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By first idea I meant first recommendation. Sorry for not being clear.

Great thanks. I think I'll go with the first idea. Appreciate it!

Hi all, New house, moved in last October. I chemically calculated the volume of the pool a few days ago and realized that I don't want to be lugging chlorine for a 34,000 gallon pool all summer long :) So I just ordered a CircuPool RJ60 Plus, but I'm not sure where to install it. Here is the...

You should see my FIL’s PVC glue jobs if you think that is bad.

Ah ok, that makes sense. That manual I linked to above shows that the 1.5 HP pumps have the A100FLL motor. Everything I can find about the A100FLL says that it has a 1.1 SF. I think I may just stick with the original impeller and diffuser though, just in case. I’d rather not cause trouble...

Current motor’s SF is 1.25:

I’m not concerned about labor. I’ve rebuilt other pumps before, and this looks fairly straightforward. I chatted with Inyo. They say that my combination of new motor and existing filter should be ok with the existing impeller and diffuser. Thst said, I had ordered the 1.5 HP impeller and...

Should I upgrade the impeller and diffuser if upgrading my 1.0 HP pump‘s motor to a 1.65 HP VSP motor? If the answer is yes, I believe I need to go with a 1.5 HP impeller and diffuser, right? My pump is a Sta-rite MPRA6E-147L. According to this manual, my impeller’s part no. is C105-236PB and...

Just make sure that Chlorox brand tricolor doesn’t say Blue anywhere. That’s copper.

I'm no expert, but I've got my TA pretty steady around 70, with the fill water being 110. I pay attention to the CSI after entering all values into Pool Math, and I'll lower the pH to whatever value will make the CSI -.3><0. I test every 2 days. For example, today's pH was eyeballed higher...

I called them and they are playing a recording saying that they're not accepting calls due to COVID-19, and that I should email them. So I emailed them, and got an auto-response that said they are getting crushed with business due to COVID-19, so response and shipping times may be slower than...

I did use a CC. So far there’s just the authorization.

I ordered a VS pump last night. I had spent the last week researching pumps and prices and settled on the Waterway Power Defender 165. Looking around at various retailers, I saw a guy on eBay with good reviews at the low end pricewise, a well respected site that I have ordered from before on...

So it is possible to cut out the existing drains and slide the new replacements in there? I was under the impression that since the concrete was poured around these drain channels, cutting them out was next to impossible.

The biggest issue we have with the decking is the darn micro drain channels are clogged and broken. My FIL and I have toyed around with the idea of renting a concrete saw, cutting a larger channel, and installing wider channel drains.

I think the rear pulley wheel has more play than it should. It definitely has more play than the wheel on the opposite side, letting the track roll off sometimes. I can’t tell how to take the wheel off. Does anyone know how to do that?

This thread was timely! I’m awaiting a delivery from TFTESTKITS later today with my first ever set of Borate test strips. Gonna see what my level is and then add enough to get to 50ppm. Hoping to buffer my pH better with Borates.

I replaced the treads last fall thinking that would solve the issue, but the tread on one side keeps falling off. Not every cleaning cycle, but certainly 1 out of every 5 on average. Is there any adjustment time be made to the rollers to make the tread “pulley” more tight?

We get dead worms after hard rains too. One side of the pool is right up against a lawn, and I figure the worms come out due to the wet soil, and are dumb enough to crawl up onto the tile and then fall in.

I wouldn’t call it a paradise, as we are in bad need of new decking and diving board, but here’s our pool. All credit goes to TFP for teaching me how to take care of it.

I don’t have before pics, but my FIL and I chopped down the limbs from my neighbor’s tree that hang over into my property and mostly over my pool. This Dang tree would DUMP seed pods and leaves all season long. All it took for me to be in poolside bliss was a $51 gas powered pole saw rental...

Your pool pad looks eerily similar to my in-law's. Shasta installed that pool in 2007. If it's anything like there's, you can't really shut off the IFC. Based on what I know about their pool, here's what I think your plumbing does: