Recent content by Sharkygirl

Well I was trying to describe the most extreme situation. We typically will use our hot tub in the evenings. Also, I would venture that in the summer months, not very much at all. We will be using the hot tub 9 months out of the year. The other 3 months we go back to our home in Wisconsin...

No the pool is on the West side of the house. You have given me a lot to think about. I will let you know what we decide. Thank You!

Ok, you make a very good point. I want my cake and I want to eat it too! Ideally I want both so that I have the ability to heat up the hot tub quickly and so that I don't have to spend bundles with gas to keep my pool at a constant temp. Our issue is, right now they put the gas line right...

Okay, do you agree the ideal situation would be to have both? My pool pad is next to my garage and we could maybe put the gas heater in the garage suspended from the ceiling?? Just a thought.

Oh, well I was thinking the BTU's of the Hybrid heater didn't compare to the MasterTemp 400,000 BTU. In the very fine print it says on their website the heating efficiency is based on a 17,000 sq ft. pool until ideal controlled conditions.

We still can change our pool size as it is only on paper. So here are my questions: 1. If we went with the Pentair Hybrid Heater, what is the maximum pool galllons that it could comfortably handle? 2. If money is not an issue and space is not an issue, is having both the ideal situation?

We have, but our concern is if it can handle our pool needs without being very inefficient. (bigger is better!) So we have a total of 21,000 gal for the pool and 1500 gal for the spa.

Alright, I will try to make this short. We are building a new pool. Freeform with the hot tub part on one end, 527sq. feet overall. I originally wanted to do a Pentair Mastertemp 400 gas and Pentair Ultratemp 140 Heat Pump. The problem is my pad doesn't have room for both. So am I better...

PoolGeek, what is your CSI? Do you have a gunite pool?

https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/so-you-want-to-add-borates-to-your-pool-why-and-how.4655/ Here is where you find the information regarding Borates.

Can anyone tell me the pros and cons of the Easy Clean DE Filter by Pentair? Does it do the same job as a conventional DE system? I'm familiar with DE, but this system doesn't backwash like the others. The brochure says to take the filters out and wash them off and put them back. It also...

I noticed you have a waterfall and spillover Spa. Whenever you have aeration your pH will tend to rise. Also since you have a saltwater system, there is extra pH generated from the salt being turned into chlorine. My pool had an infinity edge (no longer have this pool, hence had) and the pH...

Good to know! I want to make sure that this pool/spa setup done right the first time. As I'm chatting here with other members it seems to me that there are multiple ways you can configure the Spa/Pool combo setup. Before each one (my pool and spa) was it's own system. I treated the spa like...

Thank you everyone. This is such great information. I love how you spelled out the valves for me. This is definately the information that helps me understand the way the system works.

Hmm. Is what you are explaining different from what toxophilite said, where you could have 3 modes?