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We have well water, and hence it's very hard. I'm able to fill our spa from our softened water, which is what I've done the past couple of times. Even then, we still have an iron issue that I plan on addressing. From my understanding, too low of Hardness can cause foaming and damage to the pump...

I just bought a used Down East Exeter ('03 - '05) that calls for a 50 AMP breaker. The manual says it has 2 pumps, but some spec listing online says 3. It's not the SE version. The prior owners of our house had a spa and it has a 40 AMP GFCI already installed. The pool/hot tub guy who's...

I just bought a spa (hot tub) - Down East Exeter - which is 14 years old. Needs repairs due to mice chewing wires. We had to put it on its side in order to get to my patio, and still have it on its side since there's a ridiculous, incredible urine(?) odor. Supposedly from the mice that lived in...

I opened a 192 gallon spa last week, and started on the 3-step process. I shocked the new fill, then added appropriate amount of sodium bromide to establish a reserve. The shock (bleach) raised the free chlorine appropriately, but the Bromine tabs I'd ordered didn't arrive until today. Since...

I have a leak in the pipe that goes down from the skimmer - likely where it joins a few inches (2-8 or 10) down, according to the repair guy I had check it out. In the past I've had leaks in the skimmer, and the last time partly down the pipe, and have fixed (or tried) with epoxy and...

About every year, I've had to repair leaks in the bottom of the skimmer, using epoxy each time. The first time, I noticed that it had also been done before (we're not original owners). Now I was having a harder time detecting a leak, and thought it might be down the pipe a bit, as previously I'd...

I recently switched from sodium hypochlorite to calcium hypo for shocking, but now when I went to the pool store they said that fiberglass shouldn't be treated with calcium hypo because the % of free chlorine is so high it will damage the fiberglass. For that matter, they said, they also don't...