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I think you are right. I didn't even consider that until I read about it here (Pool School) last night. I have also heard somewhere that aeration causes a faster loss of chlorine. Is that true? Well since all my returns (3) are "over the edge" I can do a little piping modification and run 2 of...

Great point on the liner. Initially I had planned to do a natural looking, kinda kidney shaped design but for the reasons you just mentioned I decided to make it pretty much rectangular with gentle radius corners. This I hope will keep it very smooth with minimum wrinkles. During the dig, I'm...

Oh, I see what your concern is now. My thinking was to vacuum and brush just as you would a regular IG vinyl lined pool. I have plenty of time so this would all be done by hand (no auto vac) on a regular basis. Do you see any problems that I may encounter?

My plan on mounting the main drains (with hydrostatic valve) and skimmer is to do a lotta dirt compacting then stabalized sand and concrete. Finally a sheet of marine grade plywood to hold everything in place. Since I will be sanitizing and filtering this just like a regular IG pool I don't...

Howdy all! Great Forum and lotsa info. Tomorrow morning I will be starting the excavation on an unusual hybrid swimming pool/pond. Everything will be DIY. It will look like a somewhat "natural" pond since it's on my little 14 acre pine forest but is strictly for swimming/playing - powered by...