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My booster pump was making a foul noise earlier this spring, sounding like a bearing was going out. I've had it shut off for a couple months and we just vacuum as needed to keep the bottom clean. This weekend I turned on the booster pump just to verify the noise and try to troubleshoot some...

We've had our pool for 5 years and I've known about this forum and even visited periodically. I even bought a TFT kit! But I was bad and let the chain pool store test my water these past several years. (Forgive me, forum, for I have sinned.) Due to a combination of laziness (can't be...

Last week the pool was beautiful. Clear water, chemicals balanced, perfect temperature for swimming. Then we got a bunch of rain on Sunday, and I noticed it was cloudy. By Tuesday it was green. When I checked the panel Tuesday evening, there was no error message but the green light for the...

What could cause my Ph to keep climbing? I can't get it to stay down at 7.5 for more than a week. It's getting very frustrating. I have a SWG plaster pool, about 26000 gallons, finished in March of this year.

Now that the pool is done, we're swimming all the time, it's time to pipe in the music. After reading opinions here on outdoor speakers, I picked up a pair of Yamaha AW350W at Fry's on a great deal. I want to pipe the music to these speakers from iTunes mix on our Mac inside. I have the Apple...

Okay, so finally I have the numbers from my first test using the TF-100 kit. This is for a SWG. Water temp: 83 Salt: 3000ppm FC: .5 CC: .5 pH: 8.2 T/A: 60 CH: 210 CYA: Filled all the way and could still see the black dot. Is the water in the test bottle supposed to get cloudy? It'...

We have a new pool (2 months old), and when I got home today, the pool has a slightly green tinge. I travel Monday through Thursday almost every week, so I'm not able to watch it every day. And I don't know enough yet to even teach my wife. :( So here's my immediate question; air temps...

We just built a new salt water pool (Jandy AquaPure SWG) and I'm about to order the TF-100 so I can start tracking the water. Do I need the salt water test kit also? Or can I just rely on my equipment to tell me the salinity?

Our pool is just about done, only have the plaster left, so I'm thinking about the next phase of landscaping. I'll be doing almost all of this myself, not just to save some money but because I enjoy getting my hands dirty. But I'm really at a loss on what plants to use. Here's a picture of...

We finally pulled the trigger, and boy howdy, I sure hope we made the right decision. We talked with references, BBB and all that and it's all great. No cause for concern, just nervous that's all. This is a new adventure for us. Here's some particulars: 40' x 20' 3'6" to 8'6" diving pool...

We've received our first bid on a new pool, so I thought I'd share the specs here and get some feedback. I've never owned a pool before, so I want to get some expert opinions to make sure I get the best quality I can for my money. Natural shape diving pool and spa with stone coping and a 30+...

I'm working with 3 PB's right now on our new pool project, and here's the first design I've received back. It's doesn't have a full list of equipment, and I've already told the PB we need to lengthen it as much as possible (there's a couple more feet we can add), and add more patio. But it's...

We live on the outside of a corner, so our lot is narrow in the front yard, but 180 feet across the back yard. It's technically about .35 acres. The problem is we have a shallow back yard, and then add a 7.5 foot easement, we're looking at a relatively narrow pool. So I got out stakes and...

Good morning! I'm glad I found this forum. Here's my story.... 14 years ago my wife and I built our house, never dreaming we'd be here this long. We were fortunate enough to design our house, so we got exactly what we wanted. For the past 5 years we've been looking to move, but just can't...