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Does anybody who lives anywhere around eastern Suffolk, Western Nassau have a Pentair Intellichlor chlorine generator and power center who would consider having me come over for a few minutes to test an Intellichlor unit. The problem is that I need to test this ASAP, and I just found that my...

I need to test whether a Pentair Intellichlor chlorine generator is working. However, the pool is currently winterized, so I can't run the pump. Is there a way of testing it by hooking it up to the power center as usual and putting it into a bin of water? I'm mostly looking to see if it powers...

I can't find any posts about winterizing lines in a plaster spa floor. I've got 4 lines coming from the floor-- two to supply the jet pumps and two to the main pump. If you don't drain the spa, do you stand in the water to remove the grills and then blow/plug the lines? Or do you always remove...

I'm looking to purchase an air relief strainer for our filter, but the model that fits is determined by the date that the filter was manufactured--either before or after 1999. Is that something that can be ascertained from the label below? What would be the impact of not having a strainer on...

Before spending $1,000 for a new filter (I'd do the installation), I thought I'd run it by the experts to see what you'd do. First, it's a Pentair Tr100 Triton II and is likely 25-30 years old. (Bought the house 6 years ago.) Second, I've been getting sand in the pool for the last couple of...

After more than an hour of looking up pump info, now I still need some help. I'll start at the beginning. Our spa jets pump, which we inherited from the last owner of the house, froze. From the label, I think it was model SP1615Z1M. It was a 2 HP Hayward Super Pump. (The labels for the new...

We had our pool replastered 3 weeks ago. I'd like to empty the spa for a day or so, to try to isolate a possible leak in the pipes. I could also do the test by putting plugs into the bottom drain in spa. The water loss started after I replaced a previously unused pump for jets to the spa. Those...

Update: It may be too late to even get a water truck now. But still worth asking just in case... We're having the pool plastered today and tomorrow. They prepped/bond koted the pool, plastered the spa (see pic), and will plaster the pool tomorrow morning starting around 7:30. They want to start...

I just drained our pool to get it ready for plastering tomorrow and saw this port next to the bottom drain. It had a cover on it that was filled with gunite to match the pool. Under that cover it looks like a plastic container, but can't see how deep it goes as there is debris in there. That...

We're about to get our pool resurfaced with marble dust. We'd ideally like to wait a month or so longer, for a time when it's not as warm, and we're not swimming as much. However, first and foremost, we want to have the job done under the most favorable conditions for the longevity of the marble...

Background: At the beginning of June, I hired a pool company to marble dust our pool. At the time, they said they were three weeks out. So I figured I would leave the pool closed until they did the work. I was busy and figured (apparently incorrectly) that they would be blasting the surface...

Well, a few weeks ago I thought I was closing my pool, and so I slammed it (FC up to 35), got all the levels in check and thought I was ready to go. Then life got in the way, couldn't get my helper, and paid attention to other deadlines. So I found myself in November with a pool full of leaves...

I tested for CYA .... maybe about a month ago, and it was low, so I added the recommended amount. Just tested it again now, and the level is 90-100. (Don't know why that happened, but that's not the point of this thread.) I'm getting ready to winterize, and Poolmath says I need to add 11...

I'm going to give winterizing the pool a shot this year. I'm planning on hooking up a compressor to the drain plug outlet on my pool filter. I've been searching around for the size of that plug outlet, but have yet to find it. Anybody have a clue? It's a Pentair IntellifloXF VS. I would take...

I just rebuilt our pool plumbing, and while doing that removed the in-floor cleaning system. The pool plumbing is below the grade of the pool, so in order to work on the equipment, I need to shut all supplies and return valves. My question here is about how to shut off both pool returns...

We had emptied our pool to do some work and clean it up after it was dormant for a few years. I'm rebuilding a lot of the plumbing too. ; Here's what I need help with. We're having a pool party on Saturday, but I won't be done with the pool equipment until Thursday. So I'll only have a couple...

Due to the grading of the land, I'd like to add a couple of inches to the height of my new pool pad. Question is, are these former air conditioning base pads OK to use for the oil heater and pump? I have two different larger pads shown in the pictures. The first is a concrete looking/feeling...

I just started rebuilding my pool plumbing. It had to be done as I had to raise the grade of the area where the plumbing was sitting, to raise the grade of the land. As you can see in the pictures, I've already cut a hole in the ground so I could access all my pool lines. I cut all of them...

Four years after moving into a house that was in the middle of a massive renovation, I'm finally done with the inside construction and starting to look outside. And that brings me to the pool. The area where the pool equipment resides is next to the house, and the grading is too low relative to...

I'm starting the renovation of our pool, and I'm looking at an opening on the deck of the pool that I think I remember one of the pool guys saying had to do with vacuuming or the main drain. It has a cover, like a skimmer port, and then inside there's another clear cover with a handle and the...

I'm about to undertake a major yard project, with hardscaping, pool resurfacing and more. I've met with several pool companies, and have gotten about as many opinions on various aspects of the job, ranging from best materials for resurfacing, to whether I should take this opportunity to change...

I'm getting ready to tear up my landscape in order to change my pool surround, remove rocks from the lawn, lay some drainage pipe, grade and add topsoil. Before I do that, there are a couple of things I'd like to address. Currently, the pool has not been open for a couple of years, and I'm about...

We've owned this house for over 4 years now, and we inherited a salt water pool that hadn't been opened for several years. As a result of not maintaining the pool, any plaster surface there might have been, was gone. So it was just a bare gunite pool--which I didn't mind at all for the short...