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So I started off strong with the TFP method... but really started to slack off, and went so far as to let my pool go over the winter without so much as the pump running. About 2 weeks ago I started it back up again. Ordered a refill kit for the TF-100, used a net to scrape what I could off the...

Hi guys, New pool owner... getting fed up with manually vacuuming... I'm using the standard triangle shape head on a pole... can't be more than 10"-12" wide. I'd like to invest in a cleaner. Not sure what my budget is, would like it under $400 but could invest up to $1000 or so if it's truly...

Came home from a week conference to a green-ish pool. I had the MIL and daughter adding bleach every day but I guess it wasn't enough. This will be the first time I've ever shocked a pool. It is an AG liner. CYA 40. 1. Clean filter (haven't in a while, might as well start with a clean slate) 2...

We are leaving to go out of town today and come back Monday. This is my first pool and also my first absence from it. I will be able to balance the pool this afternoon but won't be able to again until Monday. My chlorine target is generally 5ppm and I lose maybe 2ppm a day. Can I put enough...

I've read the pump run-time article in the Pool School but thought I'd get some opinions on how I should setup my pump. It's my first pool. I've had it running max speed 24/7 since it was installed ten days or so ago in order to clear the iron from the well fill water. Now that it's cleared up...

One of the return lines is leaking. It's a new pool, but I'm sure it wasn't leaking until recently. So I'm not sure if I bumped into it while cleaning or a dog may have bumped into it. Either way it's leaking from the top portion of this fernco coupling. If you look close you can actually see it...

My wife and I have wanted a pool since we moved in. After getting quotes for extremely simple and plain in-ground pools, we decided to go with 3x the pool and get an above ground 18x34 Doughboy (54" sidewall) for about 1/3rd the cost. We planned to have it buried at least partially but decided...

My Doughboy was installed last week, they finished it up on Friday. Due to a long battle with iron making it impossible to see the bottom, I did not get into the pool and really walk around until yesterday. I found a few wrinkles in the bottom which bothered me but I thought it is what it is...

Hi guys, I am having an 18x34 Doughboy installed. 54" sidewall, no deep end. My pump is a Waterway Econo-Flo VSA-165: http://www.waterwayplastics.com/products/pool-products/pumps/in-ground-pumps/econo-flo-vsa-165-variable-speed-test/ When I bought the pool, I did not know much about...

I have an 18,000 gallon AG pool being installed in the next couple weeks. I just received my TF-100 test kit today and tested our water. We're on a well, and the water I used is before our softener and filter. It is the water I plan on filling the pool with. A note is, we have some iron stains...

Hi everyone. My wife and I just purchased an 18x34 oval Doughboy to be installed within a couple weeks. The supplier I went with is a distributor for the PristineBlue products, and I'm glad I found this forum and researched that topic as I told them to keep their chemicals and credit me instead...