Recent content by richfiller

Jason, Thanks!! I have an old hose I can trim to length and use for the intake. I'll let you know how it goes. Regards, Rich

Jason, Thanks. The liner is 2 yrs old. I hope to do a quick repair and reinstall it. I'm hoping within a couple of hours. My plan now is to use pool vac hose for both the intake and discharge. When you say significantly more time, are we talking 3 hrs to drain the pool or 6 hrs? My concern...

Hello all - I need to drain my pool to do some repairs under the liner. I'm trying to figure out how long it will take to drain the pool. I have a Waterway 2 hp high flow pump. That said, it shows 150 gpm at 5ft of head. Am I correct in the following logic? I'm going to put this pump on the...

I'm at work now so I don't have the gpm for the sump pump, but I just looked up my pool pump. It is a Waterway 2 hp high flow pump. That said, it shows 150 gpm at 5ft of head. Am I correct in the following logic? I'm going to put this pump on the pool deck. I'll attache a hose to the intake and...

Thanks! I hope to have the liner out much less than 10 hrs but this should be worst case. I don't think it stretched much at all during the initial installation. Will keeping it in the shade and spraying it with the hose while occasionally help? I guess it can't hurt. Also, about how long...

Hello Everyone - I have an above ground pool that's been up for 2 years. I had some sand washout under the liner and a section of the sand cove. I added a "french drain' around the pool to stop this from happening again. I just purchased Perfect Bottom and foam cove to help if I do get some...

Hello - I just finished plumbing a couple of solar panels on the roof. For the sake of a sanity check, is this plumbed correctly? These are 4x20 Solar Bear Panels. So the supply and return are both on the same side. I plumbed them parallel but with a slight deviation that I read about in...

Hello - I was able to solve the original problem. I used 1 1/2 to 1 1/4 Fernco Coupling. I don't know how long it will last but it seems to hold better than the other hoses that came with the pool. I'll try to post pics.

Hello - I'm trying to install flexible PVC this year instead of the normal plastic hoses from skimmer to pump to filter to return. My pool installer used PVC glue to glue the threaded hose fittings into the unions of the pump and filter. I tried to tighten the flex PVC onto the hose fitting but...

Hello - I just set up a few solar panels on my roof. The best place to run the input and output pipes from the ground to the roof is about 6" from the electric lines that supply my house. The electric lines are the 2 taps that attach to the outside of the house and run down into the house to...

Hello - What is the difference between the Above ground and Inground Solar panels, like Solar Bear and the others? Is the panel the same and the kit different? I plan on putting the panels on the 2nd story roof which gets sun from noon until 5:00 PM. The pool gets AM sun already. I plan on...

What is TFPTK? You need an FAS/DPD test to check high levels of chlorine. What Taylor kit do you have? EDIT: I think I may get it, now. If you have the TF-100 test kit, you are overlooking the FAS/DPD test that's included. Thanks - Sorry for the incorrect acronym. Yes, TF-100. I guess...

Hello. Are there any tips for doing the Chlorine test with the Taylor test kit that comes with the TFPTK? I can't distinguish between those shades of yellow beyond the lowest level. Will the difference be more distinct when held against a different color background? Also, I used the chlorine...

Ti, No prob. I didn't take it negatively at all. I asked and you answered. I appreciate all of the input. " For a nice picture, take a look at Figure 680-10 on pdf page 20 of the link I posted earlier to the Mike Holt NEC Article 680 document." This is exactly what I asked him to do. My...

TI, Yes, kind of. I wasn't going to have a sub panel. Instead, I was going to run a circuit directly from the main box. This circuit will be GFI protected with a GFI breaker directly in the main box. So, from the main box, I'd come out of the basement, under ground to a a 6x6 lumber deck...