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Finally got around to tiling my in-ground hot tub I built a few years ago. The tile is in and grouted. Normally with a tile project I'd seal the grout afterwards, but I've been reading around online a bit and it seems many people say you don't need to seal grout in a pool (it's not part of the...

It's been ages since I posted last. Mostly because I've been soaking in my pool and too lazy to do anything else! Not finished yet (still need to do the tiling, waiting for summer, and the exterior rock) so it looks pretty ghetto, but thought I'd share some thoughts on the process in case it...

Included some pretty crude / quick drawings to illustrate it (pipe with lines is the corrugated stuff I'll be getting rid of). Been reading more about Feet of Head. My heater requires 25 GPM. For the 1/8 HP pump, looks like it hits that at about 13 Feet of Head. From what I found...

I've built an in-ground concrete hot tub (850 gallons) (more info on it here: DIY Concrete Block Soaking Pool - In Progress, Advice Welcome!!). I have a Balboa M7 Heater (Balboa VS500Z Spa Control System Complete 54219-Z. Balboa 54219-Z) which requires 25 GPM to operate. My original pump was a...

Excellent! Thanks again, gwegan! Super helpful. Think I got it all sorted out now (and that waterheatertimer.org site is super helpful). I'll let you guys know if I have any other questions. Thanks again for all the help!

Actually, since not grounding the subpanel, only need: 2 - #4 THHN Black for hot 1 - #6 THHN White for neutral

Researched a bit more on wires. Guess it'll probably be: 2- #4 THHN wires Black for main loads 1- #6 THHN White for neutral 1- #8 THHN Green for ground Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks again, gwegan. Just wanted to double check things before I start buying. Was gonna do #4

Hi all! Mid way through a little DIY soaking pool / hot tub (full thread if you're interested: DIY Concrete Block Soaking Pool - In Progress, Advice Welcome!!). And getting to the point where I need to finalize some electrical stuff. Don't know much about it, but want to make sure I understand...

Hope these are what you're looking for. Heater Pump/filter Also, maybe closer to 60 feet from main panel to sub. Main is in basement, on the other side of the house so I'll have to run wire through basement rafters (40' or so) and sub-panel will be nearish to pool which is 20' or so from...

Thanks for the tips, gwegan. Responses below. Yep, I put bonding wire in the shell. 50' feet of it making a complete loop on both horizontal levels, tied into the rebar at 8 places. It only emerges from the shell at 1 place though which will go to the heater/pump to be tied in there too...

Making progress. Almost done with all the concrete work. Now starting to plan out the electrical (the thing I know least about). Here's what I have planned so far: - Install a 70 amp breaker in my main electrical panel - Run wire (#4) from main panel, outside, through buried 1/2" PVC conduit...

Finished digging! Had some rain so waiting for the ground to dry out a bit before tamping in the gravel. Looking at skimmers / equalizer options. Thinking something like the Hayward SP1071 right now. HOWEVER, looks like the unit is 15-16" deep. Since the top 1' of my pool is out of ground, and...

Thanks for the advice, Matt. Been going back and forth about whether to permit it or not. Definitely going to make it safe / largely to code, but there's a 4' fence requirement here that I really don't want to have to do. If I can make it only 24" deep, I can get around that so might consider...

Hello all! First talked to you over a year ago as I was scheming on a possible little tiled concrete block soaking pool I wanted to build: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/82956-DIY-Concrete-Cinder-Block-Spa-Pool-Advice. You helped get me started (thanks!) so I thought I'd keep it going...