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    Basic equipment help. Identifying some parts of my pool.

    So it is almost time to fill up the pool I have been working on. (http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) I do have a couple of basic questions however. First can anyone identify this? This is the biggest it will let me upload, but you can find a bigger one in the gallery. My best guess is that it is a...
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    Filter Size

    Hello, I am looking to start up a 35 - 40k pool that has been dormant for at least 8 years. I need to get all new equipment and I am not sure what to do about the filter. A local pool company told me a 300lb (24 or 27 inch?) sand filter would be what they recommend. (They don't recommend...
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    Paint or Plaster??

    Hello, As I continue to clean up an old gunite pool that has not been opened in years (full album here and higher resolution http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj) I have a question I hope someone can answer. I borrowed the neighbors power washer today and immediately it became clear that I had to be...
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    Starting from Scratch on a Filter/Pump Combo 40K IG

    We have a 40' kidney shaped pool we are rehabbing. By my calculations it holds about 40,000 gallons. Things are looking well, so I am starting to think about filters and pumps. There is the husk of an old sand filter and heater left from the last time the thing ran, but no pump. It appears...
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    Above Ground Pump on in ground pool if pump is below level?

    Hello, We purchased a house last year and are getting around to opening a pool that has not been touched in years. You can see some pictures here (http://imgur.com/a/JFZZj). The pools equipment (whats left of it) is down a hill off to the side of the pool. It is well below the waterline of...
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    Possibly rehabbing a badly neglected IG pool

    I purchased a house last summer with a badly neglected in-ground concrete pool. It had not been open in a number of years. It is a concrete pool possibly dating back to the 50's when the house was built. We purchased the house with the pool AS IS. You can see the horror of it here...