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    Sand filter upgrade questions

    Thanks ajw22 and 1poolman1 for your responses. I will look for a properly documented pump and filter each with published performance curves and relegate the old pump to emergency backup status. I should have been tipped off to this issue when I could not find performance curves for the existing...
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    Sand filter upgrade questions

    Two years ago I moved to a rural area on a lot with large trees surrounded by farmed hay fields which are themselves ringed by large heavily wooded areas. This provides us a wonderful view, however, we constantly get lots of wind carrying dust, leaves, twigs, bugs and pollen into the pool. Last...
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    Hello from North Central Texas (Kaufman County)

    Thank you to those working hard to maintain this web site! I wish I had found this group a year ago. We moved to a rural location in Texas two years ago and last spring decided to install an Intex 20' dia above ground pool for the kids. We placed it in the back yard nestled between large oak...