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I ad I add liquid chlorine but for maintenance, it’s easy to use the tabs. Do people just only use liquid chlorine?

Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well. I recently put in a VS pool pump and have been running it at about 1100 RPM. I’ve realized that my Pentair chlorinator isn’t filling up and feeding into the return line. Has anyone experienced this issue, is the pressure too low to fill into the...

Thanks for the reply, that's pretty much the answer I was expecting but was being hopeful it may not be. I'll probably just end up going with a free standing hot tub and call it a day.

Yeah, these are the answers I was kind of expecting. As much as I'd love the seamless look of the a hot tub attached the to pool, I kind of figured it would be a big "to do." I was hoping someone would have some positive experiences but figured deep down that these were the answers I was going...

Thanks for the reply. I was hoping to have it formed with rebar and then shot with gunite. It would probably also require that the existing pool be modified slightly and the concrete pool deck to be broken into.

Good morning, I recently posted a question about redoing my pool and over the past few days my spouse and I have been discussing our plans for the pool area. I'm thinking my current pool finish has a couple years left so I want to start planning now so I can set money aside to redo the inside...

Hey, thanks so much for your reply and the videos, very informative!

I’ll get in tomorrow and take some pictures of the areas I’m talking about that have the gunite showing. As a reference for my tiling, here are the last couple jobs I’ve done.

Hi Kim, thanks for getting back to me. I believe that I do have a hydrostatic pressure relief plug. Would it be in my main drain because there is definitely on in there. I'm assuming that is used to allow the water to fill into the pool and be balanced rather than sitting around the outside of...

Thank you for your reply!

Hi Kim, thanks for the reply! We are up on a hill, we’re 55 feet above sea level but not exactly sure what the exact water table is. Other than digging down, is there any other way to determine what the water table is? I’ve heard about pools popping, but haven’t heard of it happening to anyone...

Good afternoon everyone, I purchased my home a year and a half ago with an inground pool that currently has a Pebble Tec finish. The finish isn't completely shot, but is definitely in worse shape than I was led to believe by the sellers. There are pebbles beginning to chip off individually...

Thanks for the information. I wasn't even considering my suction lines having an leak because I was figuring if they did, I'd see water dripping out of them above ground, but what you're saying makes sense. I'm going to be looking at my suction lines tonight when I get home, thanks for the...

Thanks so much for the information. This helps me narrow down what to look for.

Thanks for the reply. Question about air leaks, with the air leak, would that mean that water would also be escaping so if it were above ground, I'd see a wet area where the leak is occurring? Also, in regards to the pressure side of the system, just for added knowledge about pool systems...

Thanks for your input, I guess I have a project for this weekend.

Thanks for the reply. I think that yes, the water does drain back into the pool when it is off. I cleaned the filter earlier in the day prior to taking the pictures I included in the post. When I'm running at 1500, I think the PSI reads about 8-10. The water in the skimmer when it's...

Thanks for the reply. So far I’m noticing it at lower RPM’s, I’d say around 1500 and lower, but if I rev it up, it keeps a pretty solid amount of water in the basket.

I just recently put in a Pentair VS pump and it was working great but I noticed today that it looks like the basket is partially full of air. I’m adding a picture and video below. Does this mean I likely have a leak in one of my underground lines as none of the above ground ones have any leaks...

Thanks for your reply, I'm now looking into my options for an automatic liquid chlorinator.

This was very useful and now has me looking into CYA's more and seeing what automatic chlorinators are out there. Thank you.

This was a great read, thank you for sharing it. I've never thought about running the pump at night to shed heat in the summer. I will definitely being doing this though.

Thanks for getting back to me, I kind of figured as much about the skimming needs. I'm very interested to see the savings from swapping out the old pump. I had purchased the house a year ago and the pool equipment came along obviously. I knew it was more than we needed but really wrapped my...

How’s it going everyone? I just swapped and replumbed my filtration system from a single speed oversized generic pump to a variable speed Pentair Intelliflo pump. I haven’t yet programmed my pump for speeds and lengths of time to run each setting at, but I was just wondering what you guys think...

No, the pressure gauge is holding steady at 19 PSI and the cartridge was just cleaned and is brand new. Neither the pump, filter nor the heat pump are making any movement or vibration.

From what I’ve seen so far, it stays steady.

Ya know, I went on a walk and I literally thought to myself this same thing. So this weekend I'm going to disconnect everything and see if I can flush it in reverse.

Thanks so much for all of your help, I do appreciate it.