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Yeah, I was told by a company that having it painted will only last 5 years, but I was wondering if paint wouldn't last quite a bit longer since it is indoors and does not see the outdoor elements and sunlight. I'm having my roof re-done and will be putting in 2 solar tubes to add more light to...

Sorry it's been so long but other things took over life. I have 2 questions Rollercoastr and if you respond I will know you are still around and tell you of the learning experience I've had since then. Anyway, question 1 is do you have a problem with humidity rising in the room during the...

I'm not sure what I should look for, where would this spaceship disc be?

Gotcha, yeah mine fired one time with no flow and I thought the pipes were going to blow up it was so loud. It turns the residual water immediately into steam and starts a loud banging noise and makes the pipes super hot. Thank goodness I was in the basement to turn it off when it happened or...

Been keeping it at 85 which seems just about right. Finally got the thermostat labeled for the temperature (it's just a analog dial thermostat). I also run my pump twice a day for 2 hours each haha. Not during swimming though. I'm not sure what you mean by the heater coming on independently...

Thanks for the info. BTW, when you talk about evaporation are you talking about actual water evaporating, or just the from the water going from the water into the air as humidity?

I re-calculated the size of my pool and I think it's about 18,500 gallons so I don't think mine is way bigger than yours and we have the same BTU heater so I'm curious since we have the same sort of setup, how many hours a day do you need your heater running to maintain 90? I have a calibrated...

Well we all went in pool tonight, the wife said it was cold until she got in, then said it was fine. Humidity definitely went up during the half hour we were in which warmed air temp by 2 degrees. 42 degrees currently outside so I will have to see if outside temps affect the room much. We did...

The room was at 61 degrees before I turned the pool heater on. The difference between 61 and 68 is huge though. Humidity didn't really seem to change in the room. I was shooting for water temp of 80 degrees so I'm right where I wanted to be, but I need to get the wife in there tonight or soon...

Well thanks all for the help. Replaced the heat exchanger in the pool heater and that is up and running, also replacing the shaft seal on the pump got rid of the leak it had. Chem levels are fine and currently have the pool at 80 degrees with a solar cover on it. Heating the water brought the...

I saw a couple of threads on this but they were quite old so I thought I would start a new one since my situation is not very common. Indoor pool, so no wind and almost no sunlight. The 2 main things I want my cover to achieve are: 1) Keeping the heat from the pool heater in the pool 2)...

I agree with you on the cost/benefit of heating when it's cold out. The wife is getting to know the cost and she got a promotion with MSP so that's on her since the kid just learned to swim. I'm more concerned with possible damage to the room (which is brick with metal ceiling). The heat...

Agreed, we must have fun, hopefully with beverages and bikinis involved. I hope I'm not deraling this thread, the people have been very nice and I don't want to break any rules on this great forum. However my friend just took a pic at the airport with Loni Anderson and she looks as great as...

Well, I redid the suction side plumbing and the skimmer acts exactly as it did before (very low suction), although I can tell my new 3 way valve works better because the pump is trying a lot harder to pull from the skimmer. Also replaced the shaft seal on my pump and that seems to be fine, I...

Another question regarding indoor pools now that it's cold out here. The pool room is pretty much in the middle of the house so it stays fairly warm but not as warm as the rest of the house. I have a separate furnace for the pool room (furnace is really old). I'm wondering once I get the pool...

Thanks that's another good idea, while we are working on the pool heater I should put a check valve on the return also. My pump room is also my utility room with my furnace and such so I agree I don't want any water in there, but it's definitely a better option that having a swimming pool for a...

House was built in 1970 although the pool was added later. House does have a working room to room intercom system with a cassette player! The pump and filter are next to the pool, but the pool heater is in the basement. Weird setup. I'm glad you mentioned water alarm because I had a...

I agree, I will probably use the floater with pucks to bring CYA up when I am away as well. First I'm going to monitor chlorine for a while to see at what rate it goes down. Does yours get any sun? The sliding door you see in pic is all the sun this pool gets. Pic of pool and pic of crappy...

Had to still take the pH down a little after the hydrogen peroxide but just re-tested and levels are now: FC 2.8 CC 0.4 pH 7.6 TA 200 CH 340 I did not re-test CYA as that should not have changed and frankly being an indoor pool I was planning on keeping it at 0 unless I should change that...

We have a store that sells Baquacil stuff but it is WAY expensive. Today is my day off anyway so I will just work on other stuff around the house while doing it. I know what you are saying though, thanks.

Great stuff, Walmart had 3% for 88 cents per quart. They actually had 3 dozen in stock so I didn't clean them out totally. The lady of course gave me a funny loo and I told her it cheaper to buy pool chemicals here than at the pool store. She still looked at me funny considering it's Michigan...

Sounds like a recon mission, I will be report back. All that aside my HVAC buddy stopped over today and confirmed that the H200 heater is not vented properly, hence why it shuts off on a hi limit switch (heater is indoors, in the basement). One problem at a time I keep saying to myself. Thanks.

I can get a gallon of 35% hydrogen peroxide for $50 on Amazon. Using your math I think I would need 77 ounces of it at 35% (quite a bit less than a gallon but I think that's the best size to buy for a deal). I will warn if my math is off I was having some beers while cleaning sand filter and...

Going to work on cleaning sand filter and checking for leaks, but I received the test kit and wanted to post results: FC 25 CC 1 pH above 8 but I know this is affected by high chlorine (FWIW it took 35 drops of the acid bottle to get it down to 7.8 on the extended test) TA 240 CH 350 (BTW on...

Funny you should mention that. Frankly, I backwashed and there was no difference in pressure which didn't really surprise me too much as there is pretty much nothing in the pool to clog the filter. However, the previous owners said they had replaced the sand in the last couple of years and I...

Thanks Jim. Filter and pump info should be in my signature now. I ordered the K-2006 test kit last night. Filter pressure is at 15, skimmer sucks weakly but not enough to draw down the weir flapper that I put in so I took it back out. Honestly if I can get rid of the crystals with the weak...

Sounds good, one question though, if I am buying a kit recommended from here, is there any reason that I would need one that has the OTO test? Seems like if they have the FC and CC tests, then I wouldn't need the OTO, or am I wrong?

Hi there, great forum, I've been lurking for a long time but finally joined. Trying to revive this thread from the dead since there is some good information here, otherwise I will start a new thread if that is better. I had an outdoor in ground pool for 16 years until now and became pretty...