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  1. BBailey

    Please verify Pool/Spa plumbing with 2 pumps

    Please look over my plumbing schematic and give me some feedback. Both pumps are Tristars VS for automation and we do want the VS pump for the spa, because I don't like the hard jets, but my wife does. We will be using Jandy Never-lube valves or Hayward Automated valves. The automation is...
  2. BBailey

    From AGP to Inground pool

    Greetings everyone, We would like to add our pool to TFP so our community can reference the pool build. I started out 25 years ago with a plastic pool for my niece. Then, through the years, we have been from the Intex blowup ring pool, intex metal frame, above ground pool and now an inground...
  3. BBailey

    Free Pool Water Testing Strips

    Has anyone heard of this organization that gives out free pool test strips? Here is the web site http://www.healthypools.org/
  4. BBailey

    Wow, I woke up a sleeping problem

    As some of you know I was having self inflicted filter issues and thought my pool was cloudy from the lack of filtration. I fixed my filter issue last night and since this has happened I have been closely watching my CL level. I was losing 3ppm daily of CL in full sun and it never went below...
  5. BBailey

    Sand in Laterals

    After my PVC plumbing job I wasn't thinking and turned the pump on and sand went into the pool. Today I was vacuuming it up and the flow decreased and I then tried to backwash and it seems like it has low pressure (Gauge is broke). I removed the pipes and took the top off my sand filter and...
  6. BBailey

    Installing Liquidator and Plumbing on Above Ground Pool (AGP

    I am installing my Liquidator and plumbing on my AGP and would like your input on the plumbing. On other posts a possible problem might be the short run from the skimmer to the pump and not having enough head pressure. If I install 1 ¼” PVC pipe from the skimmer side will this help having...
  7. BBailey

    testing

  8. BBailey

    Greetings from Ola

    Just a quick HI to everyone on the board. I have been using the BBB method for 2 1/2 years with no worries. Before that, it was a every year battle with alge and the pool store telling me to spend, spend, spend. Funny, one year I actually spent more money on chemicals than the pool cost. I...