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    Pump Replacement Quote(s)

    Hey all, My Hayward pump seems to have sputtered to an unfortunate end after just 3.5yrs. Last night the pump shut itself off, with the display indicated the pump had stalled. Attempts to restart resulted in a quick "vrr" and then another stall. Had a tech out today who I like a lot, the...
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    Automation needs a new watch!

    I've got an Aqualogic automation system running a Hayward VSP and Polaris pool cleaner. These components all work, but the automation system cannot keep track of what time it is. This began happening within the last week, and I can't find any discernable pattern to the failures. What happens...
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    Where is this water coming from?

    Refusing to believe I was losing 4"+ of water per week to evaporation, I investigated and discovered that my backwash/pump valve was leaking water into backwash every second the pump was running. I seem to resolved this by taking the big key cover off, rebricaring the seal, and reassembling. I...
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    Where is this water coming from?

    Refusing to believe I was losing 4"+ of water per week to evaporation, I investigated and discovered that my backwash/pump valve was leaking water into backwash every second the pump was running. I seem to resolved this by taking the big key cover off, rebricaring the seal, and reassembling. I...
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    How much water do you lose per week?

    This has always kept me up at night. I've never had a pool before this one, so I did not or do not have a great frame of reference. I'm in the Dallas area - hot sunny summers, fairly windy - with a pool that faces west. LOTS of sun. Water gets very warm. I feel like I'm losing 2" of water per...
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    Rebounding from a "drain free acid wash."

    Had a new pebble finish put in last week and after filling there was a big "streak" of discoloration in the pool caused by (I assume) inadequate exposure of the aggregate on the sides of this streak. Rather than drain the pool, PB put 8 gallons of acid in over two days to "cook" the finish down...
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    Replacing lights when resurfacing?

    I've had several quotes to resurface my pool, and it's looking like I'll give my business to a nice local company who has a very competitive price on a nice pebble product. My question is - this is the ONLY guy telling me that I should replace my lights. Even with the cost of the lights he's...
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    Resurfacing - Aquabright and other questions for TFP

    Hello all, I came upon this sight while researching pebble v plaster. Read everything available on here about Aquabright, fell in love, then got the quote and saw that it was virtually DOUBLE the cost of a competitive Pebble quote I got. Yikes! If it was 20 or even 30% more I could justify it...