Forum: Pool Equipment & Operations

We moved into a house with a pool. The existing MobileTouch remote was broken, so the home warrant company sent us a new one. The only problem is the...

My current 300 lb sand filter bit the dust. I have a 1hp pump, an in ground pool, with around 18000 gal (I think - it's a kidney shaped pool and...

Ok, best title I could come up with for a few basic questions. Here goes. I have a 20,000 pebble-tec pool with pentair pump/filter/swcg. The pool...

Hello! I hope that I am able to provide enough information to get an answer to my questions, and someone can offer suggestions on what I need to...

Does anyone know if you can use an inground pool alarm with an above ground pool? Thanks

hello, i have an in ground cleaning system by a&a manufacturing with gamma 3 pop up heads. the heat exchange in my aquacal heater has cracked 2x's...

Hey all, I am a newly indoctrinated pool owner, having recently bought a house with a pool. According to the previous owners, the pool and system...

I have an in-ground vinyl liner pool that needs some sort of plumbing arrangement to provide an overflow mechansim What i would like is to have the...

Newbie here! I live in South Florida and yesterday my pool temp was 94 degrees. My brother has an in ground pool and has these PVC things that...

OK, so I'm a relatively new pool owner with a few questions about my Hayward DE filter and the systems that operate my pool... My system uses a...

We're installing a new "real" AG (retired the donut) with sand filter. Will probably put some DE on sand filter for that "Sparkley Clean". Where...

I have a DE grid filter w/ a multi valve and am getting a small amount of DE back in the pool (but it's hard to tell for sure or if it's just dirt)....

This heater starting acting up by constantly cylcling on and off. Also, the LCD display still worked, somewhat, but the charators looked like they...

I want to do the oposite , I want to reflective cover to keep the heat out .. Like the temp bubble wrap covers for solar gain ... I cannot find...

Anybody try hooking up a Polyester filter bag to the return like the polishing Slimebag? I see various 1 micron filter bags for about 5 to 7 bucks. ...

Hi all - not sure if this is the right section for this post . . . Thrilled to be back in the swim this year - didn't open the pool last summer....

I'm planning to install a small new AG pool. in a couple years, I'd like to get a larger AG or maybe an IG. I want to size / buy a sand filter and...

Just installed a new sand filter after old cartridge filter died (it was 26 years old). While I love the ease of backwashing the sand filter, I am...

Hi Everyone! I am new here and am a newer pool owner. We have an above ground 15' round pool, with a fan tail resin deck on one side. We have a...

I added some DE to my sand filter yesterday as outlined in the sticky at the top of this forum. (btw - the difference in my water overnight is...

I just cleaned my DE filter and after reassembling, I can't get it to pressurize. Its an old (20+ yrs) Swimquipt with the panel type filters. It...

I am curious what options there are for those of us who have Hayward Perflex DE filters (or other DE filters) that do not have multiport valves and...

I have an Aqua Comfort electric pool heater. It started to flash a low pressure code. When I spoke to the company rep he asked me to check the...

I've been lurking around this forum for around a year now (since we built our house last year and I knew I wanted a pool). At one time I found a...

Long time reader, first time caller. I need some advice, and I truly value the opinions of the people here. HISTORY: Long story short, my...

Hello everyone. While trying to clean up my pool, my pump bit the dust. It was a used pump I got from a friend for cheap so wasn't really surprised...

I have a Hayward H200, installed used 3 yrs. ago, at the time was 3 yrs. old. Can light the pilot but when turning up thermostat, the heater does not...

I just had a new pump installed for my in ground pool. I have water return to the pool, but the filter reads zero psi and the suction through the...

I am pretty sure one of my DE filter grids has a hole/tear, since I have been getting debris and some DE blowing back into the pool, especially while...

First off I would like to say this is a great forum and I am so happy I came across it. So great job to all the people that run this site. Okay...