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I have an Evolution Spas Rockport plug-n-play that I converted to 240. After several years, the spa pack fried out. I couldn't find the stock spa pack, so I replaced it with a BP7 unit. The motor short cycles, and I have narrowed the issue down to it being a 115v motor that is receiving 240v. I...

It's just standard rubberized foundation coating. I think it's like $80 for 5 gallons. I believe I used 2.5 for this, and I was pretty liberal with it

I built the concrete form on an angle flaring outwards so it would be better for water movement

I formed and poured concrete on top of the block

I used 2 of the Hayward SP1082 skimmers. When you pour the concrete around it, the ridges along it will help grip it better And yeah, those are pretty much exactly what I used for returns And thanks! Aside from the excavation, this was almost entirely a 2 man job (me and my laborer. My dad...

Not sure why I only got notified just now on this.. I ended up tiling the whole thing with mosaic sheets. I found some for around $5/sqft. My process was: Aquadefense over cmu and concrete, then tile using Laticrete 257 platinum and then grouted with Mapei plus FA so I could fill the pool...

My pool is roughly 15,000 gallons and TA is crazy high but pH is right where I need it. Do I dump 6 gallons of muriatic in and then balance pH by aerating?? TA is at like 300 still. I dumped a gallon of muriatic last night but alkalinity stayed the same while pH dipped. This is driving me crazy...

So if I’m understanding right, I just stuff this into my skimmer baskets and rinse them out every day or so, and it’ll just clear up after a week or 2? To lower my TA, should I add muriatic acid and then aerate the water to bring Ph back to where it is now? Will the polyfill help hardness...

I’m using the taylor test kit. Also, the fill water is well water so it’s actually very hard. I do have a softener but didn’t want to fill 15,000 gallons from a hose hooked up to a sink lol I’ll check out the polyfill post, thanks for the tips!

I just finished building my tile pool and am having trouble getting the water totally clear. Also am looking for advice on balancing levels and getting the alkalinity and hardness down because it is well water In my excitement to get the pool up and running, I added about 1.5 qts of flock...

Blain’s farm and fleet Romeoville IL 4 gallons for $17

I’m backfilling my pool walls tomorrow and will finish up the plumbing shortly after. As of now I just have 1.5” pvc stubs where the returns come through the walls. I am wanting to get opinions about my proposed layout, primarily on the topic of using 1 2” pipe to supply 2 returns and branching...