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Dang, and here I thought I might have the only pool in the state! Yep, my light has the single screw in the top and a little metal hook on the bottom. My niche is an ancient obsolete Hayward, so I had to get an adapter ring to mount it. From your photo, it looks like you have the same light, a...

Dang, she is really starting to clear up! 9:00 this morning: 4:30 this afternoon:

Thanks for the input everyone! Kim -- saw your previous question. I'm on city water. Started out with an addition of 9.5 pounds of Calcium Chloride last night. This morning, CH had increased by 50, which is dead on for a 20kgal pool, so I think I have the volume correct. Added a second dose...

Thanks for the input PoolguyinCT. That is an awesome part! I wish I had found that before the dang adapter ring. Do you think it is a better option than just changing the entire face ring? That's on my to-do list for next season. I don't see anything in your link that looks like it has a...

It's kinda on the green side, isn't it?

Progress post: Kim, I'm glad you mentioned the hardness! From the manual: My tap water is ~90ppm, so it's looking like I need about 20 pounds of CaCl2 to get up to 200ppm. I had no idea pool water was supposed to be so hard! I'll take another sample once the pool is full just to be sure...

That's affirmative! She's filling as I write this. Now, seeing as how I'm starting off with zero FC, CC, CYA, and relatively low CH, do you think it would be unwise to start off with trichlor? I have a leftover 50 pound bucket that's never been opened. I figure it might be a good idea to get...

Hi Patrick! Thanks for the info about the light ring. I ended up getting the CMP Adapter Ring. The bonding lug on the back of the niche has corroded to dust, and it wasn't really clear to me whether the Aladdin had a bonding lug for the grounding strap or what. The CMP ring has a nice beefy...

Hey Chuck, thanks for the tip! I'll probably order some of that on Monday. Started installing the new pool light this evening. Pulled the cable and a new 8ga ground conductor through the conduit. Tip: it's worth the $8 for a bottle of cable lube. Yay, it fits... Kinda. The screw hole on the...

Thanks Kim! Well, I got all my stuff together to gel coat this evening, but a dang storm blew in right as I finished sanding, so I guess it'll have to wait. Here it is after the first round of 80 grit: Managed to clean up and get inside just before the rain hit. Oh well, it gave me a chance...

Hey Kim, thanks for the response. Yep, I basically stuffed the crack with a thick mixture of fiber and resin, then spread the same stuff across the surface, then laid the matting on top of that, wet it out with more resin, and repeat. Dang it though, I watched a bunch of videos on fiberglass and...

Progress post the second! Crack is filled. I cut up the mat and mixed the fibers with resin like y'all suggested, and spread it over the crack. I broke off a pointy piece of stir stick and used it to shove fibers and resin deep into the crack and drilled holes. Then I cut out progressively...

Oh man, I can see the newspaper article... "local man succumbs to carbon monoxide while cleaning pool filter." Ha! Great observation. There are two vents - a fresh air vent at the front of the room and a chimney directly above the heater. Progress post: Drilled and sanded. I drilled a...

Right on, thanks for the additional info. I picked up some resin and fiberglass cloth last night, but I like the idea of using chopped fibers to fill the crack. Can't find any chopped fibers locally, so I'll probably order some tomorrow. Great idea on using the sanding dust to fill the gel...

Thanks for the replies! Texas is the place for pools huh? I've spent some time in Dallas and have family in Houston. Everyone has a pool! Most folks think Coors when they hear Golden... I maybe spent a little too much time at the brewery when I was in school. The crack is, unfortunately...

Hi all, Just purchased a home in beautiful Golden, CO with an in-ground fiberglass pool, maybe 20 years old. Around here, pools seem to be more of a drawback than benefit for home sales. The seller was actually planning to fill in the pool to help sell the home, but we thought it sounded fun...