Recent content by jayruh

Wondering how many hours a day and speeds to run my pump? I have a Hayward ecostar and cartridge filter being used. The pool is 25,500 gallons. From my general understanding you want to turn your pool over once a day. So for kicks if i ran the pump 12hrs a day i need to run 35gpm which is no...

I'm getting close to installing my liner in my new in-ground pool. The steel walls are covered with 1/8 foam. I'm curious if i should do the floor with it also? The floor is a portland cement/sand mix. My thought was it would help prevent abrasion and maybe help the life of the liner. Anyone...

I'm looking for some input on my plumbing pipe size for my new pool (20x40, 25,000gal, 2 skimmers, 4 returns, jr slide, 4 deck jets)(ecostar pump, c4030 filter, h250 heater). As a side note the farthest skimmer is 60ft away and the pad will be pretty much level with the pool. My plan as of now...

Definitely leaning towards using the vermiculite. Looking at using the pre-mixed stuff possibly. Has anybody been able to get a concrete plant to make it and send it out in a truck and poor it that way?

Not sure on the gunite. As far as i know all the personal pools around here aren't gunite. They all seem to be steel or poly with a liner, and some are fiberglass. I kinda figured with the freezing and thawing up here gunite would have a greater chance of cracking.

To me it seems like a quicker way of doing things. I'm Kinda wounder what the concrete mix should be and the thickness? I know they recommend 2inch with vermiculite but with concrete my gut tells me to go 3-4inch with re-bar and steel mesh (its not if its when it'll crack). If small cracks...

Hello, I'm going to be installing my own pool this spring and i'm working on ironing out a few details before construction. The floor is probably my biggest. I've been contemplating on doing vermiculite or concrete. I'm leaning towards doing concrete due to a local pool builder saying that's...

Hello to everyone out their. I'm hoping to broaden my little pool knowledge i have. I guess to start off i currently am in the process of starting my own 20x40 in ground pool build. I think i'm a pretty handy guy and have done everything from finishing basements, building garages, and even my...