Forum: Pool Equipment & Operations

This place has a Hayward S244T sand filter for the extremely low price of $219. ...

My pool was perfectly filled one week. The next week it was overflowing because of water pressure under the hydrostatic valve. Six days later...

Does anyone have an idea of the cost to purchase and install the Aqua Logic PS-4 in an exsisting pool?

I.G Pool 12' by 24', shallow end 3.5', deep end hopper 5.5'. So I guess about 10,000 gallons. I live in Ontario and this is my first year with...

Anyone know where to buy "pool solar panels" in Canada? :eek:

I am considering replacing my aged and troublesome DE filter with a cartridge system, perhaps the Hayward C1200. I plan to purchase multiple...

I am trying to help a friend with her pool. She is loosing pressure after the pump is running a litltle while. I checked the impellar and it is not...

I am planning to purchase a 15'x25'x52" oval pool. I decided on a sand filter, and possibly adding a chlorine generator. What size pump (in HP),...

Anyone use this chemical before? Supposed to act like a solar blanket and reduce heat dissipation? I am skeptical and looking for anyone that has...

I have a mesh (Loop-Lok sp??) pool cover for our IG pool, which we have used for several years now, and highly recommend...it has maintined its...

How much water in a 16X32 w/8' hopper bottom?

Hello, I am building a pool and would like some recommendations for a good pump for my waterfall. The waterfall size is 50 sq. ft, the pump will...

When I opened my pool this year, I decided to "try something different". My DE filter was, as usual, cleaned before putting it in storage last fall....

I built a platform on the ground and had two Fafco solar collectors 4x20 each. well after 3 years they end up splitting, so I bought the plug patch...

Gas co. was out today hooking up the propane tank to the heater. While they were testing it, I was asking questions and observing. I observed that...

Hi everyone: Went through first season of pool ownership last year successfully. New pool opened in April '05 and went to solely using bleach for...

I was told by the pool guys that I should run the pumps during the hottest time of the day. I was reading in another post that electricity service...

For our in-ground pool, we have water going out while the pump is running and the valve is in the filter position(goes out in the street like it is...

I opened my pool Friday. There was a layer of “dust” on the bottom. I sucked it up with the vacuum. My pump sounded normal from the time I started...

Hi, our Pac-Fab 2" High-Flow MPV top cracked and the handle came off. (DH switched from waste to filter without turning the filter off.) We need...

For a few weeks now i have been getting sand accumulating on my pool bottom. I know because my Pool Rover Plus is collecting it in handfuls. I have...

I have installed a Haywood filter (24 inch diameter) with Zeobrite as a fiter media last year. When ever the pool pump turns on I notice a brownish...

I'm sure this was in the old forum but should probably be asked again... Anyway, has anyone used those cheap "Solar Fish" instead of a bubble...

Which color solar blanket works the best for heating up a pool during the day? I know that any cover will help reduce heat loss at night, but I'm...

Hi! I have a 37000 gallon IG pool/spa combo. I have a 2 hp pool pump and another 2hp pump dedicated to spa jets. My system is operating at 22...

I have an inground pool, and I understand that inground and above ground pumps have different pressures to handle, thus different pumps. Are the...

Should I buy neverlube valves for my solar line separator or can I just use simple plain ball valves? The price difference is quite significant....