Recent content by tonygiotta

This worked like a champ! I added 4 pounds of the Clorox CYA using this method yesterday. I squeezed it just a few times over the course of about 3-4 hours and it was gone. The holes in the bag are big enough to keep the crystals in, but not so small that the dissolved CYA will clog them up...

SPOILER ALERT!!!! Stop reading and skip to the next post if you're enjoying the suspense.... :D I got some good news this morning! Received a text message from my contractor saying that the plaster crew will be at my house mid-day! :D Bad news is the water meter I ordered online...

The air flow coming out of the heater is directed upwards, so the louvers wouldn't do much. I've also considered going straight out the back with the flue pipe, but am hesitant for two reasons. First, I don't want to mess up the look of my oh so pretty wall (pictures yet to come). Second...

I've been considering a flue, but not sure there's even enough room to attach an elbow to the back of the heater without it hitting the wall. There's some sort of special $100 Pentair exhaust/flue/drain adapter you're supposed to use in between the heater and the elbow. Turning the heater 90°...

I seem to remember that when I looked at the plumbing, there was a way to disassemble the pump plumbing as if it had a union. I'm not at home to check, but I see in the picture that the heater has a union. Don't think they'd have installed one there without making provisions for the pump to be...

So, back to the equipment pad. From the very beginning (when I first started designing the pool with my salesperson), I had 4 requirements: 1. I wanted the plumbing on the back side of the pad so that I could completely hide everything behind a decorative wall. 2. I wanted room on the pad to...

As for the water metering, that has been on my mind for many weeks now. At first I was considering buying one of the expensive in-line meters, lately I've been leaning towards the $15 variety at the hardware store and doing a few bucket tests to see how (in)accurate it is. The house water...

Ok, I'm assuming you're referring to the PL4 and/or PLS4. In that case, I'm good. I've got the standard EasyTouch 8 (#520540) panel. :goodjob:

Thanks for all the great feedback everyone! And yes, there are at least two major issues with the joints on the fire pit area. Just wasn't sure if they'd be obvious due to the size and image quality of the picture... :D Time to go look at the model number on my EasyTouch, before I start...