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Thanks so much...that confirms what I was thinkin!!! Love this site...You guys are the best! :party: They are ordering your big test kit this week! :goodjob:

I have a friend just put up an AG 13,000 gallon with 1 1/2 HP pump plumbed with 2" pipe~ sand filter, new sand The water was brought out by the Fire Dept and the first load had sat in the truck tank for who knows how long it had been stored so there was rust in it :rant: ...after about 2 hrs...

Thanks a bunch! Going to dump in salt now and get the process going! The BBB method initially was overwhelming and now looking back it's so simple. I'm sure the SWG will be the same once I get the hang of it. :party:

I'm working on balancing my water so my hubby can rig up the SWG tomorrow. We live in a small town and neither of the 2 pool supply places even know what a strip to test for only salt is. They wanna give me bottle of those strips that test chlorine, ph, etc... (Eeew. No one would buy it!) So...

Thanks for the info! Well of course I have one of those on my skimmer...I call it the frog flap~ Frogs go in and can't get back out into the pool! :lol: Thanks for the clarification and new terminology "weir"...now I know!

Your before and "after" house/patio/yard pics were really neat! What software did you use and where can I get it?

Our liner is a medium ocean blue color except trim has burnt orange and grays with the blue. The light output is great and lights from it's location, centered under the diving board, all the way to the shallow steps at the other end (they're white and they glow in the light). The deep end is a...

What's a "weir" :?: I'm from Southeast Missouri and whatever your talking about either our inground doesn't have it or we just call it by some other name! :goodjob: Great gesture and wonderful movie by the way! (Pay It Forward)

Jandy Watercolors LED~ Don't BUY ONE!!! I love the LED idea of these lights and my Jandy Watercolors really lights up my 18x36 inground vinyl lined pool. BUT the RED, yes, I said RED color is Halloween-like creepy...the light has beautiful pinks, purple, blues and green colors and the pool...

Durn...missed the deadline for entering my little pool cleaner in the contest. My 9 yr old named it and dressed it up. I thought the deadline was the end of April! Anyway, will you have another cleaner contest or take a late entry? My fault for missing it, but he'll be so disappointed that...

With our DIY install we used Polymer walls. We put the pool in what I called the Clay Pit! What a MESS that stuff is! I think I googled something like "Steel vs Polymer inground pool" and found several helpful sites for info on making our decision. Most against Steel and for the Polymer. We...

We bought our DIY vinyl lined IG kit from Royalswimmingpools.com They are out of Memphis, TN. They had some of the best prices around and helpful, knowledgable staff to answer even the craziest questions that we came up with! I would buy from them again! :goodjob: We have an 18x36 rectangle...

Thanks so much! I'll keep chuggin along and aerate before trying to drop TA further. The pool calculator didn't have a timeframe or anything so I assumed that as long as the water circulated good, the TA should've dropped below 100... I'll just be patient and work on my PH. :party: Guess i'm...

Here were my test results after pouring the concrete decking around the pool 2 days ago: Yes, there were small, slight little blops here and there...nothing major at all. Very little wet concrete went into the pool...A couple super quick vacuums in the gathering spots and that was all she wrote...

Keep us updated...we are pouring our concrete pool deck this week (DIY project) and I have no clue how to seal it. I am learning with you! Hang in there!!! :roll:

I agree with being able to redo a first year liner. We just installed IG vinyl lined pool ourselves and had step trim issues that resulted in draining down shallow end (actually most of it just leaked out on it's own!). While waiting for part kit our liner just hung there for a week. Just make...

Sounds Great! Keep us posted and keep the pool progress pics coming...can't wait to see it with water! :mrgreen: We haven't poured our deck, either, but that's not stopping us from swimming everyday...we put down a couple of huge tarps so we're not tracking through the still exposed clay...

:party: Oh Happy Day!!! :party: Pool looks great! I almost got that same liner and ended up switching last minute. I love mine but now know I would have loved yours as well...It's So Pretty! Do you have a projected date for the deck? What are your plans for that? Keep the pics coming!

Not sure about your area, but check around on the pool sand. The pool store here in southern Missouri wanted $12 for a 50# bag and i found a plumbing supply that carries pool items and got the same sand for $7 a bag. So check around and ask others in the area... I saved $30 by making two extra...

What a BUMMER!!! :rant: Things can't get too much worse! Good times are sure to come...hang in there! :goodjob: I would double check the drainage situation...If rain drains toward your pool now, what's to stop it from always heading that way? Hopefully your people can deal with this...

I like this ebay skimmer sock...it's huge and my inground Auqa Genie basket is a monster! I've only used it a week or so but there were 2 in the pack so I switch them out, let the dirty one dry inside out and shake the junk off and then trade and repeat. For the price ($10 on ebay for 2 with...

Just got the eBay jumbo skimmer socks in the mail (2/$10 with shipping)...I'm out of town so I'll try 'em out and give a review in a couple days. :goodjob:

THanks guys for all the quick info. I put a jug of Wal-Mart bleach in very slowly as the two firehoses put in the last thousand gallons or so. I waited on the CYA since the answers were mixed. Pump and filter will be running by tomorrow afternoon. The pool is full and kids are swimming now...

We are fixing to finish filling our DIY IG with 22,000 gallons of water and it's Father's Day so Nothings open and we're short a couple of elbows to finish the plumbing to the pump/filter. It will be functioning Monday afternoon. The question is what should I do in the mean time? We filled...

Wow!!! Isn't it exciting when all the "stuff" with the kit arrives! I remember that feeling...makes it more real and lets you see exactly where your money is going! Keep the great pictures coming and you'll be swimming in no time. Are you adding a diving board and/or water slide to the...

Thanks to all who posted on this pipe size question. We went with the 2' since we had not yet plumbed the pool. Once again TFP to the rescue! And again I'm reminded why I joined as a LIFETIME Supporter and ordered the super duper test kit the first day I stumbled upon this site! Wuhoo...

In your last picture I am curious as to what the two odd pieces of rebar represent. By odd I mean they are not in any of the orange sprayed area representing the pool or steps and they look to be in the wrong places to be part of your overdig and in the pic they apear to be unevenly spaced...

That's the exact same size IGP we ae finishing up right now. It's our DIY project. We got the floor started today with the sand/portland dry mix and covered with a tarp to keep clean til we can finish troweling tomorrow. Then it's liner and water time!!! YIPPEE!!! Tons of work, but we've...

Here's a little more info... I think our pump fitting is 1 1/2". Will we really increase output if we use 2" PVC and then it's reduced to 1 1/2" at the pump?

We are putting in our DIY vinyl liner IG and I would love any hints for putting down the sand/portland dry mix on the floor as well as any tips on putting in the liner and how to work that to remove wrinkles. We're Newbies to this GREAT site as well as Newbies to IG pool installation! Live and...