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At least I think I count four from the various angles it's been captured at. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_swimming_pool

This is a post for the benefit of any future DIYers considering this. If you have a pool without a good shallow or step area for teaching kids to swim, you might find yourself wanting a swim platform. I do, for my AGP, and I stalled for a year thinking this should be something easy to DIY. But...

I've got: Swimline 18' "20 gauge" (quotes because 20 gauge here just means as thin as they can get away with) liner - $106+tax. Just as cheap as 2020! I got on that one earlier this year. Intex 18' round bubble cover - $56+tax. Not bad. I like these oens in particular for how thin and light...

Crazy rainfall here over winter left me with a low 60-70 TA pool which is new for me, my fill water is 220 and I am used to running near that. It's also my first year with an SWG. My ph has been hanging out at around 7.0-7.2. I know that I can correct it with soda ash and I have some, and I...

We got a lot of rain this winter so my water is unusual. Fill water is 220-250 alk and calcium which makes me resistant to fixing this ph right away with soda ash cause I think I'm gonna have trouble keeping alk down if anything this season. 7 chlorine 7.0 ph 80 cya 60 alkalinity 120 calcium...

Ok this is bordering on an unnecessary question that I should just figure out but anyway it's on my mind so why not share it. I have an Aquatrol HP designed for mid plumbing install with an included flow switch. I could buy the RJ adapter to have the SWCG on my return jet which has the...

First year with my aquatrol, haven't fired it up yet. I am at 2800ppm salt and so by recommendations could probably do with another bag to get to 3400. However, I am considering staying at 2800 and see if it works, because once we get into summer with good solar heating output I do like to...

My Doheny's 3/4hp has a lid identical to the one in this Amazon listing. The baffles always have large air bubbles in them and after growing algae in the basket over the winter this means a film is not getting cleaned out by chlorinated water. I worry this will become an algae seed. Does...

Is this new or just new to me? I wonder if they are shipping from china or contracting with one of the big three NA manufacturers, Cornelius most likely. It's externally buttressed which is kind of hard to find nowadays and allows for deep ends...

My fill water is 7.8 200-250 alk (also 200-250 calcium) My pool does not seem to have a strong environmental upward pull on the ph, so I can actually bat this down gently to 7.4 or 7.6 at a time and it will last a week or two, and I can keep ph under control this way all season for maybe 4...

The hayward aquatrol system includes a pump power plug, so that the built in timer controls both the SWCG and the pump. I would enjoy this feature, it would save me having to watch two timers to make sure they stay in sync. However, I have two concerns about it. One being the reports of burnt...

I see a lot of people on other pool forums jump to the conclusion that they have mustard algae for any number of different symptoms that all sound like manifestations of regular green algae to me; "clouds up when brushed" "grows on bottom not in the water" "hard to treat" "dark / brown colored"...

This isn't a question of bonding vs. grounding, I understand the concept of equipotential bonding is distinct from grounding. I just want to confirm my understanding that the pump's casing is connected to the electrical system earth via the ground wire on the plug, and therefore the bond wire is...

Hasa Sanichlor is the specific product, if you're in one of these states and buy liquid chlorine in returnable bottles you're probably familiar with the 4 case. Does yours come all messy and wet with some kind of mixture of LC and rinse water in the bottom of the case? And dried chlorine crust...

So this is something I dealt with last year with my new EC40 filter and I'm just wondering whether there's any known problems and solutions. I was getting a small amount of DE blow through in my AGP. I disassembled the grid completely and inspected every finger individually, they all appear to...

So I'm putting together a DIY rooftop solar system with Fafco Solar Bear panels. The panels come with 2-3/8" Fafco barbs, with 1.5" threaded on the inside. I've already plumbed to use those threaded connections. On Fafco's traditional products there are no threaded connectors, all connections...

I am looking to reduce the electrical consumption of my above ground pool. It is 18ft round, 7700 gals, 40 sq ft DE filter. Electrical supply is 115v only. Currently I have a 1HP 115v Hayward Powerflo Matrix, rated at 12 amps and pulls about that, plus or minus a few amps depending on the load...

I'm building a DIY solar system with this style of VRV at the top of the system: https://www.amazon.com/SolarPoolRepair-Vacuum-Relief-Valve-Heaters/dp/B01HZXGFIA/ I'm wondering how low it will drain down, specifically if I have a diverter valve 1-2 feet above the water line, will it drain when...

So I'm adding a DIY solar setup to my AGP this year: 2x 4x20' Fafco Solar Bear in a parallel bank on a 10ft 4/12 rooftop close to the pool, 1.5" plumbing. The only remaining design choice I'm hung up on is whether to locate the panel bank inlet on the same side or opposite side of the bank as...