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Bring a few zip lock bags, maybe the gallon size and put any small part and screws into them. If anything is different lable what it is and as ajw22 said take photos. Be aware there may be small and slightly larger or smaller screws that need to be put in the proper place.

Hoses tend to get holes in them at the wrong time. Our first pool was strictly hoses and they lasted about a year or 2 before they needed replacement. Our new pool is hard plumbed and it is so much easier IMO. Just make sure you put unions on the piping to be able to break down for storage...

It is a lot of stuff! Since you are taking it on by yourself it seems overwhelming but take it a step at a time. Remember that if you cut corners on things that issues can occur, we are talking about a lot of water weight. How much of an area do you need to till? Would it be better or easier to...

We bought a steel walled, salt water, 24 feet round in 8/22 for $7300 tax included, it came with everything needed. We had to pay extra for the electrical needed due to updated codes and installation. We estimate we paid about $11K total and that didn't include putting the rocks around the...

Back in the day all we used is chlorine. Ahhsome came out with it's purge that works great, did try it's filter cleaner but wasn't impressed. Did you go into the tub with freshly washed suits? Lotions on you bodies? Hot tubs have a way to suck everything off your bodies and clothing and cause...

I don't know the brands Aquapro and Lacus so I can't comment on them other than think about future replacement parts. Something to think about with DE, it can be bumped a few times (moves around the DE and debris in the filter) but then it needs to be recharged. Basically you need to get rid of...

I would fill the pool up to the proper level and see if it works. As far as the salt water system, once you measure and add salt to the appropriate level needed I would check on it to see if it is making chlorine. Unfortunately accidents happen and we can only hope for the best! If for some...

Congratulations on your new fur baby! Are your fur babies Wheatens or Doodles? They look like my sister's Wheaten except they have tails.

You can bump DE filters to redistribute the DE but it only works so many times (3 or 4) before needing to backwash and recharge the filer with DE. When I had a DE filter I never opened the filter mid season to wash the grids but I guess if you can't get the pressure to be close to what you...

People here love their cartridge filters; I have flashbacks from when I was a kid! 🤣 I'm sure back then it was severely under powered and didn't work correctly. One thing I will say is please don't listen to pool stores on how to take care of your water. Buy yourself a good testing kit and...

Welcome to TFP! People have bought from the Poll Factory and I don't think anyone had complaints. For your questions - Our last pool I think had a 20 gauge liner and it lasted about 19years. It was a plain blue wall with swirl bottom, the swirl pattern started delaminating about 15 or so years...

I think your liner is shot but you could try patching. I have had good luck with Gorilla clear waterproof tape holding underwater. Whether you use a dedicated patch and/or the Gorilla tape I would definitely use the Gorilla tape on the outside of the pool. I think you should use vertical strips...

Artesian Spas kind of disappeared! I had one and all dealers vanished from our area too! Besides what PoolStored said, are you sure that you got the right display? Apparently some of their spas had displays that parts aren't available anymore. Bad temp sensor which in my tub was in the filter...

Did you test it? A lot of people have issues with a lounge seat, the jets shoot them out of the longer. 🤣 People forget they become buoyant when in water and having 10 to 30 jets under you will be pushing you out of the lounger. What is a core fabric cover? Typically spas have a foam filled...

The truth is some people may be able to take the time to take the cover off in the AM and put the cover back on in the PM but not everybody wants to make that a habit, I can say we don't. We don't take the cover off the pool usually even when we're in it. Sitting on floats and drinking a...

LEDs are more intense than Halogens, it might also be the color temp of the LED. I have found that we don't like lighting above 3200 K and typically stay with soft white LEDs; I think halogens tend to be around 3000 K. I'm not familiar with pool lights but a blue lens cover may not work, you...

Something that wasn't said is that if the pool is in the sun and has a solar cover on, the cover itself helps with heating the pool. We keep our pool covered with a solar cover and our pool can hit 90 degrees when it's been sunny for a few days. I get about 4 degrees a day rise when it's sunny...

When I was working I repaired medical equipment. It's not a back breaking job but it is physical at times. Toward the end of my work life I noticed that it was getting harder to get up off the floor. From my 20's to early 50's I was bouncing up off the floor. One of the last big jobs I did I had...

Removal of the stuff means you're 1/2 way there! Take water breaks and sit in the shade as needed. Doing work when tired will just get harder and mess ups will happen more frequently. When we put the pebbles down around our pool we did it by bag, I think each bag was 50 lbs. My wife who is in...

I'm a little late here but when we bought our new pool there was salt friendly and not salt friendly pool manufacturers, we bought a salt friendly. We bought it because it was cheaper and we liked the dealer more. The only difference I can tell is our pool has resin uprights, top rail and...

I would take a screwdriver and gently tap on the rusted areas to see if they're sound. If the screwdriver make a hole - you're on borrowed time. Be aware that inside is going to be similar to outside, if not worse. The good news I think is you can still see the bottom track so if the wall is...

I have a wide mouth skimmer as well. When we got the new pool the skimmer didn't come with a skimmer plate, our old pool had a standard skimmer and came with a hard plate. I looked around on line and all I found was an Aquador wide mouth skimmer plate so I bought one for when the pool was...

I'm looking at you photo now on a computer and the water looks low to me. But it could be too small of a cover. 4 inches below the skimmer would be about the place the return is and that sounds about right so I'm a little confused why there is such a slope in the cover. Typically you don't want...

Thanks! I put the jugs on top of the cover on the inside of the pool. The jugs are tied in place so when the wind tries to make the cover billow and fling the jugs! 🤣🤣🤣 I just assumed, stupidly!, that the weight of the water jugs would do the job. Mother Nature had a different idea!!!!

Cling wrap doesn't work but maybe the wrap that they use on pallets would work, I'm going to try that next year. OP as far as wind and winter cover. Covers are cheap and liners are expensive. Over the years I have had covers punctured by branches. The smaller holes were repaired by Gorilla...

I've used about 4 bags and they have been very clean. Others talked about it on the forum and I followed their lead. I also used it this winter for snow and ice removal!😆

I use diamond crystal naturals solar salt. The lowes near me sells them: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Diamond-Crystal-40-lb-Salt-Solar-Crystals/50107190

No problem! A salt is a chlorine pool, just use salt to generate the chlorine. I used liquid chlorine/bleach with our last pool with a backup of Trichlor pucks for when we went on vacation. I went with salt with this pool to make it easier on me. No more running to the store to buy gallons of...

Reagents expire in about a year. If you are buying a new kit and it'll test everything you need then you may want to stop there. But being in Miami you will go through more reagents then us up north, maybe just buy the refill kit for your kit!

In my pool there is a very slight taste of salt when I tasted it. I have been told by people that their skin feels different in the pool than in other chlorine pools, not crusty feeling but maybe more smooth. I think I feel a difference but it's not very noticeable. I went with salt for ease of...