Recent content by mikemurph6

Thank you, very helpful article. I appreciate it.

With 40 gpm and a 25,000 gallon pool I would need to have my pump on for 10 hours a day then right? Also how did you calculate that my rate would be 40gpm with the 1HP pump. I tried figuring out my total head but I don’t think I did it correctly.

Great, thank you. How did you determine that?

I have a old hayward 1HP super pump which was running fine last year but its about 20 years old. I just purchased and I am in the middle of installing a new pool heater, Raypak 336k BTU NG to replace the 25 year old and broken 185k BTU NG heater. My pool is 25k gallon inground pool. I have...

Thank you for the help. Yeah it is double wall vent pipe

I’m looking to have a new heater installed, raypak rp2100, 336k BTU. I have existing gas hook ups and electricity in my pool shed from the last heater. The new heater calls for clearance from combustible construction to be 30 inches from the top of the vent terminal, the manual specs also...

That helps a lot, thanks so much!

Thank you! Just ran a water test, FC: 2.5 CC: 1.5 pH: 7.8 TA: 210 CYA: 0? clearly can see the dot all the way filled.

So I just bought a house and opened for the first time the inground pool. There is a pool shed, 1hp hayward super pump, hayward ec65a filter, and heater. The 25,000 gallon pool has a main drain and one skimmer. Output is split in two, one is going to two jets near the stairs and the other is...

Hi I bought a home with a 25,000 gallon inground pool this winter. The pool has always been maintained by the local pool company, including openings/closing and water testing. I have been doing a lot of reading on this site and tried the opening on my own yesterday. Got the pool filled, up...