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The pool equipment will be grounded and the pool needs to be bonded! HOW'S THAT FOR CONFUSION!! 🤣 Seriously, the filter pump, salt water generator and heater need to be plugged into grounded outlets. The pool has to be bonded - basically there is a ring of copper that is buried around the...

Here in NJ back in 2022 I had my pool which sounds similar to yours installed; metal wall and resin uprights, top rail and bottom track. The electrician didn't bond the pool wall but did bond the water, loop around the pool and all the equipment. I don't think he put a grounding rod into the...

Are you sure that's the correct heater for your spa? I had a totally different one but mine was a 2005. At one point Artesian had 2 different heaters that's why I'm asking.

The photo is showing what looks to be an oval pool that it's in; it seems to be at the beginning of the curve that forms the oval. Will it hug the wall, IDK. You could contact Confer and ask them the questions as they may be helpful. I own a Confer step system and it's decent and the people did...

Back in my Yute I went for Electrical Engineering (EE) but didn't finish the degree. I don't ever remember taking thermodynamics or other Engineering courses that didn't relate to EE which looking back on it is kind of strange. My youngest son had to do a college level course maybe 5 years ago...

Dimension One was considered a great tub 20 years ago and I'm sure they still are. Heck, I bought an Artesian tub and they seemed to disappear totally. When I first got my tub I used a foam floating blanket to keep the heat in the water and supposedly help with off gassing. The buzz back then...

On both my pools, one with hoses and one hard plumbed there was/is a certain amount of water the pool needs to be filled to not suck in air. i found i needed to fill the pool to the top side screw on a Hayward skimmer (very scientific! 😅) and there is about 1/2 inch below that where they start...

Bring a few zip lock bags, maybe the gallon size and put any small part and screws into them. If anything is different lable what it is and as ajw22 said take photos. Be aware there may be small and slightly larger or smaller screws that need to be put in the proper place.

Hoses tend to get holes in them at the wrong time. Our first pool was strictly hoses and they lasted about a year or 2 before they needed replacement. Our new pool is hard plumbed and it is so much easier IMO. Just make sure you put unions on the piping to be able to break down for storage...

It is a lot of stuff! Since you are taking it on by yourself it seems overwhelming but take it a step at a time. Remember that if you cut corners on things that issues can occur, we are talking about a lot of water weight. How much of an area do you need to till? Would it be better or easier to...

We bought a steel walled, salt water, 24 feet round in 8/22 for $7300 tax included, it came with everything needed. We had to pay extra for the electrical needed due to updated codes and installation. We estimate we paid about $11K total and that didn't include putting the rocks around the...

Back in the day all we used is chlorine. Ahhsome came out with it's purge that works great, did try it's filter cleaner but wasn't impressed. Did you go into the tub with freshly washed suits? Lotions on you bodies? Hot tubs have a way to suck everything off your bodies and clothing and cause...

I don't know the brands Aquapro and Lacus so I can't comment on them other than think about future replacement parts. Something to think about with DE, it can be bumped a few times (moves around the DE and debris in the filter) but then it needs to be recharged. Basically you need to get rid of...

I would fill the pool up to the proper level and see if it works. As far as the salt water system, once you measure and add salt to the appropriate level needed I would check on it to see if it is making chlorine. Unfortunately accidents happen and we can only hope for the best! If for some...

Congratulations on your new fur baby! Are your fur babies Wheatens or Doodles? They look like my sister's Wheaten except they have tails.

You can bump DE filters to redistribute the DE but it only works so many times (3 or 4) before needing to backwash and recharge the filer with DE. When I had a DE filter I never opened the filter mid season to wash the grids but I guess if you can't get the pressure to be close to what you...

People here love their cartridge filters; I have flashbacks from when I was a kid! 🤣 I'm sure back then it was severely under powered and didn't work correctly. One thing I will say is please don't listen to pool stores on how to take care of your water. Buy yourself a good testing kit and...

Welcome to TFP! People have bought from the Poll Factory and I don't think anyone had complaints. For your questions - Our last pool I think had a 20 gauge liner and it lasted about 19years. It was a plain blue wall with swirl bottom, the swirl pattern started delaminating about 15 or so years...

I think your liner is shot but you could try patching. I have had good luck with Gorilla clear waterproof tape holding underwater. Whether you use a dedicated patch and/or the Gorilla tape I would definitely use the Gorilla tape on the outside of the pool. I think you should use vertical strips...

Artesian Spas kind of disappeared! I had one and all dealers vanished from our area too! Besides what PoolStored said, are you sure that you got the right display? Apparently some of their spas had displays that parts aren't available anymore. Bad temp sensor which in my tub was in the filter...

Did you test it? A lot of people have issues with a lounge seat, the jets shoot them out of the longer. 🤣 People forget they become buoyant when in water and having 10 to 30 jets under you will be pushing you out of the lounger. What is a core fabric cover? Typically spas have a foam filled...

The truth is some people may be able to take the time to take the cover off in the AM and put the cover back on in the PM but not everybody wants to make that a habit, I can say we don't. We don't take the cover off the pool usually even when we're in it. Sitting on floats and drinking a...

LEDs are more intense than Halogens, it might also be the color temp of the LED. I have found that we don't like lighting above 3200 K and typically stay with soft white LEDs; I think halogens tend to be around 3000 K. I'm not familiar with pool lights but a blue lens cover may not work, you...

Something that wasn't said is that if the pool is in the sun and has a solar cover on, the cover itself helps with heating the pool. We keep our pool covered with a solar cover and our pool can hit 90 degrees when it's been sunny for a few days. I get about 4 degrees a day rise when it's sunny...

When I was working I repaired medical equipment. It's not a back breaking job but it is physical at times. Toward the end of my work life I noticed that it was getting harder to get up off the floor. From my 20's to early 50's I was bouncing up off the floor. One of the last big jobs I did I had...

Removal of the stuff means you're 1/2 way there! Take water breaks and sit in the shade as needed. Doing work when tired will just get harder and mess ups will happen more frequently. When we put the pebbles down around our pool we did it by bag, I think each bag was 50 lbs. My wife who is in...

I'm a little late here but when we bought our new pool there was salt friendly and not salt friendly pool manufacturers, we bought a salt friendly. We bought it because it was cheaper and we liked the dealer more. The only difference I can tell is our pool has resin uprights, top rail and...

I would take a screwdriver and gently tap on the rusted areas to see if they're sound. If the screwdriver make a hole - you're on borrowed time. Be aware that inside is going to be similar to outside, if not worse. The good news I think is you can still see the bottom track so if the wall is...

I have a wide mouth skimmer as well. When we got the new pool the skimmer didn't come with a skimmer plate, our old pool had a standard skimmer and came with a hard plate. I looked around on line and all I found was an Aquador wide mouth skimmer plate so I bought one for when the pool was...

I'm looking at you photo now on a computer and the water looks low to me. But it could be too small of a cover. 4 inches below the skimmer would be about the place the return is and that sounds about right so I'm a little confused why there is such a slope in the cover. Typically you don't want...