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Figured my problem out. It was self induced. Spa has the extra return that is intended to constantly supply water to spa when in pool mode (not a necessary return since easytouch has spillway mode). This return line had a check valve on it to prevent water from being sucked out of that return...

@RedScare - I ended up setting my actuator valves to where they are split between pool and spa (both returns and drains), set pool pump to run 24/7 and then turned off freeze mode. I woke up with half drained spa this morning. So now with new setup I have constant water being supplied to spa and...

Seeing that you are from The Woodlands, you may have same issue I had. Pool builders around here add an additional spa return that supplies water from pool to Chlorinate spa. This return is not really needed as most pentair setups have spillway mode. Anyway, if the additional spa return is...

Our old pool had the overhang and we hated it. New pool has rolled edge. So much more comfortable.

Check with your local pressure washing companies and ask where they buy bulk chlorine. You can get 5 gallons of 12.5% for under $15 where I live.

Yes - this is what was occurring on my pool. When pump is in pool mode, it always supplied water to that return in spa and water always overflowed over spa waterfall. If that valve goes bad, when in spa mode, it will drain back into pool. Builders in Texas add that extra return in spa when it...

Here is view of my rolled edge wall that has spill way. I think you could do a rolled edge on your Spillway wall but it would be entirely underwater since your Spillway wall is lower than the rest of the spa walls.

This is my sisters rounded edge spa. Spill way is more like you want but not as wide open.

Is your PB saying the side that has spillway can’t be rolled? If he is saying that, then he is wrong. All 4 sides of my spa are rolled edge. You won’t be able to have a wide spillway though. Could probably go a little wider than mine.

The pipe to the right of pipe 6 looks very similar to my set up. If it is the same, builders sometimes add that to the spas to constantly supply chlorinated water to the spa while in pool mode(This is really bc some PBs don’t fully understand the uses of the spillway mode). When in spa mode, no...

Try calling local pressure washing companies and ask where they buy their chlorine in bulk. That’s what I did and I buy my 5 gallons of chlorine from same place they buy it. And it’s 12.5% for $1.89 a gallon.

Any harm in installing bypass right at filter outlet? I’m terrible at drawing but envision a three way valve right off of filter. Seems like I’d have room there. And have bottom of the three way go to heater and then have the other side of three way routed to swcg piping. I’d have to redo swcg...

Waterfall will help raise PH. Following is from Pool School article under Pool Water Chemistry. Many pools will drift up towards higher PH over time. This is particularly true for fresh plaster (particularly in the first month and continuing for perhaps a year) or when TA is high and the water...

Most folks on TFP use aeration to raise PH naturally and it’s free. You can run water falls, etc. to help speed up the increase in PH. I believe you mean 20 for your chlorine SLAM level. Other than raising to 20 instead of 50, looks like you got other steps down. Maintain that level of 20 until...

This is a great post though. Many LC and tab users do not measure salt and therefore do not realize how much salt is in their pools. I just used your story as an example I shared with my friends who are building a pool and they actually called PB with me there and had him add an swcg to their...

Make sure you test your current salt level in your pool before adding anything. I recently converted my pool to salt and had around 1500 ppm of salt already in it from adding liquid chlorine and Muratic acid.

26 lbs of stabilizer puts you in the 80ppm range which is what my stabilizer is at for my swcg pool.

Seems a little excessive in chemical additions. If I calculated correctly, they added 39 bags of salt to your pool which I believe is roughly 5000ppm for your size. I’ve never added algacide, oxidizers, or clarifier to my pool, so not sure if you really needed that. And following TFP method, we...

Let me know if these pics help. If not, I’ll grab ladder after work and take a pic from above. I have plenty of space on side of booster pump to slide equipment done and make more room, but that would require redoing connections for filter and pump. **** chlorine feeder is not in use. I need...