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I'm interested in having a smart water flow sensor. I added one to my house by buying a meter and reading the pulses. Has anyone added one of these to their pool? I'm thinking of this one: Amazon.com and then monitoring the pulses with Home Assistant. My thought is I could warn if the flow...

This blog is great! Thank you! It refers to an "up and over" installation but I can't find anything about that when Googling. How would I find out more? Any advice on how to find someone in my area who does complex cover installs? Is it just a general pool contractor?

I have a 30,000 gallon salt water pool in Nashville Tennessee with a curved retaining wall along the back side. I've been told by my former pool guy that it can't be safely covered. I love it in the summer but in the fall, I have to skim leaves multiple times a day. I have to run the pump 24/7...

Thanks for the advice! The change went well. I wanted to change the seals but I couldn't get them soon enough so I just had to use the existing and some lube. I'll change them when I change the junction in the next few years. Removing the filter and the wet sand was a lot harder than...

My Haward S310S gave out this weekend. The top warped and the seal keeps bursting. I ordered a replacement Sunday and it is being delivered tomorrow. It doesn't include a new control valve but I haven't had any problems with my current one (SP0715X62). Any drawback to just replacing the filter...

I have two Hayward light fixtures: SP0573LN50. The previous owner/maintainer used a screw with very broad threads for plastic where they should have used a machine screw and based on forum advice, I ended up drilling it with an air drill. I was quite proud of myself. I changed the light bulb in...

Thanks for the advice! I didn't see any YouTube videos where people repaired the ones with the pipes on the side, only the ones with pipes on the top. Would you recommend a home owner try to do this or would you recommend replacing the filter?

I think you may be right about pollen. It really looked like sand but when it dried it was soft. I vacuumed again 3 days later and next to nothing in the baskets. I'll hold off on any filter maintenance.

Does anyone have experience changing the lateral assembly on a Hayward S310S? I’ve watched some Youtube videos on changing laterals but they are all ones with a long pipe from the top. The S310S has the pipe come in from the side so it seems a lot more complicated than remove the top and remove...

I ran my robot vacuum and it looked like it was full of sand: Is this sand? What should I check next? I have an S310S Hayward filter. It takes about 500 pounds of sand so I'm kind of dreading changing the sand and lateral. 30k gal, IG vinyl, Jandy 1.65HP VS pump, sand filter, Hayward SWG...

My pool has 4 valves: cleaner, front skimmer, back skimmer, and main drain. When I use my suction vacuum and close the other three valves the main drain valve seems to let in air. I'm not 100% sure but I think it is that one because it seems to vibrate a little and seems a bit louder than the...