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I'm looking for what to call this type of vacuum breaker (aka vacuum relief valve?) for a solar system. The panels will be above the pool by a few feet. I see "vacuum breaker" units specifically for solar heaters, but they're around $45 or $60, seems out of line. Hoping for something less...

Atlas Above Ground: 15x30x52 Pentair PLD 50 DE Filter with 1HP OptiFlo Pump 10,620 gallons (2) Fafco 2x10 Above Ground Pool Solar Panels 295-2 Pentair SolarTouch Controller/Actuator We have a big wooden ramp we built to unload a tractor trailer, about 6 feet wide and 16 feet long. I'll use it...

Finished building the pool at the end of the season last fall, sat all winter and we're in a desert, so the bottom is covered in dirt/sand. A few leaves and organics, but mostly silt/dirt/sand. Cleaned out the filter, added the DE (6 lbs) and let it run for days. Used the vacuum on the bottom...

Where the pool is going to be in the yard, the end of the oval will be where a previous owner had a hot tub. It would be very convenient if I could put the filter right there by the electrical box that once fed the hot tub, but I intuitively feel that maybe having the skimmer on the end of the...

I've tried to search, and I see questions about crushed stone, sand, blocks under posts, but I don't see any step-by-step or best practices for installing an above ground pool. Here in Snowflake, Arizona there are exactly ZERO pool installers, so I may have to do it all myself (with some...

Hey, everybody! So happy to begin to learn about pool ownership here. We lived at a house with an in-ground pool for a couple years after a fire in our house, and after having some bad experiences with a pool maintenance company, and green water, I ended up with a little "test kit" that I...

I plan to build a 4 x 8 or 4 x 16 solar collector (as seen on YouTube) and I see the volume of water that can flow through the 1/2 inch tube isn't much. My idea is, if I don't want to put too much strain on the pump, it seems like it will be better to "double up" or "triple up" the lines in the...

I live in western NY (Rochester area) and we have some tough winters, and humid summers. I'd say typical "pool season" is from late June to early September for most folks. Lots of pools around here, maybe 10% of some neighborhoods have a pool, who knows, maybe more (many above ground, some...