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  1. jfgreco

    Jandy Space Saver Valve Leaking?

    I went out to check on my stuff today. I closed the pool about a month ago. I found that one of the Jandy valves is leaking. It's closed but water is still getting past it. Do I need to just replace the diverter assembly?
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    Clorox Products?

    I am seeing various Clorox brand pool products this year. So far I have found Pool salt and stabilizer with the Clorox label. Anyone use them? I am going to try their stabilizer as it was available on Amazon with Prime.
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    Shade Sail

    Anyone install a shade sail over the pool? What did you use for support posts? Anyone have them so they can be removable? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Calcium Hardness Test - Pink to Clear?

    My cousin is at our vacation house and was testing the pool with our TF-100 kit. He is a pool owner himself and is versed in the testing methods. When he was testing calcium hardness. It went from pink to clear. I tested it last week and it went properly from pink to blue. Any ideas what...
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    Not Enough Chlorine Produced

    Our pool at our families vacation house isn't producing enough chlorine. I tested it and it's coming up 0.5 FC. The SWG is running at 100% for the last 1.5 days. The pool is 100% balanced otherwise. Salt level is 3000 ppm. Any thoughts? - 18,000 gal fiberglass pool Pentair IC40 SWG...
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    Plaster/Pebble tec question

    Looking at refinishing my plaster pool. Currently it is your typical white plaster and tile band at the top. Had a builder come look and advised we could remove the tile band and pebble tec to the coping. Any one have this design in their pool? Any issues? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Stains from pH Down?

    I added some dry acid last night and I think there might have been a couple of clumps. I noticed his morning two brownish stains. I tried to brush hem bit no luck. There are no leaves or anything in the pool.
  8. jfgreco

    Solar Roller

    Any one use this or seen it in action? http://solarfactory.com/ I was looking at it as an option for the solar cover due to space limitations.
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    Salt Testing

    I took a test using the taylor drop test and it came out at 2900ppm. The SWG is reporting 3300ppm. I know the philosophy is always trust your numbers, but my understanding is there is potentially a 400ppm swing in the test. I am just trying to figure out where to go from here. Any input would be...
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    Looking for a pool repair company in NJ

    Have some tiles that need repairing and what not. And possibly a crack in the plaster. I am trying to track down names of some companies that might service the Morris County area. I hope this is the right board, if not, mod please move accordingly.
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    Test Results

    Got my kit recently and still trying to figure out whats going on. Water is clear. Seems to me I just need to bring a few up and a few down and will be in balance. We just switched this week to a SWG. 6/14/2011 - 1st Set FC - 1.5 CC - 1 TC - 2.5 pH - 7.5 TA - 160 CH - 300 CYA - 38 Salt - 3800...
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    Chrlorine to SWG Conversion

    I have been digging through topics to see if anyone specifically talks about the conversion process. I stopped by the pool store today to check something out and was talking with them and they mentioned that you had to shock the pool to get the salt converting. I haven't seen that mentioned...
  13. jfgreco

    New Sand Filter

    I am new to TFP and boy am I glad I found this site. Been reading through the forums for the past couple weeks. And read through pool school. We installed a new 24" Hayward Pentair Sand Filter at the beginning of the season. I can't seem to get the pressure to drop below 16 psi after a...