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I know i'm very late but I just wanted to add some info for those who will be finding this thread via Google in the future. I have the CMP Powerclean Ultra 540. Pool is a 19k VLIG with a Century V-Green VSP and Hayward cartridge filter. My experience so far has been absolutely flawless. I...

It sounds like vinyl might be perfect for you...another fiberglass or gunite pool with a completely rigid shell is going to fail in the same way. A vinyl pool has a little flexibility where the walls can flex and even if the floor cracks the liner will keep the water in. The above fact and...

I just updated the thread with finished pics.

Well I know it seems like forever since I last updated this thread, but I finally finished the project last week. Yeah there are some small details left to work out and there is of course the fact that something like this is NEVER finished (especially when you have a wife that frequents...

Sorry, I never got notified that you responded. So i'm late to this question. I had the builder handle physically expanding the pool itself, I handled everything else. He came in and demo'ed the concrete and the side of the pool we were expanding, and dug out the deep end. We worked...

Is there such thing as covers for the sleeves that railings slide into in the concrete? We are not using our shallow end railing because it leaves more room in the steps. But that leaves these holes: I searched but I can't find any kind of cover for them, but then again I have no idea what...

It's already been said, but i'll try to drive it home - if you have kids, you want a DEEP end. Think about it...when you were a kid, did all your friends get excited about swimming in the 4ft deep above ground? Or the 8ft deep inground? Most families in my neighborhood had 24ft AGPs...but all...

I have the exact same unit and i'm running it at 50% for 10hours/day. My pool is about 19k gallons. I target 5ppm FC and it's just about stable there, gaining about 0.5ppm weekly. My CYA is at 30ppm but i'm in a very different climate than you. I know guys who have had the same cell for 8-10...

I used to do this when my pool was only 11k gallons. It took about two weeks to get to 30ppm CYA which was fine for me. But now my pool is nearly double that size and availability notwithstanding, using tabs is not really time-effective...i'd be in the middle of pool season by the time I got...

Liners don't even comply with 45 degree angles. You don't want 90's.

Really the only one I am qualified to comment on - stick with the LED retro in a standard housing. I did extensive research on lighting last year for my renovation because my pool previously did not have lighting at all. What I found is this - no matter what you buy, you are going to be...

But only one had "IN STOCK" on the site and took seven days to fail to verify that claim.

It is "them". When they advertise something as "In Stock" on their site, they need to at least be able to verify stock when asked. They were the only major dealer who's site said "IN STOCK" for the SWCG and that's why I chose them. After INYO's failure, I contacted the dealer on Amazon and...

I just went through this Crud with my upgrades for this year. My reno finished late last year so we had about two weeks to swim (in freezing water) and that's when my wife immediately authorized the purchase of a heater. I didn't want to buy one then and have it sit all winter and install it...

I know Latham liners are rebranded under many names - Royal and Pacific are two that I know of. It's possible that the other big makers rebrand also. Judging by the pattern color, my guess would also be a light blue base.

It depends on what the base vinyl color in the liner is. If you have a print on a white base, then that liner will eventually fade to white. But you can get prints on light blue, dark blue, grey, and black base vinyl. Those will all fade to their base colors respectively. Dark liners...

I would definitely go to 42" water depth in the shallow end. I really wish I could have done that on my pool but it was not a possibility. 36" is really shallow for adults. I also would go full deep in the deep end but that's just my opinion. I had my entire pool re-done because when I...

Find the smaller guys. You will probably have to look for awhile, took me about 8 months to round up a few interested parties for my project. I had a 14x28 shallow vinyl inground that I got with my house purchase, and it was similarly neglected (but clearly better built). But I wanted more...

If you aren't dead set on a particular SWG, you could get one that doesn't require straight pipe...like the CMP PowerClean/SGS Breeze or similar. I have the CMP PowerClean and I arrived on that one largely because it fits my pad so much better than a straight-line style that requires X amount...

You need a real MM. If those are both red wires they COULD be same-phase, which would give you 120v to ground but you'd get nothing across them (where you should get 230-240v) and the pump would not run. Wire colors are not the end-all of indicators, but usually when you wire 240v you have a...

I check on the water level when needed but otherwise I do nothing at all, and have always opened up (late April) to a crystal clear pool. Wife does a thorough manual vacuuming to waste, then I switch to filter, bring FC to shock level, and wait for the sun to do it's job so we can swim.

This is important advice that doesn't get said enough here. We see pages and pages of discussion on tile, automation, lighting, water features...etc. The vast majority of discussion is about ancillary stuff. So many people spend just as much on extra details as they do on the pool itself. I...

Roughly half. And it would actually have been a lot better than that if not for the need to remove 6-10ft of poorly laid concrete all the way around the pool. Stuff was 8" thick in spots. Concrete is a funny thing - done right it's awesome, but done wrong you can end up with an 8" thick slab...

Essentially we built a new pool. It was a 14x28 grecian, 5.5ft deep end. We completely removed the steps and step-side walls and expanded out in a lazy-L shape, adding 14ft to the length of the pool. Dug out the deep end to 8ft, added a skimmer and return, added lighting, and all new...