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Saltwater pool, 2.5 years old, I'm not great on adjusting the ph daily, I only adjust it about once a week and it's usually about 8.5 when I test it (estimation based on color). My calcium level have been really high for a year or so, was about 550 last year and up to about 950 this year. I...

So gas prices are insanely expensive. It costs me $500/month to heat my 7'x8' spa in winter. If I only use the autocover the spa temp drops to the 60's every night, if I put a tarp over the autocover it holds 79-80. It makes a huge difference in the heating bill as well as is ready to go in...

Wasn't sure where to put this but seemed like the best place. When I built my pool, the designer recommended I get a vacuum pool cleaner while I wanted a robot. We settled on putting the plumbing in but not buying any of the vacuum equipment. So I have a pipe running from my pool back to the...

Does the Hayward OmniLogic automatically calculate the pump speed required to run solar pool heating? I could swear that a few days ago the minimum speed was 2550, but now it is running at a minimum speed of 2760. It might not seem like a big deal, but the extra RPM's use almost 50% more...

Spa gets down to about 75 the next day, down to about 65 another day after that and at pool temp after about 3 days. I’ve noticed there is a big gap directly over the spa on the corner of the cover, probably acts like a chimney. Does anyone have any good ideas about how to permanently seal...

So, I wasn’t very smart where I had them put the pool cover switch, it sticks out like a sore thumb. Now that we’ve completed inspection and Kelly Moore finally has exterior flat paint, it’s time to do something with this. Would it be ok if I chopped down that post to make it shorter and then...

We signed a pool contract on 2/9/21, pool was supposed to be completed on 9/30/21. We finally got the pool cover installed last week and we're still waiting for them to finish the cover vault and do final inspection. Excavation was done in early June. Total contract price was $131K. Today I...

Moved from here. sorry for highjacking, but I calibrated my pH meter and I think I screwed it up cause it always reads higher than the TF pro. How are you doing regular calibration? Do you have a stock of the test powders that came with it, or are you doing it another way? I also am fighting...

Just filled the pool on Thursday, started up the equipment and water balancing on Friday. Instructions say the TA should be 80, the pH should be 7.2 to 7.6 and CH should be a minimum of 150 trending towards 200 and as of today I should get chlorine up to 1.5 to 3ppm. Tomorrow I can start to...

Just got pebble done this morning, acid wash tomorrow than pool fill! It looks like they left quite a mess on the glass tiles, does that get cleaned off as part of acid wash or should I be concerned about that now? Tested my tap water last night, gonna run over to Leslie's today or tomorrow to...

How's it looking? Now is my chance to fix anything that doesn't look right. I will say though, these guys seem to know what they are doing. Also, my SWG was supposed to be on indefinite backorder but it was actually in the box ordered with the Omnilogic!

Is it worth the extra $19 for the pro when you add in the salt water kit and the speed stir? I can't really tell if they are any different.

Pool equipment delivered today. No SWG came, apparently it is on backorder with Hayward and no ETA. I'm fairly annoyed to be missing stuff, seeing as a signed my contract with them way back in February, but I get that times aren't exactly normal. Pool company says they are going ahead with...

We're putting in a pool with an autocover. Our ground is really hard and everything seems to require the jackhammer. The pool builders expect the decking guys to deal with drainage. The decking guys appear to not want to trench a proper hole for the autocover drain to my French drain system...

Been a long road to get here, but finally making progress. So far excavation, rebar and plumbing are done. My only concern so far is if the equipment pad is too close together since I was out of town when they did it.

Ok, so this is probably a crazy question, but energy costs here are going nuts in Ca and just going to get worse, so here it goes. I'm getting an integrated spa with solar and gas heating with an autocover. Solar heating is primarily to extend the swimming season and I'm hoping to use it for...

I've been reading this forum for years gearing up for this moment. I created a list of the consensus recommendations from the experts here, but need some advice on some conflicting info I am getting from the pool builder. I do trust him, he is very knowledgable and his company is very...

Moderator comment: This post was separated out from this thread: Need help deciding pool size - Page 2 Is it not recommended to do an autocover with a spa built into the pool?