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Hi, I recently (3 years ago) bought a new house with a 16x25 fiberglass pool (10 000 gallons) and I am having recurring Iron Stains issue which comes back at least once or twice every season. It covers the entire submerged fiberglass which becomes yellowish. Before I start my acid ascorbic...

I'm done with my AA treatment and all of my stains are gone ! Wow was my pool dirty ! It's now super white.... I guess I could remove 50% of my water but as I have a fiberglass pool, my pool store is suggesting not to remove any water as it could cause demages by lifting the pool is the...

Hello, I have a fiberglass which has some heavy stains throughout and I think I would need some assistance to resolve the problem. FC: 0 (was previous 5, but brought down to 0 for Acid treatment) CC: 0 CH: 225 (need to increase) TA: 70 CYA: 30 (will bring up once stains are removed) PH: 7.2...

I went to a few pool store for sand and they all looked at me like I was crazy not wanting to buy recycled glass and none of them carried sand anymore. I went to the home depot and bought 6 x 50 lbs pool filtering sand. It seem the trend here in Canada (QC) is definitely to go with recycled...

I did remove all the sand and my laterals are in mint condition. The process to remove the sand with a shop vac was a breeze. It took me less than 5 minutes. Looking at the amount of sand I removed, I would guesstimate it at 150 lbs vs the 300 lbs recommended.

Thanks, I will empty the pool filter with a shop vac and inspect the laterals and report back.

Think about this again, assuming the previous owner did fill out the sand to 2/3, where did all the sand go ? I remember last year finding some sands in my steps and I am now wondering if there is an issue with my filter ? What would I need to inspect to make sure sand is not able to go back in...

I called a few pool store and here in Canada they seem to only go with recycle glass.

I'm tempted to remove the sand and verify all the hardware and put new sand. Should I put sand or filtration glass ?

Hello :) Long story short, I bought a new house which had an existing pool and when I opened my pool last year, I was under the impression my sand filter had some issues as it took a LOT of time to get my water clean versus my previous pool with the same amount of water. Maybe i'm just crazy...

Good morning everyone, Thank you for the added information. I believe my best option is still to change from 15AMP single pole non GCFI to 20AMP two pole GCFI. My pool pump and SWG are located inside my shed where my panel reside and therefor wiring is not an issue at this point. I may also...

If my pool pump is inside my shed, do I still need GCFI ? I guess it does not matter where the pump is located ? It's a matter if the water reaches out the electricity that matters ?

I should have given some context at the beginning. I bought this house and right now the SWG and Pool Pump are both directly connected to the panel without any GCFI breakers which is getting me a bit worried. In addition, I have to turn on and off the breaker every night/morning. While adding a...

Thanks again for all the great help. Going with the 230 volts option, I would need to use the T104 as a junction box as well as there aren't enough poles for both the pump and SWG right ?

I guess it become a personal decision at that point. Going with the 230V route, I would need to purchase a new 20 AMP two pole GCFI breaker ~200$CND where as going with the 120V route, I would only need a 20 AMP single pole GCFI breaker for 120V ~100$CND and the T104 is going to cost ~25$ more...

ajw22, you have been very helpful but I have one more question. I have the option to go 230V instead of 115V. Any advantages going this route VS what I suggested above ?

What about this scenario. 1. Pool pump on dedicated 20 AMP GCFI 2. SWG on dedicated 15 AMP (NON GCFI) as it's already there.. T103 timer where both breakers are connected : https://www.intermatic.com/en/timer-controls/mechanical-time-switches/t103 Would this solution works ? They are on two...

Hayward C48K2N143B3 I have a 15 AMP non GFI I could use for the SWG but my challenge is going to be from a timer perspective as I want both to be on the same timer. I guess I could use a T130 which seems to have poles for two separate breakers. This might actually be my best option. Thoughts ?

I was under the impression that I will be going above the 80% rule (20 AMP break you should not connect more than 16 AMP and in this case 15+4.5 would be 19.5 AMP, very close to the 20AMP limit of my breaker. Perhaps I'm totally wrong here ?

Hello, I have an Hayward MAX-FLO pump rated at 15AMP on 115V which is going to be connected to a 20 AMP breaker. Can I also connect my Hayward Aqua-Rite SWG with a T3 cell which has a 1.3 to 4.5 AMP on the same circuit ? Would 15 AMP + 4.5 AMP too much for a 20AMP breaker ? Thank you kindly,

Thanks ! I will def try this for the spots. How about the rust dots ? How should I proceed with them ? thanks

Hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a great summer! I am new to fiberglass pool and my pool has been having a lot of spots which I can't seem to be able to remove with brushing and has also started to get some rusted small dots at many places. FC: 5 CH: 250 TA: 70 CYA: 30 (I will raise...