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  1. jeflogan

    Remodel

    Closed on a vacation home in Fort Myers earlier this month and during the inspection process they found a crack in the tile line. Since it is a tight timeline; we want to get it rented in January we went with the pool company that has been maintaining it when we bought it without getting other...
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    Travertine installation issues

    We took a break and used our pool for the last month and now are starting work on laying the travertine. We first poured a ring of concrete around the pool to mortar the coping and plan to dry set the rest. Looking at the autocover box we noticed that the box is 3/4" too tall for the 1.25"...
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    Hooking up lights to Easytouch

    Started working on my lights last night and am ready to hook them to the ET panel but the directions are written poorly. From googling this is what I have pieced together. Coming in from the light junction box White/Black/Green/ #8 Bonding Green White goes to the earth ground bar Black goes...
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    Plumbing advice

    Looking for some help on my plumbing design that ensures even flow on my return lines. Would one of these be a better option or is there a better way. Pool is full and need to finish the plumbing. Thanks
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    Should I have a suction port?

    Building a 18X36 rectangle pool and I plumbed it with 2 skimmers 3 returns and 1 suction port for a suction side cleaner. I had a pool guy over to bid out the install of my Pentair equipment (for warranty purposes) and he said I would need a seperate pump or turn off my skimmers if I used a...
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    This is why you test

    Did pressure testing of my new plumbing yesterday and had a hard time getting any good seal in my skimmer. Tried Sced 40 plug, but the pressure type plug had too big of nut to turn in the round skimmer. Ended up buying 2" galvanized pipe, but I could not get a 100% seal on that either. What...
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    Plumbing design

    Newbie here disregard the pool depth it will be a sports bottom I used an image from pool warehouse. Am i crazy not to combine the lines closer to the pool? Any advice is appreciated.
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    Iowa DYI In-ground Vinyl Pool Build

    After 2 years of dreaming and planning for a pool the process has started with the payment to Pool Warehouse. This will be a 18X36 rectangle pool with a sports bottom, tanning ledge, an and a bench on the opposite side. We decided to do a DYI as the bids were coming in at 60-70k without...
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    Drainage Issues

    Moved from here I don't mean to hijack this thread, but it saves us from a duplicate and I have been complicating this myself. My situation below. We are high compared to the neighbors. Pool will be below the deck. I think I should have some surface drainage or a French drain myself.
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    2019 build

    Hi all, been lurking for over 2 years dreaming of a pool in our back yard working on a DYI vinyl in ground. We are going to do a 18x36 sports bottom pool with an auto cover. Not sure what you need for info to help me in this project, but feel free to ask. Pool Warehouse Hayward Super Pump...
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