Recent content by loucommando

!!! UPDATE !!! Apologies for disappearing from the forum. I owe it to everyone here to report back ... especially since you've all been such a great resource as I hack my pool. I am happy to report that my system is up and running well. Last October I ran the heater overnight and got he pool...

Jason, I ran 1 1/2" today through the foundation and into the basement, and the length of the loop turned out to be only 20' each side, for a total of 40'. (Guess I'm a lousy estimator) Do you think that 40' is too much length also? If so, would the bigger Intex pump work? Thanks for your...

That's awesome. I thought about wood too. I love the hacker spirit that you and many on this website have. It's a great resource, and I'm thrilled to have found it. Do you think I'll overburden my little Intex 1600 filter with this added piping? Thanks for your responses. I'll post back my...

It's a 14' diameter Intex pool holding around 4,000 gallons. My natural gas fired modulating condensing boiler is 160,000 btu's and only heats domestic hot water in the summer. More than enough btu's for the pool size, I figure, and way more efficient than any pool heater. My stack temperature...

Has anyone setup their pool with a heat exchanger working off of a domestic boiler? I've got an amazing Viessman boiler heating my home, and am thinking about pulling a loop from the sand filter and running it into the basement through a Bowman pool heat exchanger. My biggest concern is...