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Is this the correct piece? T pipe, female threads I have been so busy moving in I haven't had much chance to mess with this until now. I just glue this to the pipe near the base and cap it then when i winterize the pool, unscrew the cap and let any water inside drain out. is that the...

:( Well that's not what I wanted to hear. So this really doesn't do anything helpful?

I'll post pics below; but it seems fairly straightforward so far but there are things that are new to me that I don't understand. Pool Layout - I'm guessing roughly 30,000 gallons, it has a proper deep end (8 feet), vinyl liner - 4 returns - 2 drains - 1 strainer basket - Fiberglass steps -...

First things first, the slide is only 1-2 years old and SR Smith already sent a repair kit (see below) but we're on our own to swap it. We just moved into the house and discovered the cracked pipe but seller led us to believe he would fix under warranty..but all he did was contact SR to get the...

wish you lived in nashville, i'd give you a call today ;) thanks

Hi all, I have a liner pool with steps that have cracked several times in the last 4 years both top and second steps. The water leaking from my pool each time has definitely worn away the backfill and you can tell when stepping into the pool there's literally nothing under them. I put a new...

my brain has gone on overload looking at all the videos and complicated epoxy mixes, etc. online. surely there's a good paint i can apply (step will be out of the water for repair) then fill the water back up. is there a simple 'just paint this on' solution?

what product is that on amazon? is that the bonbo? i have wink and an intermatic CA3750 hooked up to my pool so i can schedule my pump but i dont have a common/neutral at the pool so i don't know what i could use there to cycle the colors. i'm just happy i found those $7 candelabra-base lights...

This may be a dumb question but I've used the little Taylor test kits for years and I'm wondering if this can be automated?

on Amazon or somewhere. I'm looking at the Bonbo 'switch-controlled' (changes color each time you turn it on/off) RGB LED that swaps in place of the traditional 500w incandescent. I get that the ones with a remote are not going to work very well due to the metal around the bulb and being...

Re: Thoughts on "GOPLUS" inflatable spa? 5-star review at Amazon but its new thanks! i've been eyeing that coleman too and wondering if its a decent product

Not sure if posting links is allowed but its easy enough to find at amazon. I'm not ready to commit to an installed spa but the Intex is a steaming pile of error codes so I'm not ready to throw more money at them. In particular it looks like they've removed all pureSpa links from the website...

Re: Intex spa fans - giving up on old bubble model & considering the 4jet/swg version well that sucks. i was hoping the jet-model with salt would be a little better than what i had. you'd think as long as intex has been building pools they'd be a little better at it

Intex spa fans - giving up on old bubble model & considering the 4jet/swg version.. a few questions 1. why are there no spas on the intex site anymore? are they discontinuing all their spa products? if you search for spas, you get zero results if you try to actually look at the details of...

where did you get your liquid chlorine? the 10% makes me think this is the stuff walmart sells in the summer. i'm excited to watch your journey here. its always amazing watching a swamp turn into a beatiful pool

boat people i called thanked me for my interest but said no they're not interested :(

on white paint to use on the stairs after the repair is complete. does anyone have any suggestions or know of a product that will stand up to being underwater that can be painted over fiberglass? its been quite a journey to find a solution to the cracked stairs..i would think this is an...

i'm confused. my pool barely has any chlorine in it. if i dont put at least a bottle in a day the tests both show clear. its definitely NOT too high.

the low CYA makes perfect sense to me (even though i havent tested it) because earlier in the spring i would get great results with a half gallon of bleach and now its taking a full gallon each day. a low CYA would explain why i add chlorine so frequently. i have a huge stash of chlorine tabs...

i have 3 kits: - 1 little blue taylor kit with the 2 colors that turn it pink - 1 little blue 'generic' kit with a yellow drop chlorine tester - the TF-100 (stored inside at the moment) which i dont use right now because i haven't needed those additional chlorine tests for SLAM or anything...

i have that test kit. just haven't used it this year because the pool hasn't had any problems. i didn't realize until now that i was using too much chlorine.

thank you so much! I need to re-read the pool testing section I guess to see how to get the CYA levels up. I completely ignored that this year..was just happy there was no algae so $3/day for chlorine seemed a small price to pay. but if i can reduce that by raising the CYA that seems smart.

i haven't tested CYA at all this year but I can tell you it was around 50(?) last year i think when i was doing my SLAM. would/should I try to raise it? i have only put liquid chlorine in the pool for over a year now. no chlorine tabs or anything else like that.

i have the fancy kit recommended by this board to handle doing a SLAM but since the pool is in good shape this year, I keep it inside and ready to go for specific testing. since all i've put in the pool since late last summer is liquid chlorine, would that be why my FC is above 10? Is your...

Thank you so much to everyone on this board. My pool maintenance went from a nightmare last year where it seemed like I could never EVER get away from the algae to literally spending about 15-20 minutes a day this year along with maybe an hour cleaning during the weekend. Here are some things...

I will take some pics today & post them. I have a taylor-troubleshooter chlorine tester that requires 2 chemicals to be added and it turns PINK and a generic brand (can't remember the name) uses a single chemical and the results turn YELLOW I can test the exact same water, at the exact same...

Great thread! I was just coming on here to ask about this.

check out /homeautomation on reddit for some tips on that. i went with Wink so all my experiences are going to be flavored by how that hub works but both are good (and bad) i wrote up my install-experience with the intermatic switch, didn't realize how many ways you could configure it until i...

I installed the good ol' Intermatic CA3750 zwave switch and I love it!! Finally solved the problem of always flipping the breaker when I need to turn the pump on and off and the zwave/automation is a HUGE plus. So at the moment I have set it up to run for 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours in the...

ok i think i get it a little more. watched a couple of youtube videos as well. looks like i'll be draining some water out. still not sure where/how i would hook up the shop vac to 'clear' the bottom drain. i dont think my shop vac is powerful enough anyway.