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    What are the two lines for?

    Our heater needs to be replaced this year and I sent pictures to our pool company and they asked why there are two conduits going into the heater. I'm guess he means these two lines (are there two gas lines) if so why would this be? Or is it something else, these are the pictures that I sent...
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    Flow of water into pool decreasing over a few days

    We opened our pool about a month ago and all seemed well. We had the salt water generator cleaned this year and the pool is about 4 years old. I noticed that the flow into the pool was not as strong as it typically was and that there was a small air pocket in the pump basket. I back washed...
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    TA levels very high at pool opening, old chemicals in test kit or really high?

    I just had my pool opened on Friday and tested the the water today (they added liquid chlorine during the opening and I waited for the fc level to normalize). I use the TF-100 test kit but it is last years kit. Here are my numbers: FC 8 CC 0 ph 7.5 CH 100 TA over 400 (never saw a complete...
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    New pool but pump didn't function for first 5 days..what to do first?

    I've been reading up on think stuff since I decided to get a pool but thought that I'd be starting out with clean water. I'm not sure what to do now. We had 33,000 gal of water trucked in last friday (6/17) and topped it off with our well to about 35,000. Our pump was not functional until...
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    Vinyl Pool Cracks

    Does anyone know if this applies to vinyl liner pools as well as ours has some cracks as well.
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    pool deck considerations

    I just copied this over from my build thread hoping that this may be a better place for it....thanks! I just opened a photo bucket account to add some more pictures so lets see if this works. I am now looking for advice on the deck that currently looks like this: There are steps on the top...
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    Bubblers and pool depth

    I really like the look of the bubblers but our ledge is on our second step which will be about 18" deep. Does anyone know if the bubblers will work in this depth? That would be the ideal place to put them, but If that won't work, I could put them on the first step. i'm not sure how it...
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    jump system or diving board...opinions please

    I'm just looking for people's opinions on these different types of diving boards from s.r.smith. They have the salt pool jump system or the flyte deck II dive stand. We have a 8 ft. vinyl pool going in and are trying to figure out what sort of diving equipment to choose. We have 3 young...
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    deck jets...do you still use them?

    I'm thinking about getting some deck jets but am not sure if it is one of those things that you use the first year but not much after that. I've got 3 young kids and it may be fun for them. also we do not have any water features. Will it be a good noise? thanks for your thoughts and time!
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    New pool in upstate NY...I've never owned a pool before so I'm looking for advice

    We just signed off on the design of the pool but have not discussed specifics on equipment...looking for advice there. We will have 2 colorlogic LED lights a 300K BTU gas powered heater a sand filtration system (I think) and a salt generator. The company they use for equipment is Hayward...