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Hello TFP - We took a long, much needed break over the winter and in about a month hope to be start back working on our pool. The construction team is my husband and I. We got as far as back filling the pool, filling it and testing it out!. Our yard is a crazy disaster but hopefully we can...

I am using the TF100 test kit and when I use the complete kit chlorine measure I get 3.5ppm but when I use the little quick test that came with the kit for Chorine/PH it reads in the 5-10 range. Just wondering about the accuracy of which test to follow. Is there something else that throws off...

We are on the home stretch of our diy pool and we had the excitement of turning on the equipment pad this weekend. Ohh the excitement of turning on that breaker and everyone holding there breaths, prepared to run in case sparks flew! But it was exactly like National Lampoon's Christmas...

I see in many builds that the plumbing is run and then the collar is poured which covers the plumbing and locks everything in place. I see some great logic to that but wonder about how to fix a leak or issue down the road if everything is encased in concrete. I also see some people pour the...

We are installing our steel walls and after three days of trying to get things perfectly aligned becoming very frustrated. So, if the 41 ft wall is over by one half to one inch will it be an issue with the liner or will it stretch that last .5 inch? Also our swimout is one inch short which I'm...

Our pool is scheduled to be delivered Tuesday! Our dig should be done tomorrow. This is a Pool Warehouse inground and I saw some posts about the coping...should I expect the coping to be pre-bent for my corners? We went with the bullnose coping. I know to check for damage but are there any...

Thanks for the feed back on my last post regarding our pool options. We ended up ordering from Poolwarehouse and delivery should be in the next 2 weeks. I took the advice given and added returns in the steps and shallow end, changed to a VS pump. We are planning to break ground July 3rd if...

Hopefully other DIYers on pool installs can help us out with the final selection on our pool. We are on the verge of ordering our pool from either Pool Warehouse or Royal Swimming Pools and I don't want to miss anything. The pool we've selected in 16x41x26 42 inch steel wall and we are located...