have 3/4 HP Hayward Super Pump but I am thinking of maybe using variable speed one to make the water flowing slowly over the negative edge. I am planning to run this pump at least for a day time or maybe...
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    Infinity pool maintenance

    thank you @mknauss. mostly i am interested in how long the overflow pump runs for infinity pools.. i guess the main pump should be on long enough to run the water through the filter.. so what is the job of the overflow one? :)
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    Infinity pool maintenance

    hello, I am a new owner of infinity pool, the pool is quite small - 25x15x5f.. The pool has two pumps (of course) and the previous owner (or the guy who was flipping the house) had them replaced. the pumps are both Hayward Super pump (2HP and 0.7HP). Funny the contractor that was replacing the...