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Evidently, there was a BB or two (I found one) at the bottom of my pool over winter. Now I have lots of rust staining around one of my main drain intakes. Any way to remove the staining?

:grrrr: Here's the scoop. When the pool was built, I asked the builder about bonding. They DID NOT use any kind of grid in the concrete decking, just a heavy gauge copper wire around the pool, behind the coping (it's a vinyl-liner pool) and connected to the ladder, hand rail, pool light and...

I'm getting ready to plumb in my solar panels to my equipment pad and I'd LIKE to mount the controls and piping ABOVE the sand filter, on the brick wall of my house. I'm trying to save space and keep all the controls handy. It sticks out quite a ways, though (2" plumbing), and I'm afraid it...

We leave our pool open during the winter down here and run the pump when we have a cold snap and to circulate some overnight (minimal). Love the variable speed pump, btw! 8-) The SW chlorine generator doesn't work when the water gets below ~57 deg, so I dosed pool with bleach once this winter, I...

Hard to believe I've been doing this for a month already! Water is CRYSTAL and SPARKLY (extremely inviting!) 8-) Tonight's numbers: FC 3 CC 0 TC 3 pH 7.5 T/A 120 (down from 180 and going for 80 via MA, aeration and lots of POP) CH 70 CYA 65 (almost into the recommended 70-80 range for...

I'm babysitting his pool while they're on vacation. Pump will not start. When I tried, it gets hot and trips the circuit breaker. I opened it up and took out the strainer basket so I could reach in to turn the impeller. It turns by hand, but when I closed it back up and tried again, the motor...

The PB says he normally plumbs the two returns (plus an eyeball on the steps) together, one return on opposite corners of the ends. I think I would rather have individual lines for each return with ball valves for each. I also want them to add a third return low on the sidewall to aim down...

PB came by to stake out and paint the perimeter of the pool today. He plans to start the dig next Monday, June 22. View from the screened porch toward the west. Clearer view just outside the porch showing the shallow end and area for steps. View from outside the west fence diagonally...

The PB is coming by tomorrow to mark the pool layout for digging this week (look for pics soon in Under Construction)! :party: :whoot: :cheers: I've elected to install a Polaris 280 system with the build and normally the filter pump he installs for this size pool requires a booster pump for...

The TF-100 arrived yesterday and I managed to hold off until tonight in doing the first test of our water (we're on the county water system). Here are the numbers: FC 1 CC 0 TC 1 pH 7.4 T/A 220 :shock: CH 100 I was very surprised by the TA number. I'll be using a SWCG when the IG vinyl...

:wave: New lurker here! Been checking it all out for about a week in preparation for our upcoming pool install. We're having a 18x36 rectangular (2' radius corners) vinyl lined inground pool built in our yard starting the 15th of June. Still working with the builder on some of the details...