Quick blurb as an introduction..
My wife had the bright idea of installing an ingound 8'x8' hottub in our backyard (Yard is 37'x27'), I eventually convinced her that if im digging out a hole in the ground that I may aswell put a pool in. After getting a few quotes from local installers I decided to just do it myself (with the help of some friends = free labor).
After purchasing the required wall panels, interior steel steps, liner etc and renting the excavation equipment I came out with a pool that is 10x20 w/avg 4' deep (3.5' shallow and 4.5' deep - mostly for cooling down).
Using the following equipment:
- Hayward Maxflow vsp 240v
- Hayward H250ED2 250k btu (yes, these are still sold here in Canada)
- Hayward Prologic 8 relay
- Hayward T-Cell-15
- Hayward 24" LED waterfalls (x 3)
- Hayward GVA-24 3-way actuator
- Pentair Posi-Clear RP Cartridge filter 200sq
- AquaLamp 12v LED multicolor pool lights (x2)
- Inline Zinc anode rod
- Jandy 3 way vales, Jandy check valve
- Suction lines @ 1.5"
- 2 returns @ 1.5"
- Main waterfall line @ 2" that branches off to 3 x 1.5" lines
Needless to say I can work with my hands however when it comes to chemicals and getting everything up and running I'm totally in the dark!
Examples of my total lack of understanding such as:
- How many KG of salt does one use?
- What testing kit should I purchase (K-2006, TF-100, K-2006C). Its important to note that I am in Canada so I would be bring it over on my future travel. Also since our pool seasons are roughly 4 months would these expire before I get to use it all up?
- A friend gave me his K-2005 but it has expired by a few years, is there anything that I can use from this kit?
- Since its a fairly small body of water is there something that I should look out for?
Im sure that there are other tips and tricks that you all can provide. Hopefully I provided enough information above.
Thank you in advance
My wife had the bright idea of installing an ingound 8'x8' hottub in our backyard (Yard is 37'x27'), I eventually convinced her that if im digging out a hole in the ground that I may aswell put a pool in. After getting a few quotes from local installers I decided to just do it myself (with the help of some friends = free labor).
After purchasing the required wall panels, interior steel steps, liner etc and renting the excavation equipment I came out with a pool that is 10x20 w/avg 4' deep (3.5' shallow and 4.5' deep - mostly for cooling down).
Using the following equipment:
- Hayward Maxflow vsp 240v
- Hayward H250ED2 250k btu (yes, these are still sold here in Canada)
- Hayward Prologic 8 relay
- Hayward T-Cell-15
- Hayward 24" LED waterfalls (x 3)
- Hayward GVA-24 3-way actuator
- Pentair Posi-Clear RP Cartridge filter 200sq
- AquaLamp 12v LED multicolor pool lights (x2)
- Inline Zinc anode rod
- Jandy 3 way vales, Jandy check valve
- Suction lines @ 1.5"
- 2 returns @ 1.5"
- Main waterfall line @ 2" that branches off to 3 x 1.5" lines
Needless to say I can work with my hands however when it comes to chemicals and getting everything up and running I'm totally in the dark!
Examples of my total lack of understanding such as:
- How many KG of salt does one use?
- What testing kit should I purchase (K-2006, TF-100, K-2006C). Its important to note that I am in Canada so I would be bring it over on my future travel. Also since our pool seasons are roughly 4 months would these expire before I get to use it all up?
- A friend gave me his K-2005 but it has expired by a few years, is there anything that I can use from this kit?
- Since its a fairly small body of water is there something that I should look out for?
Im sure that there are other tips and tricks that you all can provide. Hopefully I provided enough information above.
Thank you in advance