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I wanted to post this comment on determining water leaks. I've read a lot about water leaks and had a leak at my skimmers. Not only did I do a bucket test to confirm, but I also have an SWG in my pool and an EASY way to determine if you have a leak in your pool is when the salt level begins to...

Performed testing on my water last night with both the ColorQ and TF-100 kit. Test - ColorQ - TF-100 fCL - 3.78 - 3.75 CC - 0 - 0.5 pH - 7.7 - in range ALY - 68 - 70 CH - 173 - ??? CYA - 44 - 55 SALT - - 3000 Interestingly, I did the CH...

I winterized my pool this weekend. No problem with the skimmers or the one return. Wasn't able to get any air out of the main drains with either my air compressor or vacuum. Now, my question. All of my lines are at minimum 28" below ground level and then enter my pool house which has never been...

I was pondering about giving Lana the responsibility of taking over the pool chemistry duties. But she just walked in the living room with her phone in her ear talking to her daughter. She asked me if I've seen her phone. She was looking for a recipe name on it. What do you think?

I live in Mt. Airy, MD and have a Loop-loc cover. Anyone else out there and when do you plan on closing. I think I've got at least 2-3 more weeks before I can get that water to stay consistently below 50 degrees.

Got to tell you all, it's been a good forum. Here are my readings from last night: FCL 4.25 tCL 4.25 pH 7.9 (Always adding muriatic acid and 1 yr anniversary in November) ALY 83 CH 217 CYA 63 They're almost perfect. Can't be happier with the way the pool looks except for all that visible dirt...

A little history. Our pool was built last fall and they had caulked our pool in late November. It was done poorly the first try and had them come back again the next day to repair and it was questionable at that. During the winter, we experienced significant frost heave throughout the entire...

Has anyone used Ultimate Pool seal as their caulking between coping and decking? If so, comments? http://www.ultimatepoolseal.com

I've finally gotten my SWG running. I've got my pool cover off and I'm getting the following: FCL 8.5 CC 0.5 ALY 70 CH 220 CYA 52 pH 7.5 Temp - approximately 70 deg F. I run my pump 24 hours a day and my Intellichlor is set at 20% (lowest setting). I've got my pool cover off in an attempt to...

Just a couple comments for those that are starting to look for a good pool builder. I spent very little time researching pool companies because I took a recommendation and ran with it. If I did it again, I would go visit some of the pools that were built. Besides all the problems that I've had...

Just got salt delivered by PB. He didn't want me to put it in until I started using the SWG. I'm not going to start using the SWG until next week sometime. Is there any harm in putting the salt into the pool now? Is the best method to put it in simply to dump most of it equally in the deep end...

I'm going on vacation for 9 days this coming week and the weather is forecast to be above freezing the entire time. My pool is still winterized, so I'm OK there, but my hot tub is running 24 hr/day on the pump. I average 1/4 cup muriatic acid and 1/2 cup clorox every other day to keep everything...

I have my attached spa running all winter and the pump runs 24hrs/day since I've got it up to 70 degrees full-time. Is there anything wrong with doing the same with the pump for the pool and spa all summer? The cost hasn't been high for the entire winter running full-time. Also, you should...

Have we just got bad luck or what? If you've followed a few of my posts, here is what we discovered on Monday when I went in to check our water under the Looploc cover. This pool was constructed from August through November and closed in December. We're a little worn out...

I'm posting my URL: http://golfmd.com/baurphotoalbum/poolco ... /index.htm I have an entire history of construction of our pool with pretty detailed notes for myself in the future and those that are thinking about building a pool. I've learned A LOT of lessons that I wish I had known prior to...

Have I been steered wrong again. When I suggested using pavers around the deck of my pool, the PB indicated to me that you could not run pavers using polymeric sand as the final filler. Any thoughts? What kind of problem would you run into if you did use pavers and fill with polymeric sand?

Provided are 5 pictures of a coping job that was completed by our Pool company. I'd like some unedited opinions on the work that was completed. A synopsis of what happened. After we saw the finished job, we complained and they indicated it would cost $2-3K to demo and re-do. They said it wasn't...

We started our new Pentair MaxETherm heater in December. It runs full-time at 70 degrees which I would suspect is not a real load on a new heater like this. Initially it had a crack in the bottom section and leaked. They fixed that. Now it's not running. It's got a high pitched sound when it's...

I've been playing around each day with my new Lamotte ColorQ tester and trying to get all the chemicals right. I went from the following on 12/28 FC 0.11, TC 0.11, pH 8.1, TA 86, CH 257, CYA 40 I've been struggling on getting that pH down and I added a little too much muriatic acid after those...

Hi All, I'm a new pool owner and have been going through many of your posts and found this site to be quite useful. Just got my pool winterized, but have the attached hot tub running full-time. Working on the water testing and getting close to having it right. I've got an entire history of our...