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It was a good run! I have had the Hayward Northstar Pump for almost 20 years. I did replace the motor about 5 years ago. It was making a loud whine for the past two months so I knew it was on the way out. It is a 1.5HP, with service factor of 1.25, with total HP of 1.88. The pump is used for a...

Hello, We recently had our pool remodeled, ever since the flow of the water from the filter pump is not where it should be. It is trickling over at 3,100 RPM when it used to flow very nicely, full flow with power. I stick my hand in the pool and the jets feel good / as expected. The spa jets on...

Short Version - Pool is 18 years old and has been down for two years and now I am ready to re-open and enjoy it especially now! To Re-open we are planning for new pebble, Artificial rock work paint and repair, and addition of a Bajaj / Tanning Shelf and a pool fence. With the help of TFP...

I reset all of our flagstone coping. It is time now to tuck in material into the joints. On our flagstone retaining walls and previously in the coping joints the material there is texture / looks like there is some aggregate maybe? I did a test with some type s mortar and its not the same...

I took the plunge, not in a bad way as I've been wanting to contribute but just have not had the money. I still didn't but just could not feel good about utilizing the awesome resource TFP without contributing. This forum has provided me with so much guidance, help and direction. Glad to be...

I took the plunge, not in a bad way. I've been wanting to contribute but just have not had the money. I still didn't but just could not feel good about utilizing the awesome resource TFP without contributing. Glad to be a silver supporter with plans to upgrade to Gold. This forum has provided...

Hello, I have removed the first 3.5" under the coping of pebble tec. This was done for several reasons ...delaminated, previous repairs done by "professional" did not match, etc... I will be replacing with tile. I am needing to repair the "mud base" / gunite? behind the tile in order to get a...

Hello, I started a fairly aggressive flagstone coping restore / replace last year and I am close to being done now. As part of that process some of the pebbletec below the coping was delaminated. As well the person who repaired 2-3" pebbletec below the coping did a terrible job as he did not use...

A few years ago we had someone replace our pool coping. Our Pebble Tec goes all the way up to the coping. When he replaced the coping he did put in some pebbles with grout. It does not match what so ever for the first 3-4" on the pool wall. The base is pebble tec but the surface of the first...

Hello, Unfortunately this Summer has been a summer without the enjoyment of our pool, for a couple of reasons. One of the reasons is our flag stone coping we had re-done a couple of years ago was loose. I had to remove a section about 1/3 of the pool that was loose. There is another section...

Hello Everyone! This Forum is great. I started browsing about a month ago. Thank you to all who are taking the time to help and offer your advice backed up by years of experience. I am a pool owner of 15 years. I have a smaller pool (16,000 gallons) with two water features (waterfall and...