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So I tested my water last night with my TFTestKit100 and here are the results: CYA 30-40 TA 120 CH 180 A pool guy told me not to raise my CH because we get plenty hard water here and they are often draining pools in the area because pool water is too hard. Should I raise my CH or is it okay...

The low salt light came on on my swg yesterday. So yesterday I tested the salt content with the K-1766 salt test kit and it was 2800 ppm. It was 3200 ppm last week. This morning the light went off and I tested it again, it is at 3000 ppm. So what is going on with my tests and water? Why is...

My free chlorine level is ranging from 1 to 1.5. To raise it is it best to use liquid chlorine or add salt to the pool? I have a swg and couldn't find if I could raise it with salt or if I could use liquid chlorine to raise it since I have a salt pool. Also, my CH is 150. Where is the best...

I have a portable Sundance spa and I also have a pool that uses a suction cleaner (ThePoolCleaner) and I was wondering if I could just disconnect the cleaner and use my hose to clean the debris at the bottom of the spa, then put a little more water in the spa after cleaning to replace what has...

We are installing Stonescapes mini pebble and we can get some glass beads seeded in at no cost if we'd like. We are putting in Tropics Blue. Does anyone have any experience with glass beads or pictures that you could share? I'd love any input regarding whether we should do this or not. Also...

I just read this thread. They are installing my intellibrite 5g color 120v lights right now. They are using a wire pull lubricant, which has dripped onto my shotcrete too, and I am worried that it will cause stains after reading this thread: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/39754-Rust...

I am in Temecula, CA 92592 and I just had my plaster contractor come and give me a bid. He looked at the pool and asked, "where's your hydrostatic relief valve?" Well this is the first I'd heard of one of these. I guess it's to relieve pressure on the pool if water builds up under it, then it...

Just finished getting shotcrete installed around 5 hours ago. Should I water it tonight or wait til the morning? I plan to water 3 times a day for a week or two.

Well, after much research and study, I've dived into the owner builder realm and I am starting the adventure of building my FIRST pool (never even owned one before, so this site is a huge help). I'm super nervous, but I've worked through a guy who used to build pools in the area for over 20...

Getting ready to dig in the next couple weeks, and we are trying to make some detailed design choices. 1) So we have about a 2 foot wall that runs the length of the pool, and we are really struggling trying to decide on what to put on the wall. We love the look of glass tile, but not sure...

Hello, I was hoping you wise pool owners/builders could tell me if I am going to be okay with the bid I plan to accept for my pool plumbing as an OB. It is a 16x38 IG Gunite pebble rectangle pool with an additional 5x10 reef shelf, 3.5-7 ft, and we are in Southern California where it...

We are in Southern California and my shotcrete bid is stating that is 3000 p.s.i. Is that strong enough? Should I require 4000 p.s.i or something else? The pool we are putting in is 16x38 with an additional 5x10 reef knockout and it goes from 3.5-7 ft deep. If you need to know what we are...

We are planning on putting a heat pump on our 24k gallon pool because we have an oversized PV solar on our roof to cover it's operating costs. We are in Southern California and we want to know how big of a natural gas heater we would need if we only needed to heat an 8x5 integrated spa. Do I...

So we have PV Solar on our house and we do not use all the electricity we produce. We have about 600-700kWh left over every month. We are building a 36K pool and we are planning on putting in a variable speed pump but want to know the best way to heat the pool. We live in Southern California...