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OK, so my pool has been out of commission for about 18 months. I JUST got it all fixed, painted and filled. Everything seems OK so far except water and bubbles are coming out of this valve. I always assumed this was a shut of valve for the return with a missing handle and I just want to make...

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I am finishing up scraping and cleaning... I have paint prep cleaner (acid wash) , rough primer epoxy paint and epoxy top coat blue paint. The pool was painted with the same brand of paint in 2012. DuraSeal from Leslies. Bottom of my pool is concrete, top 3' is a fiberglass wrap. Previous...

I bought this house 2 years ago and at that time the pool needed re-painting pretty bad.... now it's 2 years later and it's just ridiculous. I'm constantly vacuuming up large paint chips and algae grows under the paint. I don't need a perfect looking pool but it's getting to be a pain. i don't...

Forking over 5K to have the pool re-plastered is not an option. So unless there is something else I can do myself, what type of paint or epoxy is the best choice?

OK.... but what are my other choices? It's been painted and it's peeling off in chunks. What other options are there?

My pool has needed re-painting for several years. It now has a lot of patches where the paint has chipped away and some dark squishy spots. I started draining the pool, it's not cooperating but I'll keep at it. ADVICE FOR PAINT? What's the best paint / epoxy for the money? I have an old...

More efficiency is not my goal. As I stated already, I want to make a solar project and I want it to be useful year round and not just when the power goes down for extended periods. I have wanted a pool waterfall and with the right DC pump I should be able to make this work on solar. Depending...

?? I guess that's why every pool has a filter pump? The benefit is enhancing my pool with a waterfall, reduce the use and cost of running the 240v pump that I do not plan to discontinue AND have a solar setup that can help out in extended power outages by running some LED lighting, 12v car fans...

I want to do a solar project for long term power outages but I would also like it to be some use year round. The perfect place is for pool filtration because I can directly run a pump from the solar panels without the need to store a lot of power in batteries, large inverters, etc.. I JUST got...

I got one of those automatic lurch around, mop head, pool cleaners and it came with no instructions. It's the first one I have ever owned or even seen working so I'm not sure what to do. The instructions were nothing but pictures on how to put it together. The only words at all on it were OFF...

Thanks for the info. I think it might have been the flapper for the skimmer. I went out with a flashlight last night and manually pushed it a few times. There seemed to be a little resistance and felt like something might have been jammed in there. It freed up and moved easier. I turned the pump...

I've been trying different things. I pulled the filter out completely and tried it that way but the same thing happened. Needle starts going up to 10 as the filter unit fills with water then it drops back down to 0. I just got it working the last time I tried WITH the filter cartridge...

Today I noticed the timer turned on the pump and the water started flowing and it makes a lot of gurgling noises at the pool for a few seconds then stops (this is normal as air bubbles out of the line, etc..) but today it did it again after a few minutes.... so I went out to the pump to check it...

I had a lot of trouble with this gray dirt building up rapidly on the pool floor last season. A few times I found little water bugs living happily in the pool even though the chlorine was good or a bit high. Sweeping the walls and floor make the pool very cloudy. I tried yellow out and...

A quick look for a 220v 2-speed motor for STA-RITE and not having much luck. I see single speed and 115v 2-speed and complete pump with motor and basket. Do I need to stick with a motor made for STA-RITE or can you pretty much get any motor to fit?

Hi, I have an old looking pump, poorly installed with wires hanging out and this plastic and wood mickey moused cover to keep rain off of it I guess.... It's a 220v single speed motor attached to a STA-RITE Self Priming pump STA-RITE Model AT251001-01 Flotec U27-1220 220v 6.7amp .75KW HP 1...

Yes, I believe the pool is painted. I went in for the first time today. The entire surface is coated with white residue and when you touch it you get baby blue coloring on your hand that matches the color of the pool wall. I could see my footprint on the bottom where I jumped in and you can draw...

Hi all I have a little experience with an above ground Intex inflatable in a northern climate. I just moved south... FAR south to Clearwater, FL. The house came with an in-ground kidney shaped pool. Ton of rain here so I quickly learned how to drain the pool then I cleaned the filter after...

But then the pump would need to be on all day every day just in case the sun is out. I'm in Maine and the weather is unpredictable at 7am when I leave for work.

I found it virtually impossible to get the pump running through the solar panel when the sun was out and not when cloudy... unless I was home to micro-manage it. I want one pump on a temperature switch pumping through the solar panel and the sand filter pump running 4 hours a day regardless of sun.

The pumps are not in-line, just using the same intake and return lines.

Over the next few days I plan to set up a second pump for a solar panel. I want to T off before the sand filter and use a small cartridge filter pump to push water through the solar panels and then enter back in a second T after the sand filter. Is ther any problem with potential water...

I would like to set up a separate pump to pump water through the solar panels on my roof only when the sun is out. I have a temperature switch installed and working. I want to have my sand filter and SWG pump turn on by a schedule and not pump water through the solar panels when it's cool. I...

Well.... I looked it up and my last one was the same size from a different MFG. That makes it easy. But now that I think about it I believe I only put in 100lb (two 50lb bags) I'm not sure how critical it is. Is it not a problem to put a little less sand in? Any idea what that clear tube is...

I ordered a new sand filter tank this year to replace my cracked unit. The instructions are terrible. Only one picture and it's not even my model. Questions. There is no markings for how high the sand should go and nothing in the directions. It's a 110 lb sand tank but I have no way of knowing...