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We are having a warranty issue with our salt cell. It is intermittently working. I've been keeping the water clean regardless. We also just had the cell cleaned as well. However we had to get out of town for a couple of days, so I tossed a bleach tab in my skimmer to hopefully keep everying...

Tested salt today and it was 2400, salt is a pretty easy test as the change is instant. However salt cell says it has 2900 average salt. Which do I trust?

We have a new pool that we built by owner, with attached spa. The heater is set at 101, but it only reaches 98. This is both manual or via automation (hayward omnilogic). The spa is not large, 8x8 square and the heater is well sized for it. Not only that, but it also seems to sketch out around...

So my spa is kind of a mess. New build, by owner so I cant have a pool builder just come fix. It doesn't really shoot bubbles into the middle of the spa, but more volcanoes at the edge. I have a 2hp blower on it and a ball tee so I can lower the push of air. I have tried different eyeballs as...

For the last 2 and a half weeks since startup on a new build (by owner build) We have been running our VS pump at mid/high range (about 2500 rpm?) 24/7. I know we can't use our robot, turn on swg, or fire up heater for another week and a half, but am I good to start programming my pump to run...

This is my baseline fill water chemistry. High TA, high pH, high phosphates. How is that going to affect my overall strategy?

Just started up our new pool on Monday. Can't run salt for 30 days so liquid chlorine for now. Water looks and feels great. Using the TF-PRO test kit. Will TA change with salt? How worried should I be about that if ph is good?

If you do, curious about what you put in there. I do. Water, sodas, some power aid and a six pack of beer. ;) We also have a box of chips and such on a table. Others?

For pre gunite does plumbing and electrical need to be exposed or can it be backfilled? Gas already passed inspection and is backfilled, had to be open for inspection tho. For pre-gunite can we backfill beforehand or do we need to wait?

Some pics of the demo we are in, the fire pit area I built, and our vision.

By Owner build here. Permits pulled, excavation scheduled. Still looking for bids from other contractors though.. have some bids but wanted other options as well. Fellow Arizonans, please help me out with recommendations. I've already purchased the equipment and have it on site. Need Gas...

I'm doing By Owner build. Have most of my equipment, and excavation is scheduled Jan 31, lining up the rest. What is hurting rn is I haven't found a good electrician yet, and I don't know Crud about lights. I don't want to spend $800 per light. I just want good, color changing lights at a good...

I am trying to get the right heater size for our 30x15 foot playpool with a 7x7 inset spa. The people who designed it say it needs 400KBTU but that seems excessive given what I've seen online. What SHOULD I have, and links to purchase would be appreciated. I am doing a By Owner build.

Looks like our pool will clock in at 13k gallons. This may be a dumb question but maybe I just need reassuring. We will be using the Hayward aquaRite 950. 2X is 26K and their model is 25K gallon rated. Is that sufficient? Should I instead spend the extra $200 and go to the 40k gallon or is that...

We have our draft construction plan in hand. Would like as much feedback as possible especially on equipment. I can have them update with anything I want, for example we had planned to use the intellichlor SWG. What do I need if we switch brands? Or am I being silly and their suggested...

We are ready to approve our concept, and have them start the the construction and engineering plans. Before I give them approval, I'd like to make sure that I got some feedback from this group. I'm very happy with the design so far and they've worked within our HOA dumb limits around the wall...

First concepts (we are DIY, these are from the design team). We had a few landscape/HOA suggestions and asked to have the bench by the sun shelf changed to some steps in. Thoughts overall? We are planning SWG and artificial turf. We have another revision remaining. Our yard is about 55' by...

So we are gonna GC our pool and the part that is hardest for me is equipment. I'm hoping this forum can give me guidance on a lot of things and help me kickstart my research on everything from SWG to lighting. Our pool will be 30×15, with a 7x7 inset spa. Playpool depth with a sunshelf. Spa...