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:( never mind and thank you for confirming....I will keep researching.

Ah, didn't realise the "Fi" doesn't exist in the US. I have been given an option of a BWT Pearl HPT20 Heat Exchanger, which is 30% cheaper, but know absolutely nothing about BWT as a make....apart from their sponsorship of F1 Cars...Anyone have experience of these (probably another one that is...

I am looking to install a heat pump for my exterior salt pool (90m3) and was looking at the Hayward Sumheat Fi, which are the latest models. Does anyone have any experience of these? I am particularly interested in knowing about noise, speed of heating water and electrical consumption. They are...

yes, although I didn't actually post my worries on how hot synthetic materials get, it did cross my mind. Most of the synthetic materials have this problem - weirdly this year, I put the wrong product on the current decking in an attempt to give it a new lease of life and it has been a disaster...

Trex could definitely work, but a wood would be my preferred!

Cost, scarcity, questionable sustainable provenance.... Got to start somewhere being ecological!

We have a salt water in-ground pool. most of our pool is surrounded by paving, but we have a retractable electric submerged cover at one end that is covered by a wooden deck - approx 1Mx 6M (3ft x 20ft) - in panels to allow access. the wood decking needs replacing so wondered what wood would...

In way of closure to this thread, went with the Polaris pump. Looks identical to others, so no doubt am paying for the name, but just don't have the luxury as need to get the property ready for rental. New pump is whisper quiet compared to the old one, which is a bonus and also seems to be...

no, I haven't. Wondering how easy it will be to find one of those. It did cross my mind that this might be an issue. The other problem that I fixed was a neutral that seemed to be frayed and perhaps shorting out on the body of the pump - but sadly this didn't cure it. The only thing that I know...

Hi Team, have finally managed to get to my pool - long story - but the incumbent pump for the Polaris has died. I quick check initially showed that fused had tripped, but further work has confirmed that pump is dead. Power is reaching it, but nothing going on. It's a DAB Jectcom SP 102 M...

Thanks for that - yes, I somewhat suspected the fibreglassing route was very expensive and to your point on the construction of the walls and base, I believe them all to be of either concrete brick or concrete - not sure that there is any sand involved, as images from yesteryear construction...

Our outdoor SWG pool is looking somewhat tired. It currently has a liner installed, which is beginning to pull away from the edges and it looks like we may have to bite the bullet and have this replaced in the coming months. It's approx 12 yrs old, so assume this is to be expected. Question...

Anything below 2200 RPM gives low flow on the pool pilot so kinda defeats the object of running the pump for longer at slower speeds (and saving electricity). I think as you say, I need to do some research on how the pool pilot senses flow. Will look into the Tri Sensor and see if that isn't...

OK, so assuming the Pool Pilot is saying the flow is too low for Chlorine production, then would changing to the TriStar deal with that - everything else being equal!!

Yes, I use 3000rpm as my clean speed/filter pressure reference point - sorry wasn't clear. Would the TriStar move more water at the same nominal rpm as the Max Flo? I am assuming that the bigger pump, with bigger inlet and outlet would up the water pressure on the existing pipework and at the...

is that for the original Max Flo (1.5HP) or a new TriStar (1.5HP) - or both? Not entirely sure - just have a red/orange/green gauge at the top and it obviously changes depending on how fast I run the Max Flo. Most of the time it is just below the green, so not actually registering. I backwash...

Hi all, it's that time of year again... I have 80-90 cubic metres of water in my pool and currently run a Hayward Max Flo XL VS pump 1.5HP (approx 8yrs old), with a 50mm inlet/outlet. This is attached to a sand filter which has a spec of 5000 litres - 12,000 litres per hr at a max flow rate...

Hi team, have an outdoor pool. It's currently the beginning of April in south west France and the nights are still very cool. I have cleaned up the pool, so got rid of all the debris, winter cover etc but have not got into shocking or adding the salt for this year, nor running the filter, as...

Thankfully the weather is not too warm yet, although pool is at 21-22c at mo... fingers crossed that I will win the chlorine battle before the algae does.

I'm having to do this all at a distance as I'm not actually at the pool or in fact in the country where the pool is.... Sadly I didn't catch the process outlined in the posts above and Chlorine has gone in at high levels...can't do the "little by little" approach. Hopefully the quantity of...

Ok, so from what I am getting here, best to add a large measure of liquid Chlorine to get rid of the "Holy spirit" ;) as soon as rather than letting nature take its course.

No appreciate that!! Sadly I don't have a spare pool of water to swap things over as they did. I'm wondering whether it's actually worth adding liquid Chlorine or just letting the chlorinator do it's thing over time. It might take a little longer but at least I wouldn't be throwing good money...

Joyful, thanks for that - interested to here about the pH. When I last checked it it was fine, but let's see what a week of chlorination does. Will also see what the DPD test gives and report back. James - I think that this is what the press suggested - or at least that was there excuse - and...

Thanks for that. Yes, realise that H2O2 destroys chlorine, just wondered how long this effect could go on for with the concentrations that I have put in and make any testing redundant. As the Chlorine production is "free" I am simply letting the chlorinator do it's thing until such time as it...

Ok, my fault.... opened up the pool this year and time for the trusted method of SLAMing the pool. Having done this for several years now with perfect results, I know how much liquid Chlorine I need to put in the pool....So down to the local pool store to purchase my 2 x 20L containers of...

Thanks for that Kim, will have a go and report back!