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I have a small exercise pool and spa. Pool is 4000 gallons, spa is 400 gallons. Over the last few months I have started losing water. I recently disabled the recirc feature of my control system (it normally exercises pool, the spa, then refills spa from pool and shuts off. Every morning)...

So we haven't been in the pool for a few weeks. I had one extended absence and the wife did not check as instructed while gone. Got back, and noticed a funky odor, chlorine was low but OK and water looks fine. Added hypo and water tests are all fine, maybe 1 on CC I never had before. But...

As noted in a different thread, we are almost done with our pool project. The last bit in the pool is installing the Fast-Lane swim pump in the pool. I was in the pool Monday night, after heating it up from 61 to 85 degrees, and as I was preparing to drill a hole for mounting the Fas-Lane, I...

I got the majority of the automation working for my pool/spa this weekend. I can now control the pump, heater, and the supply and return valves from a PLC in a panel in the pool room using a panel-mounted touch-screen. However, I ran into a problem. Initially I set the program up to delay...

Daytime pic of the room from inside the sliding glass door. Notable features... -spa level is above pool level and has a spillover -8 jets in spa -There is a gutter running the length of the wall to catch any water spilling in that direction and drains out the far end. -every pair of windows can...

I have several stainless steel plates that will be covering the return channel for my fast-lane. I am considering painting the plates to make them prettier, what paints hold up well to pool chemicals? I see Home Depot (online) sells Duralax marine grade paint, will that work? Thanks!

I decided I would backwash the filter, but I cannot even get the valve to turn to that position. It is this valve. So I press the handle down to get the nub above the body face and turn, right? I was able to get it to move most of the way to backwash, but then it really got stuck. The...

I have an 'indoor' pool. It is 4000 gallons. It is an exercise pool that will have a 'fast lane' installed in it. We intend to use it year round. The skimmer sticks out the side of the pool, here's a pic. I don't think this has much of a freeze potential. There is also the normal PVC...

OK, I have an indoor pool and spa...so we are never going to deal with leaves and such. Do I have to have a skimmer? I have one, but honestly I view it as a freeze problem during the winter. Can I seal it up and just use the bottom return for circulation/filtering? It also appears to have...

When looking up the manual online (remember, the pool builder has abandoned us, and gave us no manuals) I noticed that there are two models my size (440K BTU), one for propane (which is our fuel supply) and one for natural gas. Guess which one I have. Yup, 460736 HTR 400 MASTERTEMP NA (the NA...

Our pool is tiny. Can I just brush it and run the filter?

So with the water level where it ought to be if I turn on the blower I get such violent agitation in the spa that it throws water out of the spa. As the spa is in a built-in room, this is not ideal. Should the openings in the spa have some kind of nozzle? Right now ours are just PVC pipe...

We have been abandoned by our pool builder. Several things are left unfinished. The most annoying is that there is a conduit (grey plastic) from the spa to the area where the automation was supposed to go. I never wanted the stupid lights anyway, and this leaks and prevents me being able to...

OK, currently have a small exercise pool (3k gal) and a spa (about 500 gal). Plumbing is manual right now. Single filter and single heater (150k). Both in ground and indoor (room not complete yet) I am asking the contractor to switch to a Pentair (pump and heater both Pentair) easytouch...

Well I am still having issues getting my new pool project finished. In the meantime it is pollen season here. Since the equipment is not all hooked up and running I cannot filter the leaves and pollen that has already gotten into the pool. Should I be treating this water to prevent algae or...

We are putting in an in-ground pool that will be in a sunroom attached to our current house. Will have the ability to open or close windows in the sunroom. Pool is an exercise pool and dimensions are 12x7 (basically a copy of the smallest endless pool done in concrete). Water depth will be...