Forum: Pool Equipment & Operations

I have an older model Laars Lite 400K BTU propane spa heater that uses a pilot light/flame - rather than electronic ignition. I had my 120 gallon...

The plum tree next to the pool area decided to drop a bunch of leaves last night, and this morning the skimmer basket was clogged. I don't know if it...

Everything I have read here says got with a 2-speed pump. I have told everyone quoting to quote a 2-speed pump and for all of them it was not...

Howdy all, Well after almost a year of trying to figure out how to keep up with my plaster pool with cartridge filter (finally got it down after...

Start a new pool build, The kit is in the yard. this may sound stupid.....but does the ps-8 box have a door to cover the breakers? the online pics...

Ok,,, this has been a headache have been getting allot of leaves on the bottom of the pool. I been using the skimmer to vacumme it all up, untill I...

Hello, all. I have a 32k gal. IG, vinyl lined with an Aquarite SWG. I'm about to install a mesh saftey cover (first time). Summer pump run time...

The pump is starting to screech and it sounds to me like a worn bearing, but being new to pools I don't know what a worn impeller or other moving...

Got a quote for an IG pool. Due to easement restrictions, it is a small pool/spa - about 9,000 gallons. Here are the specifics: Hayward 60 sq. ft....

I am having the pool surfaces replace and I will be replacing the 20 year old sand filter at the same time. My pool is 13.5K gallon, with an in-floor...

Invisible Solar Blanket.... True or BS? http://www.smarthome.com/3225.html

I just put my pool in this summer (completed on 8/1/06). There were traces of sand coming into the pool at the returns from the beginning. However,...

My hose for my backwash popped about a week ago, but that was the pbs fault. Now my hose is only 12' long. I need at least 25' of hose to run it...

Our pump started making a much louder noise, although it isn't continuous. It sometimes sounds almost normal, but you can still hear a different...

I have recently finished construction on my IG gunite custom form pool. I spent many of days clicking through everyones threads stealing/borrowing...

We have about 3 inches of rain on our cover now and a lot more is expected in the next days. Is it necessary to drain the water off of it? It is...

I originally started a thread on going solar but after great research and help here I've turned to a heat pump, for I like the fact I'm able to swim...

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Any suggestions on how to best baffle the noise/ vibration that is transmitted from the pump through the slab? My pump sits on a slab up against the...

Any suggestions for a signaling device at my back gate. I don't want friends and neighbors just walking thru the gate or yelling over the fence to...

hi, I have a 6 yr old Sta-rite 1.5hp Max-E-Glas II pump which has died. It is a pump for my in ground 28k gallon pool that goes through a Sta-Rite...

I've been trying to convince a neighbor that just installed an inground pool that a solar cover would save them money. I gave them a website that I...

Is it true that a 2" pipe can only push 73 GPM so a pump that can push more will be useless?

We are having a Solar Heater rep coming today. Are there things I should be looking at and questions to ask? Are there different types of panels to...

Can anyone tell me how to get sand out of the bottom of my pool? It is an in-ground pool that I just had built. The Hayward Cartridge Filter...

I'm posting on several threads here about my friends pool. I have no idea what this thing with a cap is.. I don't have one on my pool and I'm...

I have a Pentair Mini Max 300 Nt heater.. only 4 months old. About 4-5 weeks ago I turned it on for 5-6 hours to heat up the pool, we went out came...

Just noticed today that the pump basket had very little water in it, and the filter pressure was zero. Pump was running on low speed. I tried...

I have AG pool 30' 22,000 gallons of water. i currently have a 2 hp pump it is starting to give me problems. if i decide to relpace what is the min....