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Anyone got any ideas about this? Francis

I see issues trying to line the sides and think it might be better to use some heavy duty paint after ripping off the current "bed liner". What I really would like is to find some covering for the bottom. Even a few inches of a concrete-type material. This would seal the bottom and hopefully...

What about using something like FRP and overlapping edges and sealing edges with clear silicon? Or some other acrylic? I can weld tubing in the corrugated to help even it out. I also have paint that they use at Pearl Harbor shipyards for underwater marks on ships, but might be real toxic...

The sides are corrugated. The floor is wood and although I sprayed the plastic "bed-liner" everywhere, I suspect the floor will have issues especially where it meets the metal on the sides. 24 months in chlorinated water is bound to take its tole. Even the steel steps that were made from...

Aloha, it has been a little while since I last post. Too much fun in the water, year round!. Anyways, I have the pool that I made from a 20' x8'x8' deep shipping container, that needs to be refurbished. I have some minor leaks, so mostly the Poly Urea lining I used is starting to blister...

Aloha, I have been using my converted 20' container year round for almost 2 years and wondering if I am doing enough to keep the water clean? (runs 80-83 degrees year round). Basically I put in about a quart of bleach from Costco a day and once a week I check and tune the PH and Chlorine...

Aloha, thanks for all the replies. Still it amazes me that the Pool Store will remain in ignorance, intentionally or innocently. But I guess they have to make or protect their market. Watching the customers come in to the Pool Store with their little sample bottles and a "help me" look on...

Aloha, now I am as confused as ever about FC and CYA levels. I went to the local pool store to verify my water check methods. My FC and CC and CYA and PH levels were almost the same as the results at the pools store. They were FC 1.8 CC 2.2 CYA 91 PH 7.9 TA 112 The lady said the CC...

Aloha, given I have a 8x20 pool, 7' deep with 90 degree "corrugated" sides, made form a shipping container what is the best pool automatic floor sweeper for me? I would like: 1: non electric, propelled by water 2: Cheap $100-$200 used range 3: can any attempt to clean the vertical sides...

Yup,thats it. Same housing, different impeller/diffuser. thanks Frank

Aloha all. I got a Hayward Super 2 Pump without the motor and the specs say that it can take from 1/2hp up to a 3 hp motor. Although 1/2 to 3 hp is a lot of difference, I do not see what pumping GPM will change if it is the same pump. (obviously a 1/2 motor may be straining to maintain 3450...

Aloha, I was going to make two 8x10 frames (each cover 1/2 the pool) (pool is 8'x20') and hinge them on one side of the pool. Then use a pulley to raise up and down and the cover will not touch the water and actually rest on the edges of the pool, about 6" from the water. Can use bubble foil...

Aloha all, I have installed 2 4x20 "sungrabbers" along with my DIY solar panel consisting of 1500' of 1/2 irrigation tubing. See the setup and the tests I have been doing for the last 3 days at DIY Heater tuning/setup thread (july 18). I also installed a 3/4 hp Jacuzzi pump in parallel with...

Re: DIY Heater test results Aloha, pump puts out 24 GPM, but I have measured 18 gpm after filter and after lifting the water from the 8' depth. After lifting another 8" to the panels I can get up to 15 gpm through the heater discharge. Yes, I think all the water will go through the...

Aloha all, I have a few odd problems with my DIY setup as described below: I am using a 1/8 hp pool pump for my 7800 gallon pool so I get very little or no pressure on the filter gauge, so it is hard to figure out how much water to divert to the solar heater. If I adjust much under 4 gpm I...