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Hi there. I am firing up my spa for the first time and need some help with how to turn valves, etc. I have a pool with a spill over spa. I am not sure what I need to do in order to just heat up the spa and not the whole pool. The heated water comes out the 2 spa returns. No hot water comes...

This is a new spa and is an owner/build. I have finally gotten the spa jet internals installed in my spa and the pressure is pitiful. The spa return line has more power than the jets. It is an 8' diameter spa with 6 jets. It has it's own 2.5 HP whisperflo pump. I checked online and found a...

Just wondering where to buy these? Hopefully I won't have to go to a pool store to get them? Walmart, Home depot, Lowes....... anyone like that have them? I am adding Borax to new pool and need to check my levels. Thanks in advance!

I have not been able to get my pump to hold a prime for more than a few hours, and it is difficult to get a prime in the first place. I have tried shutting off the main drain line as well as the skimmers, but it still will not hold a prime. I have primed my filter and can get all the air out...

Well..... It’s me again. The owner/builder with a screw up at every turn. This time it's in the plumbing. I got water going last Thursday; finally got power to the pump on Monday. My water does not look right. I have a dark grey plaster and instead of dark blue water it is greyish...

My pool was plastered on Thursday. It finished filling last night. I need to start my circulation and get my water chemistry adjusted. Problem is the electrician did not show back up yesterday. He was here on Wed and ran the wires out to the equipment pad and said to give him a call as soon...

I used the Waterway spa jets in my new pool build. As per the instruction you must cone the gunite back 4” behind the PVC pipe when finishing the wet gunite. I explained this to the guy during the shoot to which he replied "I know how to do these, this is the kind we always work with."...

More questions with this pool build. I bought a subsciption to the "How i build my own pool "site to help me with my owner/build but the order in which the guy that is doing my pool just doesn't match up with that site so often! I am hoping there is more than one way to do the plumbing. He ran...

Below is the link to the up to date photos of my pool build. The tile and coping is getting done today and tomorrow so I will post more when that is completed. I am learning so much from this experience, mostly from my mistakes! PM me if you are going through this process and I will share...

The shell to my pool was shot last week and one of the skimmer frames did not get filled with gunite. I am an owner builder so I am ultimately responsible. I noticed it was not done and told the guys at 2 different times and they said they would get it, but I guess they forgot, and by the third...

In the past I ran a BBB pool and used the test kit that I got from Ben over at pool solutions. That has been a long time ago and his site is no longer working, (at least for new folks) I have 2 questions. Is the test kit sold here similiar to the one he sold? And is this test kit as valuable...

Well....... just when it looked like we got a break on this project Mother Nature put in her two cents worth! It came a huge storm on Saturday and dumped loads of water into our newly dug and rebarbed pool. In fact they had just finished all the rebar/rough plumbing on Friday and it was...

I have a 20X40 free from with deep end 3 1/2- 8 1/2 ft. Also 8ft. diameter spa. I am using 2" pipes through out. Have 6 returns in the pool. the spa has a spill over and 6 power jets. It has 2" flex pipeing in it. I have 2 skimmers, an auto water leveler, and 4 deck jets. I dropped the...

My pool dig started this morning but they had to stop it due to rain. They only got a portion of the shallow end cut out and I saw there were not steps shaped out where they were to be. I questioned one of guy who is doing my rebar, gunite about this and he said they totally shape the steps in...

Hi there. My pool is to be dug on Friday. It is a 20X40 freeform. Kind of a oval with soft curves type of thing. I am going to go with a darker bottom for a more natural or lagoon look; either a grey plaster, or a darker pebble tec plaster. Should I go with 2 or 3 lights in the pool (and 1...

I am trying to finalize my list. Here is what I have decided on unless anyone see’s where I have left off something, or should have done differently. I would appreciate any and all comments! The one thing I am still unsure of is if I need a separate pump for my waterfall. I got the...

Well.... I think I may hold the record for the shortest owner/builder project in history. I am a Tennessee gal newly transfered here and have been properly introduced to the Mississippi Good Ole' boys, "You can't swim in our pool" network! I live in a suburb area outside Jackson, Mississippi...

Hi there. I am in the early stages of owner/building a pool. Just wondering where others that have done this get their pool plans from? Do I need to have a landscape architect out, structural engineer, out. Did you order them off-line. Any help will be appreciated.