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Hi, I just got a mesh safety cover. I am unsure how to stop water from entering the skimmer through the skimmer lid since the cover will just let the water through. Any ideas out there??

I am closing my pool but unsure what to do with my steps, which are molded outside of the pool. Last year I put some OSB over them before tarping but wind kept getting under. Do I need to something to protect them and tarp all at the level of deck?

Hi, We have got thousands of these little tiny bugs in our pool. They seem to grow in the stagnating water between the pool cover and the liner, but they show up overnight. In otherwards not there one day and suddenly thousands there the next day. I originally mistook these for pollen...

Moved from here .. Pentair UltraTemp Heat Pump short cycles when using RS485 remote setting Has anyone with a newer Easytouch seen a similar problem? As my pool comes up to temperature, it will cycle on and and off for hours. The easytouch is sending the command, not a heater issue. I have...

I am using the easy touch system and I have programmed it to start up at 7:00AM every morning, with heat command set to heater. Every morning, the water temperature at the sensor (at the pad) is much colder than the actual water temperature in the pool as it the air temperature obviously acts...

Trying to fire up my SWG, but unsure how long I should run my pump per day, and how long I should generate chlorine. Is there any rules of thumb for how much I need to generate daily under normal conditions. I have a 15000 gallon pool, and an Intellichlor IC20. It can generate 0.7 lbs per day...

For some reason I can't figure out how to program the easytouch to properly control my Intelliflo VSF. It seems like a pump gets attached to a circuit, but I can't figure out how to schedule the circuit multiple times with different flow rates. I want to do something simple like run the pump 9...

Is there any good pool startup guide anywhere. I have spent the last 4 months building my pool and I have everything hooked up, but need to build up the guts to start it all up I have a cartridge filter, heater and SWG as well. I suspect all i need to do it prime the pump and turn it on, dump...

Hopefully someone on here understands the Pentair line well. I have an IC15 and it is unclear in the documentation whether I can hook this up to my Easytouch controller and the associated transformer in the Intellicenter. Does anyone know whether IC15 is compatible with the Easytouch?

Was searching for a thread that would help me but didn't find one. I am just about to start plumbing my new pool. It is a simple, vinyl lined sports pool 32X16, about 15000 gallons. I have one skimmer and main drains plumbed back to pad (2 drains but 1 line). I have 2 returns, gas heater, VS...

I bought some brass escutcheons for my pool deck for use with poles for a volleyball net. Any tips on how to set and level them prior to a concrete pour so they are level with the pool deck; and will be stable enough for the concrete finishers to not move them? Much Thanks,

Hi, Just putting my conduit runs in for my lights. THe lights are at 14" below wall height. How high should I come up close to ground level to keep water out of most of the run. Assuming skimmer depth of 4 inches below wall I was thinking 2 inches? The conduit runs are home run back to...

Hi, building a 48 inch wall 32X16 steel walled sports pool with 4' - 5.5' - 4' depth in a kidney configuration. I am curious what is recommendation for the depth of the niche light to be installed. I have heard that same as the return which is near the surface, but not sure what is best. I...

For those who don't have a metal ladder, and don't have metal pool light niches; what is the preferred way of bonding the pool water as per NEC 680.26(C) ?

Hi, PB is recommending backfill of steel walled vinyl inground pool with sand. Most recommendations I have seen have been for 3/4 inch clean rock. There isn't alot of discussion I can find on using sand, except for fibreglass pools. Is sand a good choice? Why or why not? We are in an area...

Hi, When I sprayed the overdig for my pool, I sprayed 2 foot. Since the walls are not exactly plumb straight down, I have somewhere between 1 to 1.5 feet at the bottom grade instead of the requisite 2 feet. Do I need to dig this all out to 2 feet+ around the entire perimeter, or can I just...

Hi, just a question about main drains. Is there an issue having main drains in a vinyl liner sport pool where the center is only 5.5' deep. I am worried mostly that people will stand on them. PB thinks I should have them and I agree; but not sure if recommendations are different for shallower...

Hi, I am building a steel wall inground sport pool. I am having a PB come in to build the walls, pool bottom and collar. The pool bottom will be concrete. The PB has recommended I overexcavate 2 inches and put in 2 inches of crush rock as a base for setting the walls and the concrete bottom...

Hi, We are building a kidney shape sport pool. Depth goes from 48" to 64" to 48" starting at 7 feet from each end of the 32"X18" pool with 2 feet in the middle at max depth. It seems overly difficult to try to determine exactly where the slope and deep part should be without having the pool...

Hi, We are building a pool and the excavation area includes the location of our Septic Tank that was recently decommissioned. The tank will be removed during excavation. It is located where our shallow end will be (48" steel wall vinyl liner pool). The tank is plastic and currently extends...