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I'm just beginning to wrap my head around what direction to go with our pool renovation. Our pool was built with all the bells and whistles and automation, but we have been using it in basic/manual mode since we bought the place due to lots of damage and missing equipment. We plan to DIY this...

We've had a pool slide that we've never used due to the lower runway being broken (interfab wild ride), and not being in budget to replace with new. Now we're considering just removing the whole thing. I guess I'm wondering what to do about the plumbing? removing the leg bolts in the deck...

We have a Rayner solid cover with 2 mesh panels, anchors/springs, for our L shaped pool (37x27 on the long sides with as piece on the inner L/shorter sides wrapping around a spillover spa. By it's size its a beast to put on and off. It's also super heavy, and very stiff. It takes up a lot of...

This was our 6th season closing, and every year, we're trying to find ways to make this faster for us. As you can see with my sig, we have a spa and IG pool. We drain the spa into the pool, and then drain the pool below the skimmers as the first steps of our closing process. Since we don't...

We closed yesterday... and forgot to pull out our 2 pool lights. It would be a huge pain to pull the cover back on the 2 walls enough to get in to remove the lights. They're about 2 - 2.5 feet below the level of the pool deck. Soooo. what are the risks to the lights/pool if we leave them...

Not looking for therapy advice. Ha! we have a water slide that is broken, has been since we bought it the property 6yrs ago: Every once in a while, I look for used slide to replace this one, but of course no such luck. replacing with new is not even on the overall to-do list for our property...

The Jet Therapy pump for our spa is pretty much done. (it runs, but there is very littler output at the jets, so assuming pump just can't generate the needed pressure. The pump label mostly missing, but I think it's a single speed 2.0 HP Jandy PHPF2.0 We have an Aqualink RS8 from 2007, Model...

My pool has calcium buildup on the poolside of the spillover from the (non-heated) spa. It’s under water, right at the tile and plaster line. We had a little build up last year, and more on opening this year. I’m not clear what I need to do to keep this from continuing, or even why it’s...

The poured concrete equipment pad is shifting, which is causing some pinching with equipment. We are thinking of attempting to mudpack/concrete level the pad, and to backfill around and install gravel to reduce the erosion that has gotten us to this point. The pad came to us like this with the...

We still have snow on the ground. What do you think about diluting the chemicals and letting kids pain the snow with squeeze and spray bottles, like I do with food dye?

I woke up this morning to an orangey-green pool. We rarely use fill water (maybe 2x summer?) and try to rely on rain to refill, which usually does fine. We have a cartidge filter housing to attach to the hose end, and usually fill to the bare minimum. Yesterday I started adding water... and...

Is it possible to repair this Interfab Wild Ride slide for safe use? As far as we can tell only the lower runway is damaged. We do not know how long it's been broken, or what caused the damage. Slide is about 13 years old. I'm concerned that it may be that the legs aren't quite in the right...

Hey friends! Opening my pool with TFP methods for the 5th season! :) Our pool is 13 years old this summer. Our Jet Therapy pump for the spa appears to be not functioning well, and was not last summer. We have not tried a full evaluation of the problem with it yet, but it seems to have...

We have 2 safety line anchors, with fixed center bar, which are corroding. I saw it a little last year, but it's really bad this year. It's left iron staining to the right and left, and below the anchors. Pretty sure the anchors are nearly toast, but what should I be looking for...

We just purchased the TFtestkits pressure gauge to replace the gauge in our jandy cartridge filter. The original gauge had a pressure relief valve, but the new gauge does not, as far as I can tell. What’s the work around for this? Should we have just gotten a replacement gauge that matched...

ETA: text. Finally opened the pool, and couple weeks later than usual due to the weather. We found this funky slimy snot stuff. It seemed to be growing on tiny debris that didn’t get cleaned out. I skimmed as much as I could, and dumped into the pool to treat everything together for...

We purchased some knock-in/slip in jets for our pool - it didn't have them when we got the pool, so not sure exactly what was in there before. In 1 of the returns, we had to knock in in with a rubber mallet. In 2 others, we used some rubber tape to get them to stay put and not pop out when the...

This is my 3rd summer with TFP. My challenge this year, is that my pH seems to be creeping up. Over the course of less than a week, I'll go from 7.2 to 8.2+. I've been adding MA pretty much weekly. My last test results: FC 4.0 CC 0 PH 8.2 TA 70 CH 350 CYA 40 I didn't have problem with this...

I just want to give a big shout out to everyone here - Although I don't lurk much during the off-season, I've been sharing the wonders of TFP in my local groups. This year's opening was our fastest on record - 4.5 hours start to finish (with the exception of folding and storing the winter...

there's backstory I don't have time to post right now, but my spa started turning green (filled with softened well water/untreated). So, started throwing in chlorine, and added some stabilizer to help it hold FC. Meanwhile, started circulating through filter. I tested my FV and it was less...

Our spa has a stone (flag stone? I dunno) spillway that has cumbling grout. Some of the stone are loose, which is a hazard. I've called the 2 local pool builders, including the original builder for this pool - both are busy until the end of June/into July. Pool Builder said base price is...

I'm trying to find a handrail that will work with anchors that are 7.5" on center, instead of the apparently standard 8" on center. Any leads for me? I don't know what the original rail was. Don't have it, just trying to find something to fit. Thanks!

We just opened the pool, but the plumbing on the return side of our filter pump has a leak. It looks like the glue/seal between the black pipe and the white pipe has broken. I'm not necessarily a plumbing person, but my other half is comfortable doing this kind of work. Are there any special...

So pleased to finally get the cover off, and see my water after the winter! This is our first year opening after a season of TFP/first time pool owners. Water was fairly clear, but there were a lot of worms, and you could see where the mesh panels in our solid cover were - the floor in that area...

We are opening the pool this week - I've tested the water, and generally things look good, but my pH is 8.2+. I'm supposed I get that in range before I add chlorine, yeah? And don't need to slam on first opening, as long as there's no algae?

We're getting ready to open our pool within the next week or so. Water temp near the top sometimes exceeds 60, a couple inches down the temp is around 58. So our question: we have rayner cover that attaches to the deck with springs. The cover is giant, and heavy. Last year when removing, we...

I haven't seen this concept specifically mentioned - just that people would ideally open when your pool approaches 60 degrees. I asked and searched for info about water temps in my area (Northern IL) and people said they open, based on temps, on average, around mid april... Which happens to...

When we started up our pool for the first time last year, we found that lots of parts that were removed for winterizing had walked off when the house was foreclosed on. We took care of the most urgent things to make the pool basically functional, but we're hoping to do more the bring the pool...

I'll be opening my pool this spring, for the first time after our first season last where you all brought me through first time pool owner ship, a SLAM, sparkling water and DIY fall closing. So, when do you open, if you live in this area? Not sure when I should expect to be working on this...

We are closing our pool for the first time. We have a raised attached spa with a spillway into the pool. Can we easily blow out the spa returns before filling the spa? I know we could fill ththe spa, then get in the water to plug the returns as we blow them out, but that is super NOt appealing...