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The Water Tech Blue Sapphire is the deal of the day on Woot today for $500. I've been wanting to get a robotic cleaner for my pool; can anyone comment on the quality of this particular robot and if it would be a good fit for a 30k gallon inground? Oddly, Water Tech doesn't list the Blue...

Due to the pricing I posted in my "Major Inground Remodel" thread, I am considering trying to renovate my inground in phases, and do some of it myself, in hopes of getting the price down and not having to swallow the entire expense at one time. Is there any reason that I couldn't get the...

I'm getting my pool replastered sometime in May. I just took the cover off a week ago, so the contractors could take a look and give me quotes. The water was clear, although the pool is pretty dirty. With the unseasonably warm weather we are having, my water has gone from 40* to 55* this week...

After living with our 42 year old pool for the last 5 years, my wife and I are ready to remodel. As mentioned in my signature, our pool is an approximately 30000 GAL In-Ground 26'x50' Kidney Shaped Pool. The deck is brush concrete and has sunk and raised in various places. The plaster has been...

My pool came with a 22' Horizon solar reel. Based on instructions I got from Horizon, the reel wasn't assembled properly, and as such the inserts that hold the tubing together broke. I replaced them and got another 2 years out of it (5 total, but not sure how old it was when I took ownership of...

Does anyone know where to get the "expand and purge" type of winterizing plug (the kind you can pressurize with an air compressor) now that everything4pools.com is out of business? A quick google search didn't turn up anything.

I ordered two 9" universal Pentair skimmer weirs only to find out my skimmers are 8 3/8". I got the weirs I needed, but I can't see paying shipping and a restocking fee to send these ones back (I only paid $20 for them). If someone can use them, PM me your address and I will mail them out to...

A friend sent me this video yesterday. I really wonder what kind of engineering it took to get the trajectory right on this. Scary! Intex should use this for an ad campaign? :) http://www.mach-es-machbar.de/english/index.php5

Disclaimer: This is just a long rant. Feel free to skip if you are short on time. :) We've put a lot of time, money, and effort into the pool this season and have made some great improvements and fixed some minor issues with the help and support of our friends here at TFP. It had been a...

I have noticed recently that when I first turn my filter on, I get a yellowish brown cloud flowing out of the returns for about 5-10 seconds (dirty DE?). I have taken the filter apart and hosed the fingers down and inspected them, but I don't see any obvious holes or tears. They look, to my...

I originally posted this as an addition to this thread: solar-panel-and-rack-design-help-t12214.html I need help from the plumbing/hydraulics experts, so I decided to split it off to a new topic. I recently added (12) 2x10 Sungrabber solar panels to my system, mounted across (3) racks. The...

I added an Intermatic T101 timer to my pump a little over a year ago. I has worked great, until yesterday I noticed that my pump was running later than it should have. We had two quick power outages the day before, so I thought the clock might have just been off. I reset the time and when I...

I'm in the process of replumbing the return line after my filter to add lines to the solar panels I'm attempting to add to my setup. Currently, there is a single union ball valve on my return line immediately after my filter. The non-union side of the ball valve is solvent, and there's not...

I've decided to get (6) SunHeater S601 Panels to add to my pool. That number of panels will equal about 43% of my pool surface. I will be installing them on racks on the ground next to the building that houses my filter and pump. This will put the racks approx 10' from the pump. I gimp'd the...

I need to add Calcium to my pool. Can anyone suggest a product to use, and better yet, tell me where to find it in the Northeastern (Cleveland) Ohio, area? Thanks! Ron

I need to add CH to my pool. The only source of Calcium Chloride I can seem to find locally is Prestone Driveway Heat. I have attached a MSDS sheet for it that I found. Is this acceptable to add to a pool? Thanks, Ron

I wasn't sure where to post this as it could potentially fit into several different categories. Feel free to move it if there's a better place... Due to winter rains and snows, I've had to pump about 12 inches of water out of my pool so far. We had nice weather this past weekend, so while I had...

I'm starting my 2nd year of pool ownership much more knowledgeable than last year, thanks to the fine folks here: I started poking around my pool house today and noticed two Hayward DE Filter boxes. Both are EC65's (I'm currently using an EC75). I pulled them both out of the boxes and, other...

While filling my pool for opening, my well pump started sucking up dirt overnight. Now my pool is a lovely shade of brown. I have my DE filter going, and we've been bumping about once an hour (the pressure rises 10psi in that time). My manual tells me I need to backwash "when the gauge pressure...

I am attempting to acid wash the flex-tubes from my Hayward EC75, and I'm hoping to get some clarification on how to do this. I took the "top" off of the filter (the flex-tube assembly and the 'lid' with the bump handle) and put it in a TSP soak on Sunday. I was getting ready to do the acid...

As I enter into my 2nd year of (new-to-me) pool ownership, both my wife and I thought it would be nice to have our deep end light working this year. I have no idea when this light was last replaced, but I've read up on the forum about doing this and it seemed straight forward enough, so I...

I need to replace my winter cover. I've heard a lot of good things about the loop-loc covers, but from what I've seen they are quite expensive, especially for a pool my size and shape. Are they worth it? How long do they last? How easy is it to get a pump into the pool if you need to lower the...

Does anyone know if there's a "Trouble Free Water Softener" forum out there anywhere? :lol: Thanks, Ron

ok, I'm ready to open the pool...now if only the weather would cooperate...

My pool finally got cool enough to close this weekend. The returns and the skimmers blew out ok, so I think I'm good there. (My pump and valves are all inside an unheated building). The previous owners had a length of PVP pipe that they placed into the suction port of the skimmer, which is also...

I've been trying to wait until my water has cooled down to under 60 to close. Unfortunately, my trees are shedding leaves like crazy. Does anyone have any suggestions on closing a pool with water that is still relatively warm (70 degrees)? Would I be better off to put winter cover on and keep...

I recently noticed a patch of lawn, that is in a direct line from one of my returns, has gotten soggy. It also seems to dry up a bit when I'm not running my filter. Am I correct in my assumption that I probably have a broken underground return pipe? How would one go about repairing something...

I have a Hayward EC-75 DE Filter w/1HP Pump which is located in a shed near my pool. The floor in the room the pump sits in is always wet. I assume this isn't normal? The leak seems to be coming from a seam near the bottom of the filter where it sits in a plastic piece that is mounted to the...

I am nearing the end of the swim season here with my first pool. Can anyone direct me to a "howto" document on closing an IG pool? Also (for the northerners), when do you typically close your pool and why do you choose that particular time of the year?

I bought a house with an inground pool last november, and I am a first time pool owner. According to public record, the pool was built in 1969. I have no records indicating what, if any, maintenance or repairs have been done to the pool. The perimeter of the pool seems to be pulling away from...