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Hi! Just checking in. I've neglected TFP since I closed the pool in the fall. We have had such miserable weather this month so I was not motivated to open early. Today the sun was shining. When I got home from work at 6pm I decided it was the perfect time to start the opening process. I got the...

Hi! I know there are many similar posts from this season and years past but I wanted to get feedback on my plan. I've opened my pool by myself before (with help from TFP), but never closed it. I'm nervous. A big shout out to Newdude, who has already talked me through some of the preliminary...

Hello, I've used my SWG for one season (last summer) and at the start of this season I got a 'no flow' message. The pool had just been opened so filters were clean, etc... I had my VSP on pretty high, to make sure that wasn't an issue. After turning the main power off of the equipment pad and...

Last summer, with the help of this amazing community, I opened my pool by myself. This season I felt lazy and thought 'Hey, at least I proved I COULD do it'... but, I decided to have a company open for me. Well, I just got the invoice and it cost $950!!!! Gah! lesson learned.

Hi! There is a drought going on where I live and I am on well water. My water level in the pool is getting low and almost won’t make it into the skimmer. Last weekend I added water from my well and ended up almost depleting my well. It’s bounced back but the water table is too low right now for...

Today was the first time I turned on the mastertemp 400 heater, since the propane tanks were just put in this past week. I have family coming over and should have played around with it ahead of time. I kept getting a service light on. A quick TFP search revealed there is a wee toggle switch...

I am 5% done with opening the pool and wishing I hired someone else to do it... When I'm done I'm sure I'll feel proud of myself :) Last week the weather was 40-50s and now it's 68 and feeling balmy. While my two year old napped today, I went to the basement to just look at the pool stuff. Next...

you're paying more attention to the pool going in during a scene. I tried to take some screen shots to show the rebar and gunite but Netflix wouldn't let me. Ever since starting my pool journey, I love looking at and critiquing pools on tv/movies

My family is currently staying at a hotel with an indoor pool and outdoor Jacuzzi. My kids keep complaining about how painful the water is on their eyes. Even my husband talked about how the water isn't as nice as ours. I'm feeling pretty pleased with how well our pool did during its first...

I know we are still in this summer but I'm already daydreaming about what I'll add to my pool situation for the next. Do you guys have any special plans? My pool was completed at the end of June but I'm still waiting on a backordered component of the SWG. Can't wait to switch to SWG and that...

Hello! I am creating one thread about my build, that I will update going forward (with questions I'm sure!). I've made a few separate threads in the past. My in ground pool is up to the gunite phase. Crew is waiting until the spring for PebbleTec, tile, pavers, etc... I initially wanted to keep...

My pool is under construction. I have made a few threads lately and am very grateful for the feedback. I'm at the gunite phase and the builder is stopping until the Spring. I stalk old and new posts frequently and have learned so much. Until reading, there were things I didn't think I wanted for...

Hello, Thanks so much for this amazing site and forum! I am in the middle of my pool install, which is paused until the spring. It is at the gunite stage. Anyway, I have a ton of time to obsess over the details. I look at this site multiple times a day. I love dreaming about my future pool and...

Hello, I am half-way through a pool install. I never considered glass tile for the waterline but came across this and now can't stop thinking about it! A basic ceramic 6inch tile is factored into my estimate. Remind me of how much work glass tiles are? Is a tile in the white family a bad idea...

Hi! I am in the middle of my pool install. They are about to do the backfill this week and then break until the spring. The pool company I am using uses Techo-bloc for coping and pavers. The lowest price coping was proposed but I am having second thoughts. I attached an image of the coping. I am...

Hello! I am in the process of having a gunite pool installed. I live in New England and they have done construction up to the gunite phase. In the Spring, they will finish with pebble sheen coating, water line tile, fence, hardscaping, etc... Having so many months between phase one and phase two...

Hello everyone! I am on day two of my in-ground pool installation. I am having the majority of the work done this Fall and then the pavers/permanent fencing done in the Spring. I live in New England and am having a 15x30 rectangular pool put in. Depth 3ft-6ft. Contemplating heat pump vs propane...