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    solar pool heater, houston texas

    I am interested in having solar pool heater install in the Houston Texas area. Pool size is 15 x 45 ft If anyone in this area have had success in finding installer in this area, please share their name and number.
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    Pentair Intellichlor IC-40 proble

    Help, I recently took out the SWG cell and went thru the cleaning process as written per instruction. The SWG is about 4 month old. After re-inserting the cell, there was no power to the cell. So I checked the fuse and it was blown, went out and bought 4 new fuses, 250v 10amp from Radio Shack...
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    DE filter backwashing

    I have a Pentair DE filter, 80 SQ ft.and Variable pump, Pentair VS 3050, 22000 gal pool, inground. After backwashing the DE filter, how much DE media should I add back ? It seems that the pressure on the filter gauge varies with the speed of the pump, so which speed would accurately reflect the...
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    New Pool, waterfilled 1 week ago, just gotten TFP-100 kit

    Rectangular pool about 22,000 gal, gunite with pebble sheen water temp 83 F Here is my result after a few days of adding Calcium Plus, Chlorine, MA, CYA 5/27/10 FC 4 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 140 CH 160 ( just added 3 jug of Walmart HTH Calcium Plus yesterday) CYA 30 Should I add more CYA, MA and wait a...
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    Leaky Gunite shell

    A friend of mine is building an in-ground pool, they are almost at the pebble-tec stage. 3days ago a heavy rain came through. The Gunite shell was initially wet but dried up quickly after that, but then they noticed that several of the area remain with streak lines running down the gunite wall...
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    New pool build Houston Greater Area

    After months of research , I finally decided to pull the trigger. I am planning to be an owner builder. Feel free to give me advices and suggestions. I will find all the subs that are necessary to do the job, hopefully a decent one. I have no experience and only learn bits and pieces here and...