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    Pump size advice needed

    I'm building a new inground vinyl pool and I'm not sure on the pump and pipe size needed. The main drains will be 90 ft from the filter and 1 of the 2 skimmers a little farther than that. I'm planning 1.5hp single speed and 1 1/2" flex PVC. I'm assuming that 1 1/2" pipe would still be okay...
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    Inground Vinyl DFW Texas

    Starting the paper flow and lining up the steps to splashdown :drown:. We started out with a custom design but after submitting our drawings to kit builders we've decided to go with an out of the box 20x40x32 Lagoon kit. They wanted $16K for a kit to do our design vs $9K for the standard kit...
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    Inground Vinyl PB around Dallas

    Anyone in the Dallas area know of a PB that will work on Inground Vinyl installs? Or at least someone who can do the dig for me? I have looked all over and it seems that the Inground Vinyl pool market doesn't exist around here. I've found PBs that do gunite builds and vinyl liner replacements...
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    Vinyl kit companies

    I could use some feedback about online vinyl kit companies. I'm not asking for endorsements as that might violate the forum rules or spirit. I'm more interested in personal experiences and quality of the products delivered. Right now we're working on getting quotes from Pool Warehouse and Royal...
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    Age old question - Sand or Vermiculite

    We will start the dig on our inground vinyl pool in about 4 weeks. I have to admit a real frustration over which to do the bottom with. It seems that the de-facto answer to sand is don't use it. But, nobody seems to want to elaborate on why not, other than footprints or high water table. We...
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    New Member Intro

    Hello TFP. I've been reading posts from the forum as a research source for a long time. There is a wealth of knowledge and experience here that I'd like to tap into for my new pool build. We've had a 16x32 oval Doughboy above/below ground pool for over 17 years. We're doing a renovation of our...