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I was very surprised to see my total alkalinity down to 40. A little research said heavy rains can lower alkalinity. We’ve definitely had that in my area. Do you see any reason to add baking soda to bring it up to 60 or so? Results below

Well here is the damage. I thought I got away unscathed, I didn’t. It’s these pipes going into the heater, is this a pool company repair....or can I do it. Is this a heater replacement or do they sell these pipes separately? TIA TFP

Power went out last night at some point. I was running in freeze protect but now It appears that I’m frozen. I have a cyclonic filter that’s clear, i can see that it’s frozen Dang near solid. Power is still out and I don’t think we’ll be above freezing for a few days. i turned off the breakers...

Well my pool is a sports pool. it is 17x34 at 4’ to 5’6” to 4’6” Plus a hot tub that is 6’5x6’5 at 3’-6” with a seat around it Plus sun deck that is 5’ x 8’ x 0’-8 1/2” I figured this at 21,000 gallons+ and applied 45# of granular boric acid from Duda Diesel 24 hours ago. I just used a...

I've decided I'm about ready to add borates. It seems that power would dissolve easier and quicker than granular What is the reason that everyone suggests granular?

FC 4.5 CC 0 PH 7.5 TA 90 CH 375 CYA 90 Water temp 62 CSI -.27 I feel like my ta, ch, and cya is too high. CYA was always low so about 6 months ago I added CYA (sock in skimmer) and didn’t see much change. I’ve used pucks about 3 or 4 times while out of town, about 6 mos to a year ago do I need...

1st off. I’ve never had this issue before. We decided to attempt to heat the pool for the 1st time for Christmas. We haven’t used the heater/spa in a couple of months. We tried to heat the hot tub this morning and the heater wouldn’t fire up. It shows it on and running on the app but it’s not...

It’s almost impossible to remove

1st time to crank up the hot tub, just got the gas run. Couldn’t turn it on via app. Had to turn it on manually. Ever seen this? OmniLogic is controlling everything else perfectly.

Moved from here. I’m fairly new, a couple of months now. Mowing through hasachlor 12.75 CYA is typically 20-30 Should I use a puck or two for a week to get it up, or buy some stabilizer, or not worry about it?

I left town for a day, the kids apparently turned on the spa in advertently and I’m not sure what happened after that. When I got home they were adding water to the pool because they said it was low, it shouldn’t have been. , the spa was low and I had this error at my controller. Not sure if...

Suction port at side of pool Pump on high I’m new at this so I’m not sure how to set my valves. Pool is 22 days since fill. I thought I probably need to adjust valve at skimmer and main drain lines. I tried a few combinations of partially shut valves on those two lines but nothing got me to...

Suction port at side of pool Pump on high I’m new at this so I’m not sure how to set my valves. Pool is 22 days since fill. I thought I probably need to adjust valve at skimmer and main drain lines. I tried a few combinations of partially shut valves on those two lines but nothing got me to...

Bottle dumper Pebble plaster 20000 gal Spa spillover FC - 1.5 CC - .5 PH - 7.8 TA - 150 CYA - 40 CH - 225 I just added 2 quarts of 12.5 for a target of 3.0 I plan to add 1 quart 1 cup and 2 oz. (no way I’m that accurate) of muriatic in a couple of hours All of this sound ok? Do I need to...

Well pool school from our builder is this weekend. I’ve been brushing for a week and a half. Been using my tf100 for a week, pb is still maintaining chemical balance. I have liquid chlorine ready. See my signature for pool specs, anything particular I should ask or prepare for? I’ve been...

Have you ever heard of a new plaster install and some type of water (ground water?) leaking through the side of the pool? One area seemed to stay darker as the rest of the pool plaster was drying. Now I can see that the plaster is actually wet where this is. Water has leaked into the side of...

This is our attempt at having one place that we can view the finished product of various Plaster/Pebble/Quartz/Vinyl/FG/etc. pool finishes. Simply attach a good pic looking down at the steps and another one looking at the deep end to share how it looks at different depths. Make sure to share the...

We are scheduled to plaster this week, weather is supposed to be cold and wet. 30’s and 40’s early in the week and raining later in the week. Are there guidelines I need to make sure we’re fillowing to get a good plaster job. Plaster is Stonescapes mini-pebble. TIA TFP

Ok well we’ve finally made our choice. After talking to NPT we’ve decided to go with Stonescapes Mini Pebble Tropics Blue. Aqua Blue - a little too light Midnight - a little too dark Tahoe - I’m not sure, I still like Tahoe. Their most popular color by far, per Houston salesman at NPT (8 out of...

Decision time. We have a 17x34’ rectangular sports pool (4’/5’6”/4’6”) We are using Stonescapes minipebble My three colors are Aqua Blue Tropics Blue Midnight Blue I don’t want ANY green I want to be able to see a snake at the bottom of the pool. I want pure, deep blue. I truly don’t...

Not exactly sure what I’m looking at.

The electrician wants to add a surge protector at the equipment pad. Is this a normal thing to have/need? Looks like it’s not in the contract, but the electrical sub told me it’s a good idea. what do y’all think?

I’m in “about to the plaster” stage. Plumbing/electrical are being done now. I’m trying to wrap my head around a gallon of bleach a day! Do I need to pump the brakes and see if it’s not too late to spring for a swcg.

I picked a 1,000#+ rock that has to be 4-5’ long and 2-3’ wide. It’s probably 1’ thick Is this a typical jump rock or do y’all go smaller but taller?

This is what we’re using around the hot tub walls and for the left and right side of the pool to hot tub walls. See rendering and stone pics Question is how will it do. When we said stacked stone this is not what I was thinking. However my wife seems to be ok with it.

I have had water trickling into the side of the pool since they dug the hole. They applied gunite yesterday an there is now a pipe coming through the wall and water is coming out of it. Is this common? Working on adding a pic, it’s telling me the file is too large.

Pool is a 17 x 34, approximately 19,000 to 20,000 gallons, heater is 400k BTU. How big of a propane tank do I need?

I’m putting in a 17x34 rectangle. I have scheduled one colorlogic in the spa and one in the pool. See pic below. They shoe the pool light at the 17’ end under the spa pointing away from the spa. Should it be there or on the 35’ side.

Trying to pick my pool finish color, like everyone else, I need help. I’m going to use Stonescapes Mini-Pebble. I want my blue pure and deep, no green or gray shades. I also want to be able to see a snake in the pool, so not too dark. I think I have it narrowed down to Aqua Blue or Tropics...

Well I found out at 3pm they were going to excavate today. Got home and saw they dug the width a foot narrow and length a foot long, contract was not updated properly. Reached out to pb, 30 minutes later they said they would be there tomorrow and use mini-ex to fix width. Pays to to deal with...