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Does anyone have a trick to sealing the skimmer for a pressure test. I simply cannot get a Seal with a 2 inch threaded plug. I must’ve done something right on one of them because one is sealed fine.

Can the Load Center Terminals accept no 2 awg wire? I am looking at feeding my 275' run with 2awg aluminum. I cannot find anything in the technical documents or manual

New Build 20x44 Vinyl liner Deck Jets x 4 Waterfall 3 led pool lights SWCG Intelliflo3 3 hp pump Triton II Filter Already over budget on other parts so I am wondering if the intillicenter is needed to conctrol this or is there a way to do it with the relays on the pump itself. So I need to...

It’s been 10 Years since I built my last OB pool we have since moved, and I are in the planning phase of a new build! This time we are definitely going to do an automatic cover. My question is, can all automatic covers be used with a vinyl liner pool with the correct track? More detail: I...

Hi everyone, I have a 2.5 year old Pentair 2 speed wisperflo 2hp pump. I noticed it stopped working a week ago and I thought it just overheated. I took the motor apart from the housing and visually inspected it there motor spins great with out any noticeable issues. I then turned the motor...

Everything this summer has been pretty smooth until today :( . My water has been crystal clear with many parties and pretty much swimming everyday. I have had the IC40 cranked up to %50 while we have been having lots of groups over to swim. Yesterday was the first day we havent swam in a...

My friend has been going to a pool store for years. She has been using something that has obviously been adding cya. The store keeps telling her to shock, and then sells her cal-hypo(notice the CH results). I don't think she has every actually got the pool to shock level. I went to her house...

I am really a newbie and have had lots of fun learning. My pool is moderately cloudy. I can't see to the end of the 40' side underwater but can easily see the bottom when out of the pool. I just finished raising the CYA to SWG levels. Every weekend has been parties of 20 or so kids swimming...

I was wondering how others boost their chlorine? Do you add bleach or just up the percentage on the swcg? Thanks

I am really wanting to catch the sparklypoolitis and right now and just frustrated and maybe just impatient. The past two days have be very windy adding lots of leaves to the pool I had my mx8 vacuum and hand skimmed them out in the mornings. We had about 20 kids in the pool yesterday and...

Pool has been sitting for 1.5 weeks. I vacuumed like crazy after we had some serious wind storms but the water is really cloudy. Yesterday I added salt and that is all I have done. I do have a swg :) . Pump is now running on low for 24/7. I pulled out my test kit and tested but the only...

I did not have any anchors for my safety rope in my vinyl liner kit so now I need to figure something for a retro fit. I purchased some coping mounts that were for this purpose but they are very curved for a curved style coping. My pool has the snap loc coping that is flat. Does anyone have...

My pool is completed and filled as of last week. Our forecast for the next two days calls for night temps down to 29. What do I need to do? Daytime temps will be 50's. I have heard I can just run the pump but that won't work for my deck jets or I could have some really cool ice sculpture the...

My pool is filling up! Do I need to run the shop vac until the entire deep end is full or just a few inches. It will take most of the night to get the water level just below my step and light where I need it.

I am trying to plan out the rest of my build and was thinking about dropping the liner the 4th week in March. My concern is that we can still get snow in April and temps can get below 32 degrees overnight. I am trying to figure out my options. A. Could I fill the pool to under the returns...

We are at the concrete deck phase and right now I am deciding between these two bids. Any feedback would be appreciated. Bid 1 My father in law used him and his work was good. 1600-1700 square feet of concrete All grade work, forms, rebar, and stamped. He will build a fire pit using sono...

Is there any reason I cannot have my concrete deck poured this fall and then do the floor and the liner in the spring? My 20 x 40 steel wall pool is backfilled and I could have it graded for the concrete in a week or so. The advantage to me is savings in the off season for concrete work. We...

Well I am so frustrated and embarrassed. But as I have heard on the board before, experience is what you get just after you need it. I am adding two returns to my steps on my vinyl liner pool. They are Hayward 1408 inlet/outlet fittings. I drilled 3 inch holes just like I did on my wall for...

We would love to add a waterfall to the long end of our 20 x 40 pool. We have some large boulders we are playing on making a planter out of and I though we could bring a few of the flat rocks close to the edge of the coping without resting on it. Then install some sort of water fall that goes...

I have been reading this site for months and just now donated and decided to make it official. I am sure the site has already saved me more then a membership fee. To make a long story shorter we got a great deal on a reo house two years ago that the previous owners had pool plans. They had...

Thank you all so much for your expertise I have spent many many hours on this site. I really do not want to install a main drain on my DIY 20 X 40 8' depth vinyl liner install. My question is, will I have enough suction side with two skimmers plumbed separately with 2" pipe? I will also have...

I am getting ready to start a DIY 20x40 Vinyl liner build in Southern Colorado. Actually I have already started, the reo house we bought 2 years ago had the hole dug which has lead to many man problems in itself, so I have been working the hole for a while trying to get it right. I just bought...