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Can anyone send me a photo of how you have your wiring for a sub-panel to a spa? My electrician used a breaker from old time spa hookup and it doesnt work. Now I have a breaker/box that will work but I need a photo to show me what lead goes where.

After nixing the in-ground spa idea we are now looking into hot tubs.. former Vita Spa owner (it leaked, I couldn't seem to fix it.. loved that spa otherwise)... we are looking at either Bullfrog R7L or Caldera Seychelles... We really want the soft feel of salt (our pool has an SWG so we are...

Hello. Brand new pool just finished (owner build). We just got our spa jets hooked in and noticed a gurgling sound at the equipment pad. Enough to notice while in the spa about 60 feet away. Pentair vsf running at 2500 in this video: Is this a normal sound? Can it be reduced?

Hi, The grout between tile and coping in my gunite spa is falling apart. I want to repair it but don't know what to use so it can last and withstand the harsh NJ weather. The space between top of the tiles to coping measures between 1.5" to 2". Some of the cracks are 1" wide (see the photos)...

Hey all, First post here! My spa specs are below: Hotsprings Flair 335 gallons FC - 15 CC - 0 TA - 70 CH - 200 CYA - 100 pH - 7.5 salt - 1700 ppm Temp - 99° So here is the scenario. I've used the TF pro kit for my SWG pool for a while and it works great. We just got the spa 2 months ago...

New pool, first time post, thanks in advance. I just had pool/spa redesigned with all new Pentair equipment; EasyTouch4, Intelliflo VSF, Mastertemp 400, Intellichlor IC40, two Hayward PSVs. I wanted my pool contractor to add a Spa Low feature circuit but nothing he has tried works; the valves...

Hello, We're in the build process and our large free form spa was designed to have a "negative edge" spillway into the pool. The plan was to tile the surface of the spillway (top), and stone veneer the entire outer wall of the spa. This will be a salt water pool with a separate spa pump. The...

We have gotten a couple of bids for a new pool. We have not fully decided which we will choose or even if we will build right now (prices are insane). I've learned so much on this forum, I was hoping that some of you can take a look at these two different designs. I included diagram and pic...

Recently my crew and I completed the initial pool start up for 2 fiberglass pool/spas both of the spas are slamming water up the air pipe to the extent of being inoperable. We spoke to our salesman and he told us that the fittings they pre installed in our spas do not have the Venturi effect and...

Hey all, First, thank you for this forum. I've learned a lot! I think I'm also very confused. After having some company for the weekend, I noticed that my FC went to 0. I decided to do a SLAM to bring it back to health. Post SLAM, FC levels (once I started measuring again) went from 12 to 5 in...

Hello all, this is my first post! I have a 1500 gallon in-ground spa. The pump is a Challenger 2 HP (model CHII-NI-2FE) which runs through the filter and powers the jets (same circuit). There's also a waterfall pump that can be diverted to the jets but bypasses the filter. I'm fairly new to...

For the past year or so, I've done sanitation and shock in my 500 gallon tub with Bromine and MPS mixes. I've recently shifted from MPS to a dichlor-based shock. Since my shocks are typically no more frequent than weekly, should I have any concern of CYA buildup? I don't do any CYA testing...

I have spa that sits above the pool. With the pump turned off, the spa is draining and sitting right below the jet returns. Is there a leak?

Hi all, I recently inherited a fiberglass spa with our new house and this forum is a serious treasure trove! Helped me get where I am, a pump motor replacement and good water chemistry. I finally got all up and running and on our third use of the spa, I went back down to the basement to turn...

I have 2 spa spillovers made with travertine stone. The water will not sheet unless I cut off pool circulation and put all of my 2.65 hp pump to spa return. On one it still sticks sticks to wall. I know I need to do some grinding and smoothing of the stone. I wanted to know what is best tool to...

I have already replaced all sensors and the thermistor twice, so its not those. So the problem is when the heater is not running the temperature of the actual spa and the heater unit are the same(working). As soon as the heater begins running, the spa temperature will begin rising and the...

On Friday the crew applied a LOT of cement to the exterior walls/shell of our spa. Now it seems really thick and uneven in places. I have no doubt they will make the size the same all the way around, but haven’t been told why it was done and if it’s normal. I’m worried about future separation of...

I’m in construction and everyone says I will need a spillway for my attached spa. Won’t the spa water blend/filter with pool water through the drain/infloor? One of the spa/pool walls will have a magic waterfall going into the pool. I can add a spillway on the other wall but prefer not to if...

Hello, I have 120V lighting for my pool and spa. I have a few questions regarding how to convert to 12V for safety reasons. I do not have a transformer. 1) The spa and pool lights are turned on and off from my controller separately, Does this mean I would need 2 transformers to continue to be...

Good afternoon I am a brand new pool owner that is stuck in pool development. I have a large hole in my yard with travertine installed and that’s where the work ended. I ordered an 88 inch spillover spa and for past 3 months my builder has been stringing me along for delivery of this spa. The...

HI, my backyard has a 45 degree decline and in order for us to construct a pool, we have to structurally build two retaining walls below the pool to hold the surcharge. They are implied in the artist's rendition. One is at the very property edge and goes 6' into the picture. That retaining...

Hi everyone. I am a new pool owner (came with the house). It is an inground saltwater gunite pool with an attached spa and it is approximately 10 years old. Last year we had a brand new Hayward H400 heater installed and during the offseason we replaced our filter and salt generator. The new...

Hello, I have been visiting this amazing forum ever since we got a pool with our house about 5 years ago. Very helpful, and because of this forum we now take care of our pool ourselves. We are currently in the process of finalizing the remodel requirements for our 90's built pool. We do think...

Hello All, We finished resurfacing and restarting the Spa and Pool 2 weeks ago. The pool and spa cleaning contact advised us not to heat the spa water for a month to prevent staining. He also suggested staining will happen gradually within 3 months of new plaster. We raised this question to the...

Hi there! I’m renovating my new home in Palm Springs, CA, which came with an in-ground pool (gunnite) but no spa/hot tub. We’re looking to add an in-ground spa and wanted to keep it separate from the pool for aesthetic reasons (the existing pool is kind of an oblong pill shape and it would look...

Hello everyone, glad I have found this web site! I`m currently working on getting a pool built(still getting bids) but would like to hear everyone`s feed back. Please look over the pool/site plan and tell me if you guys see anything I should be aware of. The pool equipment is also listed on this...

I just had my pool resurfaced and since the changes, our pool lights only stay white. We upgraded the automation to iAqualink from previously just using a Jandy PDA. Now the pool contractor is telling me that we never had colored lights - that they are just incandescent. My family's collective...

Hey y’all!!!! Hope everyone is having an amazing weekend. So. Our new spa and pool has been completed for about 4 months. So far the pool company CAN NOT get the spa to have less back pressure. We have had them out 9 times to fix it. The have tried every Jet that they have and still shuts...

When I use pool math for my spa do I label my spa as fiberglass or vinyl? Or does it even matter? My spa is on its own from my pool so it’s a stand-alone cal spa about 425 gallons.

First Timer here, They are about to break ground on the pool/spa portion of my project. Here is the breakdown, does this check out? Gunite pool 44X22 stretched and curved(perimeter roughly 158.5) see photo 3.6-7ft depth. with a 8x8 raised gunite spa. Back raised privacy wall with 3 water...