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  1. jamin35008

    Motor to filter hose change

    Hey all, I have a Pentair sd40 sand dollar (I think) pool filter set up. The high pressure hose from the motor to the filter cracked from dry rot and I ordered a replacement I'm having a heck of a time trying to get this back on the fittings. I can gt it about half way on before it...
  2. jamin35008

    Balancing water with pool heater

    Hello All! Just installed a pool heater a couple of weeks ago. LOVE IT! Worth every penny! While everyone around me has closed up we were swimming at night a few days ago in September! (even the wife got in :kim:) Anyhow a question..... When adding chlorine or muriatic acid I add it in...
  3. jamin35008

    Deck extension over pool rail

    Hey Everyone, My deck has been up for about two years now and I felt like something just wasn't right with it for the longest time. I wish I knew when it was being built what I know now! After seeing many other above ground pools and decks (since I have one now I look and compare what everyone...
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    Soft spots around pool wall and stone issue

    Hey all, The title says it all. Today I was enjoying time with the kids in the pool and was moving around the wall and really noticed a soft spot, then another, and another, and so on. I continued to move all the way around the pool and just about everywhere around the outer 6" is soft. When...
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    Possible bonding problem

    Hey all! I'm having a new deck installed right now and one of the guys installing the deck is also an electrician. When I got home from work today he called me over to one of the points on the pool that has the bonding wire attached to it and said "I hate to show you this but this was installed...
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    Help deciding which solar heater to buy...FAFCO vs sunquest

    A simple question to anyone who knows about these two solar heater pannels. FAFCO solar bear vs. sunquest heaters. I have read a lot of info on TFP about FAFCO (which should tell me something......their most likely the best) but not so much on sunquest. I have read about sunquest on amazon and...
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    Drainage around above ground pool

    Hi Everyone! Although this is my first post I have been researching this for some time. This spring we had our new 24' round pool installed professionally and have been enjoying it almost every day. I have been spending anytime I can doing the landscaping around the pool (not shown in these...