We are renting a beach house for a week in the outer banks and will have a pool. The water temp is likely to be a little cool, so would it work to use a big tarp to...

Can I replace a 250BTU heater (Laars Series one) with a 400BTU one, or will the extra heating capacity cause problems with the water exit temperature? My pool is...

Hi,

I've been working on a simple and cheap DIY solar pool heater, and would like to get some feedback from real pool owners about how you think it might work.

Its...

The gas valve on my Laars series one EPG 250 is a BMVRFT (Robertshaw 700-511), which needs to be replaced as it is sticking closed. Seems as though some of the 700-511...

I have a solar panel and would like to know if you can run your pump & filter with the solar panel at the same time as the solar cover is on the pool, does the...

What is the best type of solar pool cover? There are several types and thickness to choose from, clear, blue, aluminum coated, etc.

Which way is a solar cover supposed to be bubbles facing down towards water and smooth side up facing sun or smooth side toward water and bubbles towards sun??

Thanks ,...

I was recently told about a cheap and easy way to heat your pool. I was told that I could paint a 45 galon drum black and run about 300 feet of 3/4 inch tubing inside....

i am using copper coils from an old ac unit ,placed in my attic-with a fan pulling hot air past the coils.is this enough to heat my pool--10,000 gals.? i live in central...

well we live in louisville ky and our summer's are pretty average with above average humidity. we are building a 12x26 fiberglass pool and were originally gonna put in a...

do the bubbles on the solar cover face down towards the water or up towards the sun??

thanks Eileen

We have a very large outdoor woodburner that heats our home and hot water as well as barn. It was sized to heat half the Township ;) and can also heat a swimming...

I have had electric water heaters in previous pools, but never had tried propane. Is there a benefit to propane heaters, money is not an object. What are the Pros' &...

Hello

I started my minimax up this year and ran it for an hour or so

the thermal fuse burnt.

I replaced it and did my best to clean the burner as I noticed tall...

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just wondering if i applyed black plastic or tarp to outside of pool would it heat the water a little

The pilot flame on my pool heater is about 6 inches high and buring yellow, not the low blue flame like normal. What would cause this. Everything else seems to be...

Has anyone got a source for a home made solar heater or even better yet an oil burning heater. Wondering if we could secure some plans to give us ideas

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My pool pump is working but doesn't seem to have the suction that it had to the point that my navigator will not move very fast

we just bought a new home which has a inground heated pool and we are having a problem turning on gas for the pool to be heated it just keeps saying "safety switch...

I have a Teledyne Laars Series 2 ESC 325K heater. the heater won't lite. i have gas going to the front of the gas valve but nothing after the valve. I replaced the valve...