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    Robot with a negative edge wall?

    One wall on the deep end of my pool has a negative edge wall that overflows over 1 foot wide "coping" into a collection trough about 4 feet below the top of the negative edge. I would like to to get a robot but am worried that the robot will climb the wall, start cleaning the 1 foot flat area...
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    Best setup for outdoor stereo system

    I just got a Fugoo XL, a rechargeable Bluetooth speaker. Not the epitome of hi end sound, but waterproof and good enough for my daughter and her friends to listen to Demi Lavato while swimming. Long battery life and actually sounds pretty good. FUGOO Sport XL - Largest Waterproof Bluetooth...
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    Guts of QuadDE Filter

    Yeah, I'll watch the gauge closely and clean accordingly. I'm hoping that I only have to do it twice a year now that landscaping/hardscaping is done. I don't get much debris in the pool and bather load isn't super high but who knows. Quite frankly, even tho it's not super difficult to clean...
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    Guts of QuadDE Filter

    First, I want to thank Matt for a really outstanding and thorough explanation of cleaning out the Pentair Quad DE! It was extremely helpful. Just a bit of background. My pool is new and opened in March of this year. My pool was filled but landscaping was not finished yet so lots of sawdust...
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    Fire pits and pools

    Up. Not sure why anyone would ever have the holes facing down. Maybe, I'm missing something.
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    Acid demand on new Pebble Tec plaster

    I have a new pool also, about a couple months old. I also have a SWG and a negative edge wall which causes a fair amount of aeration. I'm also battling rising pH and have to add acid at least every 2-3 of days. Been using TFP method from day one. What has helped me was to lower TA to 60-80...
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    Fire pits and pools

    I have a natural gas built in firepit about 5 feet away from the negative edge wall of my pool. No issues. Get a firepit, I love ours!
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    narrowed it down to two builders, have questions on equipment

    I went through the same decision process on my pool. I went with Pentair mainly because automation was much easier going with all Pentair as the Pentair magicstream laminars could not be controlled adequately with Hayward's Omnilogic system. Anyway, both companies are well thought of and...
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    Screenlogic2 update with major bugs

    All, Just an FYI for those of you with Intellitouch and Screenlogic2 interface on iOS. There were some bugs introduced after the last update. There's reports of buttons being introduced that are unnecessary for some pool owners and pumps restarting randomly. One bug introduced into my system...
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    Hello, new pool build and with some equipment questions

    Thanks for all the help so far! I got a list from the PB on what he thinks will work well for my pool. I will also ask about returns/skimmers and size of the piping. Here is his recommended list: So Pentair set up would be: 400,000 master temp Whisper flo variable speed (VS) pump 2.0 hp...
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    Hello, new pool build and with some equipment questions

    Hi all! Been lurking for a while and while I've learned a ton, I'm still a newb and looking for some guidance. We have just started on our pool build and our landscape architect/contractor subs out to a local PB. We will have a ~17k pool and separate spa using SWG. The PB usually installs...