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Thank you, sir! The gasket was blown (see pic) and I was relieved at how easy it was to replace. Although I probably overpaid at $19.50 for a new gasket, I would have been angry if I'd paid to have someone come out to do what amounted to about 10 minutes of work. The parts diagram made it...

No matter what setting I set my Hayward Vari-flo sp0710xr50 to, it is filtering, but also blowing out waste water. There is enough water escaping out the waste line to keep the hose full and flowing, but still enough going back to the pool to keep the jets going. I'm also getting a fair amount...

Has anyone found a suitable replacement for Hayward SPX1082CA baskets? The originals look like the picture below and they suck. If there is any debris in the basket the handle pops right off and dumps the contents of the basket into the skimmer. This is even more fun when there is a dead...

I've found a few old threads about using timer switches for pool lights, but I'd like to take it a step further and replace my existing switch with a WeMo switch. My filter (and the pool light switch) are in a dark corner of the yard that no one but me likes to walk over to at night, so I'm...

I have (had) the same model pump, which the previous owner of my home said he had rebuilt two years ago. On Saturday morning it started making some noises, by Saturday afternoon it tripped the breaker. When I turned the breaker back on and tried re-powering the pump, it shot fire out the side...

Thanks, I've been looking for ones with carts for this reason. Beyond that, as long as it doesn't require a degree in robotics to empty the filter or start the cleaning process, I think both my wife and I can handle cleaning duties.

I was planning on keeping it below $1000, given that above that price is the same price range as much more functional (although not comparable) ride on mowers. A warranty is great, but if a company has to brag about it, that usually means its customers need to use it. The M5 seems like it...

I'm going into my second season with my pool and I'm dreading the early summer cleanings. On top of the leaves and dirt blowing around, I have an issue with birds cleaning out their nests into my pool (I posted here about it last summer). I've decided that it would be a huge time saver to get...

Thanks all for the suggestions. I seriously could have used a wet suit just being outside today. After running two 850 GPH pumps for 4 hours the water level got just low enough that I could see the holes in the block under about 3 feet of water. I used a metal rake to hook one of the holes...

I live in an area that gets very high winds on a good day, but since we are currently experiencing a noreaster, we had exceptionally high winds. I learned last winter that water bags are no use around my pool, as the wind manages to lift them up and toss them in the pool fairly regularly. If I...

I've seen the alligator thing as well. This is New York and I don't see how an alligator would be any more effective than a sailboat given our lack of alligators. Although I'm willing to try just about anything that doesn't make my backyard look like the inside of a taxi.

I figured I'd try a post here because I don't know where else to turn. I live on Long Island and my pool is in the center of my wide open backyard. The yard is surrounded by tall trees and most have a large number of birds living in them. Over the last few weeks there has been an absurd...

Thanks. We asked how much it would be without salt because we know we can get it at Walmart for about $5/bag, but they said it would only knock off about $100. It's worth it to me, if that's the case, to save my car's suspension and not transport 800 lbs of salt on my own. So from what I...

Wow, thanks for responding so quickly! Suzook is correct our electricity is absurd and getting worse. I'm also shopping out solar, but that's a different topic. If it came down to getting either a SWG or a pump, I'm pretty sure the pump would save the most the fastest. I may have to start a...

Back in March I signed up, and paid for, a deal that was too good to be true which included a SWG and variable speed pump for all of $1300 installed. Turns out, it was, and after the company put off my installation three times, and I later discovered the products were cheap Chinese knockoff's...