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I went to open up the pool today, and I'm having some major leaking from the pipes in/out of the heater. I'm guessing something settled and now the connections aren't lining up just right. There's really not much wiggle room on either side. For the pipes to the pool there's very little pipe...

I have an aquacal tropical t115 and a 22,000 gallon pool. Last night the pool was 73.9 deg when I turned the heat pump on at 10pm. This morning at 7 am the temp has only risen to 75.4 deg, so that's 1.5 deg in 9 hours. The air temp last night got down to 52 deg. Baes on the spreadsheet from...

I recently was successful in automating my pool lights by wiring in a Shelly smart relay so that it turns on at sunset and off when I set it, or I can manually control with my phone. Now I've got the automation bug and want to see what other kind of automation I could do with something like...

I'm at my in-laws at my father in law has a pool with a Pentair MasterTemp 300 pool heater and it won't stay lit. It turns on and runs for 30 seconds or so but then goes out and the "Service Heater" indicator goes from green to red. No error codes are displayed. Tried blowing out the air...

When I opened up the pool this spring, one of my 3 Treo lights is flickering intermittently. I checked the junction box where it goes from one DC feed to 3 and all the connections there are solid, so it must be something at the light. Of course it's the one in the deep end. The pool is under...

I have a standard RF remote from SR Smith that controls the LED lights in my pool. I continuously forget to turn them off before I go upstairs for the night and always have to come back down. I would love to figure out a way to control them through my phone so that when I forget I can just turn...

I have a vinyl pool that is 1.5 years old, and I have a SR Smith pool ladder. I noticed that after the first full season, there was notable rust forming at the end where the rubber bumpers are, and where the hardware is drilled through for the steps. I was able to get a replacement under...

I opened my pool up today, and all went find except for a small leak at the PVC junction where the pipe leaves the heat pump. I'm thinking that the ground settled, and there's minimal piping before it goes into the ground which leaves not much to flex and account for any movement. I loosened...

This year I am planning on having my pool company close the pool, but I'd like to handle any water chemistry steps myself rather than have them dump some chemicals in the pool that may not jive well with the TFP approach. What steps should I be taking with water chemistry before they show up...

I'm pretty new here, and I think I know what I need to do, but wanted to check here before doing so. This is my first season with a pool, and so far the water balancing has been going great. Everything has stayed pretty much right where it needs. Despite that I have felt my water clarity...

This was my first full season with my pool, and (sadly) I'm starting to plan for the closing of the pool this season. I've been incredibly happy with this site to help me with summer maintenance, as it's been a breeze this summer! I want to have the pool company close my pool since I don't...

I'm a new pool owner and am trying to figure out the most efficient way to keep my pool heated to around 81. My family typically uses the pool in the afternoons and evenings. I have an Aquacal T115 Heat pump. I also have variable electric use rates, with costs being $0.115/kwh from 7am -...

I have a Century V-Green 165 variable speed pump that was installed last fall as part of my new pool. I feel like the schedule isn't running correctly. Right now I have stage 1 set to 2100 rpms for 10 hrs, and stage set to 0 rpms for 14 hrs. This morning at 6am I started the pump at stage 2...

I'm a new pool owner and have a mountain lake (or mountain pond?) pool shape, with a bench at one of curves between the shallow and deep end, and a stair bench extension by the entrance. I'm concerned about a pool robot missing areas, an am wondering if any particular brands or robots are known...

Somehow, I got a small pebble or something stuck in my SWG bypass valve. So the valve was stuck somewhat open, causing more water to go through the bypass and less past the SWG, which means I need to run my pump much higher so that the SWG doesn't complain about low flow. I took the manifold...

I have a new pool that was built last fall. I had it opened a few days ago by the pool company, and I've noticed that it seems like there is air coming from the return jets. If I look at the strainer basket window, when the pump is running on high speed there is no air at all in the pump...

I had my pool installed last fall, so this is my first time dealing with water chemistry. In the future I'll open it myself, but this year I had the pool company close it, and then opened it yesterday. Opening it up the water looked good (according to them). Not too cloudy, could see the...

I have a new patio around my pool, and I am going to seal the pavers. I like the wet look, and I've been told by the local landscaping supply shop that the "wet look" sealer won't be any more slippery as long as it's not high gloss (which it's not). Can anyone confirm that? Any issues with...

Hello, I have a recent new pool install. I just noticed that it looks like one of the flow direction arrows is pointing the wrong way. I asked my installer and they said that the sticker is just in the wrong direction. Can someone tell me if there is a mistake in this installation or not?

Hello all, I have a new pool install, and I have a AquaCal PoolPilot digital SWG, with a Century V-Green 165 variable speed pump. It looks like the electrician wired up the SWG to be able to control the power to the pump via a relay, since currently the pool pilot is set to have the pump on...

Hello, Info is in my signature, but I have a 22.5k gallon pool and a 1.65hp variable speed pump. There are 2 floor drains, 2 skimmers, and 3 return jets. There are also 3 deck jets with their own shutoff valve. The pump can have 3 settings which it cycles through over 24 hours, X RPMs for Y...

We had our 3' stampcrete apron poured this past friday afternoon, and we have some serious concerns with the quality of the pour. As you can see from the pictures, there are a few pinhole voids in the concrete, and there are some places where the concrete doesn't seem to be tight up against the...

Like the title says, I have a new in-ground pool, and the stampcrete patio was poured yesterday. I'm not thrilled by his job as I feel he wasn't experienced with pool aprons, and things weren't neat. My main concern, is that nearly the entire floor of the pool is now covered in concrete dust...

I'm working on plans for our in-ground pool install, and I've already determined I am not going to backfill with dirt like is common around here. I want to do structural backfill to prevent settling in the future, and to allow us to have the concrete apron poured without waiting for it to...

I'm working with my installer on a new in-ground pool of 22,000 gallons. I am going to be using a 26" sand filter that takes 300 lbs of sand and a flow rate of 70gpm. The mechanicals will be around 30' from the nearest point on the pool. There are going to be 3 or 4 return jets, 2 skimmers, 2...

First time poster here, so far this site has proven to be very useful! I'm working on a plan for a backyard pool project which is going to happen in August. Attached is the current plan for the backyard. My question is on our three planned deck jets. The patio with the fire pit is about 18"...