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    Water hardness Climbing

    I am confused, the pool CH is reading at 475 and seems to be climbing, the CH on the water source to the auto-fill when tested on its own is 100. Whats going on here, could the water be picking up Calcium from the pool? TA-100 CC-0 FC-3.5 CH-475 PH-7.6 CYA-40
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    LQ plumbing question

    I have a ?, will I be able to plumb my inlet for the LQ by teeing of my inline chlorinator feed?
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    New build in SoCal

    Here is where we started. Rebar installation. Waterfall rebar. The waterfall contractor wondering "the owner said make it BIG" Equipment and plumbing, sorry about the fuzzy pics. The top lines are for the waterfall & the bottom lines are for deep heat line returns. I had the plumbing...
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    Uploading pics of build "help"

    I will start off with I am a novice computer guy. I really would like to share my build photos with TFP but I just can't figure out how to get started. Also I did read “How to attach images" in the FAC area and still can't figure it out. I have all my photos on my computer; any help in...
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    Plaster question

    Hello all, I have a question about plaster, my pool is about 8 months old and the dark grey plaster is getting a lot of small cracks, is this normal or should I be notifying my PB?
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    Algae problem

    Hello TFP, Here's my problem, I am getting algae but not alot at this point, I have adding chlorine to the shock level and the FC levels maintain for a day or two and then go down slightly from day to day, I have brushed my pool to remove the algae and it comes back a day or two later. Do I...
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    High CH what to do.

    Hello all, I have been hanging around getting great info from the site and thought it's time to sign up, so here I am. I tested my chemicals yesterday and found that my CH levels are high, now I went to the pool calculator and plugged in my #'s and the recommendation is to do a 30% drain &...
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    New aquaholic to the form

    Hello all, I have been hanging around the site since my pool build was finished in October, what a great resource for the DIY pool guy. I will be posting questions soon and in the right place. Thanks