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I talked to a guy today who has already jack hammered out his old skimmer on a 20x40 concrete inground. He was planning on sliding the new one in and siliconing it to the old concrete. I dont do a lot of work on concrete/gunite pools. What is the proper method of replacement? Do you need to...

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Lately I have been running into a lot of older pumps that have trouble holding a prime with no air leaks or obstruction. I will prime them with forced flow from a hose and rag in the skimmer, they will seem to run ok, and then slowly lose prime over night. I dont have an amp meter and Im not...

I have never seen this product, can you post a link?

the link you left sent me to what my store refers to as sheer decents. They are very cool, we often use them on stone walls that border one side of the pool or if we have a natural rock water feature that comes up to the edge of the pool, we will use those to create the illusion of the feature...

chem geek, their is an article in pool and spa news about the use of non chlorine shock in indoor pools, it seemed to conclude that that was safer for air quality than break point chlorination. If you can find it let me know what you think. Im not sure when I saw it but it wasnt too long ago.

I have used a compressor with an air clean up nozzle on tough ones, the one with the triggger to just blow stuff off. The head fits into the tube pretty nicely.

if its an isolated incident I would not worry about it. If it keeps happening, check to make sure the electrical connections are not corroded, and inspect the wire where it comes into the pump. If these look ok then it is probobly the pump.

that is pretty unlikely, most shafts are one piece. If the shaft is actually broken, your pump is probobly so beat up you should just replace it. It is more likely that your impellor has a brass thread insert. Post a pic.

I would absolutly replace the plumbing lines and probobly the skimmers too, they tend to get destroyed when the concrete is ripped up. As far as the coping goes, if you are going to replace that I would concider replacing it with simple track and having your deck poured with stagmir forms, they...

that is what the diagram indicates, and yes they are all the same. I use them interchangably. Next you need a diagram for your controls wiring and you should be set. I only deal with the hayward and pentair automation. They use the plug in, its not hardwired so I have never manually...

there is a lot of research into that and it seems that it does. It also makes tweeking water feature flow rates possible and extremely easy. Its worth looking into. My favorite filter is the clean and clear 520. This is from pentair as well. If you buy an intelliflo, clean and clear 520...

a slide tubing and fitting kit is less than 20 at the store I work for, it might be worth getting to save the hassle.

What area are you located Tara, sorry if I missed it. The intelliflos are very nice and energy efficient pumps, but they are about 2 times more expensive. I think that they pay themselves off well.

since none of the conduit or lights are designed to be cut in I dont think a liner will work well, but I would have to see it. I would get a quote from a gunite company that does free quotes since some wont take the job.

not 100% but i believe white is the center and the other 2 dont matter, you will just have to flip the switch on the valve if it is wrong. Strip back the wire and if white is centered in the shielding then this is a fairly accurate confirmation.

The eyeballs help by focusing and directing the water. Its only a few bucks, I would probobly buy them. Its not going to do any damage or anything not having them.

I know they make special coping paint that I got through my distributor last year. This is the only one I could find online: http://www.waterwarehouse.com/poolsuppl ... -3569.html hope that helps, its pretty expensive. I think appliance paint will work pretty well though

Thats a tough one to give advice on since most people dont sit in a ton of different tubs and most PB only know the line they carry well. The company hotsprings is one line that the store I work for sells. You might want to look into them. If what my salesman tells me is true, they are the...

oh and one more thing, I havent heard a lot of mention during this plumbing chat on the virginia graeme baker act. Keep these new regulations in mind. Since im not doing new construction this year I havent researched it as much as I should but when using main drains and sidewall suctions you...

I didnt realize we were so close. We might be able to work something out. Unfortuantly my company does not pressure test lines, we fill the pool before backfill to prevent wall pushing during that time and visually inspect the lines for leaks. Pressure testing would be a much more...

Have any of you guys concidered heat bending 20ft lengths of hard pipe? I think this is what I will do when I build a pool for myself. Right now I use tigerflex for speed, but hydralic efficiency would be a lot better with heat bent pipe and using 20ft lengths would really reduce the number of...

is the pump basket you are trying to remove really filled up?

Sorry. -The walls are not intended for such a purpose. The corrosive resistant coating is not meant for the rigors or being buried and exposed to mosture like that. In addition to this, the ph of the soil in many areas is acidic and will speed the corrosion of these thin walls. -as was...

Tough call. We wont price match the internet. We also wont warranty an aquabot that we didnt sell. Might want to look into where you can get it done without being charged near you. Full retail on parts is high.

I do not suggest doing this, its just a really bad idea. For 10 grand you could have bought a do it yourself inground kit and paid for the excavation.

continue to circulate the water and set it to the auto setting for 24 hours after doing a power down reset. Wait till then and check once more. If it is still giving you those errors take a sample to a pool store and have them do an independent meter to double check. M

my favorite system is a wisperflo or intelliflo with a clean and clear plus 520.

This is often indicitive of a groundwater problem. Was a french drain put in at the footer of your pool? Do you have any sort of grade coming toward the pool? It would be prudent to talk to your builder about this.