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Just wanted to share a picture I took yesterday. My house butts up to nature and wildlife come around quite often. A couple elk strolled through yesterday after a bit of snow and drank some pool water. A few years ago there was a baby bear having a splash in the pool.

Hi all! Could someone please give me a second set of eyes my heat pump install? Ordered a Raypak R8450TI-E (140k BTU), a 3 way valve to divert flow away from heater when needed, and a cover. Built a 36x36x4 concrete pad Had an electrician wire in a 50 amp 220v breaker (moved from a hot tub...

Posting this in case it helps someone else in the future. Today I was vacuuming a lot of leafs and after the 3rd round of cleaning the pump basket I could no longer get a full prime. After trying a lot of other things, I removed the basket and turned the pump off, and my fiance with her tiny...

Opened my pool to clear water! Filling it up now, then will check chemicals and then doing the usual TFP thing. I might have cabin fever from the winter, but I've missed the smell of my TF kit :P

Hi all, My pump runs really hot, too hot to touch. It has shut down twice on hot sunny days. I'm assuming this is not normal and it needs to be replaced. Could someone please confirm my suspicions? Here's a pic using a thermal camera: Thanks, monkey

Hi all, I have searched but haven't been able to find anything concrete on this, hoping someone could weigh in. I live at 5000ft by the base of the Rocky Mountains, it's an extremely dry climate., with humidity is often in the teens. I've been taking the cover off in the mornings and...

Hi all, My pool light comes on for a moment then the GFCI breaker triggers. I have lifted the pool light out of the pool and checked for and found no water in the housing. I disconnected the wires in the junction box and it still triggers the breaker without the light installed. I tested the...

Hi everyone, I bought a house in Northern Colorado with a pool late last year. It's an inground fiberglass of about 13000 gallons. The pool was winterized and under a tarp. I decided to open the pool early before algae could bloom so I could get a handle on how things pool things worked, which...

Hello, First time pool owner here. I recently moved into a house with a pool, and fixing the pool up. My pool light triggers the GFCI breaker. While investigating, I found a box in the cement where the light connects to the power cable. It's full of sand. Is this normal? Can I clean it...