Recent content by jdolotina

Northwest Louisiana here and wanted to start getting ahead on LC. Couldn’t believe the price jumped to 37 bucks for a 4 pack. I guess LC needs to match the outrageous prices of pucks. Maybe when prices come down on pucks the LC will follow. Some potential good news about pucks...

The more I keep reading other threads, the more it seems like that's the best option. Enable freeze protect for the pool. Disable freeze protect for the spa and spillway circuits and manually crack the valves open enough to allow water to circulate in both bodies of water with an emphasis on...

Hello, I have a Pentair ET 8 with the Intelliflow VSF and that feeds our pool and raised spa. Just like others, putting the spa and pool circuits on freeze protect causes a slow draining of the spa. For the most part this isn't problem, but I have a prolonged freeze in North Louisiana coming...

After completing all of the recommendations above and your pump continues to lose communication for no apparent reason, there’s a known issue that requires a firmware upgrade on your pump assuming it’s a Intelliflo VSF. Had mine fixed in March and haven’t had a problem since. Just something...

I’ve been affected by this too. In fact I know of a few of us in my area that had this issue and Pentair came out with a firmware update. My pump got the update in March and I’ve had absolutely no issues since. Rest assured it’s going to fix your issue for good! By the way, my pump is a VSF...

Shortly after our pool was finished I noticed at least weekly I would get a COM Lost error on my ET 8 panel and the only fix would be to throw the breaker on the pump. I was puzzled to say the least. I read every fix action on this website and thought I may just have a bad drive as resetting...

Hello, Interested to know what others are using for just general tile cleaning. We finished our pool about a month ago and due to construction dust and masonry work the tiles just look a bit dull. They are glass tiles and could use a good shine. I’ve read that others are just using acid...

November 11th, Excavation begins! We got some rain a few days prior so needless to say our backyard is a complete mud pit. I knew it would be a mess. Will get ugly before it gets pretty!

Thanks for the input. I am going to stick with chlorine for now and requested the builder leave enough plumbing in place to add one later. Liquid chlorine is what I plan to use to keep the CYA levels in check.

Hey Everyone, Building a pool out here in muggy Louisiana as it’s just too hot here not to have a pool. We started looking in July and settled on an independent builder and pulled the trigger mid November on our build. We decided on a pool/spa with the following specs: Pool and Spa Aprox 520...