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    Pump House Location

    Is there a limit on how far your pump equipment can be from the Pool? I have 2 locations to choose from. The more desirable location is about 50-60 feet from the pool and the less desirable spot is a little bit closer. Is it just about figuring the feet of head in the system and picking the...
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    Pool Build - Baltimore

    Are you going to have a toilet out there as well or a door to an inside toilet? You don't want people in wet suits traipsing through your house to go potty.
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    Recommended Settings

    In the recommended Pool Settings the numbers are there for Plaster, Vinyl, and Fiberglass pools. I will have a concrete pool 100% covered with tile. Would I be OK to use the Plaster Pool numbers or would you tweak any of those for my setup? Plaster with SWG FC 3-5 pH 7.5-7.8 TA 60-80 CH...
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    Pool Build - Baltimore

    Hi. Looking good. Bummer about the tree though. In the picture with the guys doing the rebar, it shows your 2 main drains with pipe, but what is the other pipe for in that location?
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    Balance Tank Question

    OK, so then to maintain a 75% to 25% ratio of water draw between overflow and main drain I would need to have a ball valve/flow meter in the line from the MD to the BT, correct?
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    Pool design feedback ???

    I don't see any reason why this would not work. It may be a bit more in construction costs but not that much. You may have to increase the clearance at your spa/waterfall steps a bit for the cover. And I would put some more windows in the house. It is going to be really dark in there.
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    Balance Tank Question

    I am in the process of designing, building a 15K gal, rectangular salt pool. I have been working on the piping schematic and have come up with the drawing below. This will be a 'overflow edge' type pool on all sides. My question is in regard to the balance tank. It seems, from my research...
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    scudman here...

    Hello one and all. I am new to this forum and sort of new to pools. Actually I had a pool way back in 1976 but I don't remember a lot about it asI had a maintenance company do all the cleaning and dosing. Anyway I am going to build my own pool at a new house I am building here in Thailand. I...