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That makes a lot of sense to me. Initially I was thinking I had to match the motor/pump specs as closely as possible. Because in my uninformed thinking higher HP=faster flow=overwhelming my sand filter. And I had visions of sand blowing out my return jets and killing my sand filter. Doesn't...

We have a sand filter as well, and I'm assuming you've done this but wanted to point out the air release valve near the multi-port valve (not the same as the drain plug on the bottom). When you first run the system you want to have that valve open till you get a steady stream of water coming...

I ended up switching to mostly skimmer. With them both open my skimmer suction was a bit weak. I switched it to 100% skimmer and 0% drain (had to do some testing as the guy who upgraded the valves didn't label which was the drain and which was the skimmer lol). Then slightly opened the drain...

Good customer support is worth a lot these days. Of the two brands I am leaning towards Pentair. This thread has put my mind at ease a little as far a s self installing. Even with a professional install the warranties aren't long and from what I can tell are a bit limited. I had also emailed...

Thank you for the information. My wife's Dad who is an excellent plumber and electrician though he's not an officially licensed one. I'd be confident in his help installing a pump. If I do go for the variable speed pump I'm weighing the pros and cons to the warranty being void for self...

Ok this may be a dumb question, but I want to make sure I'm doing things in the proper order. Last season (our first summer) we had the pool opened for us. This year with our pool renovation I'm doing the opening myself. We had swim ready pool water trucked in to fill our inground gunite...

Best to stay on the safe side. When that thing would fail it would not only be a water mess, it would be dangerous for anyone inside it. That could be an ER visit waiting to happen. You could always get a small inflatable pool to tide the kids over for this season. We put up a decent sized...

A few issues with variable speed pumps for us. Most of them are $1,000 plus which not really in our price range at this time. Another issue is most seem to be for hard wired 230V wiring. We only have 115V wiring available in our pump's location. Another concern I have is our current pump...

Ok, so we had our pool renovated and they finished it last Thursday. We had all new coping stones installed, and all new wall tiles. It's a Gunite Pool, that holds 24,000 Gallons. Friday we had swim ready pool water trucked in. So it was anti-climatic going from excitement of having our pool...

Definitely more research will have to go into it. I was concerned about the throw distance and it's effect on screen size. I'd rather not build a full theater screen next to the pool. While it seemed logical in my mind to set the projector on one side of the pool and project to a screen on the...

As far as distance I'm probably looking to be able to project roughly 25 feet. The width of the pool is 18' adding about a foot or two towards the garage wall for the screen and maybe 4 or 5 or so on the other side. I've been looking at projectors that can throw around 25' or so. I do know I...

That's cool, and thanks for the info, definitly looking to not overspend but find the right balance of cost and performance. I looked for the build thread but it wouldn't let me scroll back to 2019. Is your set up a rear projection or are you projecting from the other side of the pool? This...

This is an idea I've tossed around for a while. I've been thinking about hosting dive in movie nights. My pool is 32' x 18' so I'd use the width to project the movies. One side of the pool butts up to the side of the garage making it a good spot to set up the screen. The opposite side has...

Hoping my test kit will arrive today, it was on back order. Pool is still clear as can be, but I know that doesn't mean everything's balanced like it should be. It'll be nice once I get the test kit and can get a true picture of our pool water. I'm sure thankful to have a pool it's been in the...

An update, the day I posted this thread, I came home and saw my clarity had improved quite a bit, though still not completely clear the difference was noticeable. Yesterday it was even clearer, and today it's crystal clear. I should receive my test kit soon, but in the mean time I feel better...

As a newbie when it comes to pool maint. and chemistry I have to admit I'm struggling to get my head around how it all works. When we opened the pool this year (our first season) the water was surprisingly clear and the chlorine and Ph according to the liquid tests, and the water has stayed...

We have a Gunite pool as well and the coating I believe it's technically called Marblite but usually referred to as plaster. Vinyl would imply it has a liner.

Hi, my wife and are new to owning/operating a pool. We recently moved and bought a house that has an 18' x 32' in ground gunite pool. To give some background neither of us have ever had or owned a pool before so there has definitely been a learning curve, but, one we are enjoying. It's so...