Recent content by ilive4this

Bumping this. I have a Jandy 2.7hp VSP and when running at 2400 RPMs it's basically fully primed with only a few microscopic bubbles here and there. However, from 5pm to 9am I have it run at 1400 RPMs and the bubble grows slowly overnight so much so that it does stay primed, but the air bubble...

Thanks! Screwing the lid shut I presume to prevent the noodles from popping it open? Had that problem last night trying to put them in. Separately, what’s the purpose of stuffing the noodles into the skimmer mouth? Protect the skimmer opening?

If you leave the water in the fiberglass pool halfway up the skimmer, as most fiberglass pools mandate, how do you winterize it? My fear isn't so much the skimmer line where we did put antifreeze and then installed a gizzmo. It's the water that gets in the skimmer housing. Any advice for that? I...

This is what I think is best. I called another company that has instructed me to raise the water level back up and they’ll be out to close it next Monday. What cover do you use for the skimmers?

I’ve also been told if heavy snow is in the forecast to open the cover.

Thanks for the quick response. Your thought on the fiberglass and water weight mirrors mine. To that end, and I guess as a devil’s advocate, is it okay to blow and airlock bubblers and return jets and then plug those while submerged? Obviously throw in some antifreeze but just curious. I think...

We have an Illusion 40’ Fiberglass pool from Imagine Pools just installed this Fall. Didn’t get to use it yet, but done just in time for closing. We have an Integra Autocover as well. I’m seeing mixed opinions all over the place. My main questions are: 1) should we drop the water level? Our...

Crazy. Can't find anything even remotely close to that in St. Louis. Not even close. I've yet to see a bid under $115k.

Hello all - me again! I was hoping someone more knowledgeable than me could take a look at the pool equipment planned to accompany our pool design and let me know what would need to change here, or if this all looks as expected. We are going to have an approximately 38 x 16' fiberglass pool (3'6...

Includes 400K BTU Nat Gas heater, Polaris 8642 Robotic cleaner, 3 LED color changing lights, Pool RS automation system (Jandy), no auto-cover but does include a mesh cover. The other two bids I believe were Pentair equipment. I don't have a lot of knowledge about these manufacturers but...

Hello all! I'm down to just a few contractors in my decision to put a pool in our back yard in the greater STL area. We've landed on fiberglass due to having a dog/young kids and not wanting to stress about rips/tears in a vinyl liner. We're also not necessarily interested in paying the Gunite...

Thanks. Just to clarify, you're saying your $103k includes the pool cover, Polaris cleaner, heat pump, salt water gen, and cartridge filter? In other words, everything but the remediation/afterwork (sprinkler, landscaping, fencing)? I know the pool we are looking at is a little bigger, but that...

Hi all! I live in the St. Louis, Missouri metro area and we are interested in putting in a pool. We are pretty novice to the entirety of the process, including what we should spend our money on vs. what we can skimp out on, etc. when looking for quotes and making a decision on an installer/pool...

New to the forum and really just looking for advice on a new pool install. I hope I've come to the right place! Living in the St. Lous, MO area we are leaning towards a fiberglass pool (for budgetary purposes when compared to a gunite) but would love to learn more. Additionally, knowing next to...