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  1. XRAYTIM

    Light Niche Delete

    Hi Everyone Do you have a suggestion on how to patch a hole in an inground steel pool wall? Background: Last season the pool light niche leaked water and was temporarily patched with marine silicon. Currently my pool liner is out and my pool light niche is inspected. I want the light...
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    New pump, Your suggestions pls.

    Hi everyone I want a new pump for these reasons: My pump is 17 years old, its noisy when running now, it doesn't start the first-time every-time, it will not pump water up 7ft to the slide unless filter has just had a fresh backwash is 20 psi) The current pump is a Sta-rite dyna-glass 3/4...
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    What are you thoughts on getting a higher rated heater vs recommended?

    I do not have a heater now. I want a gas heater. My pool company is recommending a 250,000 BTU heater for my pool. I have used a pool heating spreadsheet to estimate that 250,000 BTU will raise my pool 10 degrees in about 7 hrs, and 4 degrees in 4 hrs. We use the pool on weekends mostly; the...
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    Harsco Sorelmix Filtering Media - Is this a good filter sand?

    Hi While I had my sand filter apart, I decided to top-up the sand to make up for what I had wasted. My pool store sold me a "mineral replacement" They told me this was better than sand - because it would last longer, would filter down to 15 microns, it didn't have silica dust - it was...
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    Sand Filter - what to use for bonding sand filter base to sand filter body?

    Hello! Help! tl;dr? What I can I use to bond the sand-filter-base to the sand-filter? I have a sta-rite t-200bp-1 sand filter. The problem was that the top of the sand filter was not level with the base of the filter. Looking at the sand filter I could see that the base is not centered to...
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    Chlorine level for IG pool in Canada

    Hi Everyone My question: What are your thoughts for the maximum chlorine-ppm to use when closing your pool with a vinyl mesh cover? My wife came home from the local pool store with 30 litres (7.9 gallons) of 12.5% liquid chlorine for the final pool closing shock because thats what the...