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Would agree that a safety cover adds piece of mind to my wife and I for not only our Olde English Bulldog but our 2 daughters as well. :)

Agree to all of above. Add in front of a return and I always throw my robotic cleaner in afterwards to help mix up the water and get the chlorine equally distributed.

I know I have a Polaris 9300xi and I would never leave it in the pool 24x7. One reason why is that I've taught my children they should never go into the pool while the robot is in (electrical shock hazard) I also dont need to put it in daily (usually weekly) to clean the pool but to Duraleigh's...

Your absolutely right Richard. I've tried to convert my family and friends but like the old saying says...You can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink. At least the people that have come here have made the 1st step. To all you newbies...it may seem a bit intimidating at first...

I was so lucky to have found TFP BEFORE I even built my pool. After following the advice and expertise from this forum, I am proud to say this is my 3rd year in a row of opening to sparkling water. People comment throughout the year how amazing my water looks and believe I spend hrs a day...

I have the Hayward Aqua Logic Control Panel and love it. Not only does it automate all my pool functions (pump, SWG, Heater, lights etc) but its an actual fuse box that all my equipment wires into. It makes it much easier for me at opening and closing time to have one source to go to for all...

Stamped and dyed concrete will actually get you pretty close to the cost of pavers. In my opinion, there is no comparison and we went with pavers for the look and my "perceived" durability. No real evidence that I know of where one will be more maintenance free than another. My build link if...

Would agree with everyones statements. Not worth the exta money to by more expensive covers as they will only last 2 seasons at best. Sitting in chlorine for the entire season simply eats away at the cover and by 2nd season you will see bits constantly being pulled out by your skimmers. If...

Your husband is certainly right that it wont hit his shoulders but I would say middle back. There are two jets on the bench but we typically have 3 people hanging out on a 6ft bench (although is can be comfy at times!) Would certainly put them in again....especially since I have a heater and...

Dont have a sun ledge but do have a deep end bench with two therpay jets and everyone loves it. Great place to sit and enjoy the water and watch the kids while getting a little massage to boot!

I'm in NY and bought a pretty efficient heat pump and have to tell you that the increase in my electric have been pretty negligible. I bought the pump because my wife refuses to swim unless the pool is 88 degrees! My pool gets full sun all day and we cover it every night so I rarely have to...

Couple of more....also ran all the underground speaker wire and electrical for the lights as well as plumbing for outdoor shower. [attachment=0:3byqgc9k]photo3.JPG[/attachment:3byqgc9k] [attachment=1:3byqgc9k]photo2.JPG[/attachment:3byqgc9k] [attachment=2:3byqgc9k]photo.JPG[/attachment:3byqgc9k]

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I used two different companies for the pool and the pavers. Company called Poolfection in Happauge did the pool and they were awesome and have had 3 friends go with them in the last year and are really happy they did. MX---you would be amazed about the pricing I got on the pavers. Without...

Have read several posts over the last year on maintaining pools using BBB while on extended vacation and just wanted to share my experience. Just recently returned from a 7 day vacation taking the family to FL to visit the Mouse. I typically keep my FC levels at or around 5 with a CYA of 60 in...

I have a variable speed Ecostar and all you really need to do is find the lowest speed that the SWG will detect flow through the cell and produce chlorine. Then simply work your pump times and percentages as normal knowing that if you set the pump to run at a lower speed than that it will not...

I have a Hayward Variable Speed Eco Star pump and absolutely love it. I run my pump 21 hrs a day and my electric increase has been about $20 month during the swim season. I like the flexibility of running for extended durations on a very low RPM although you do need to take into consideration...

Sounds good Jason and TY. Will keep close tabs on PH and lower TA slowly by acid addition. As long as I'm not seeing large PH swings then I will take my time to lower TA.

Need a little more guidance. FC is dropping and is currently at 10 and I've tuned down the SWG a little more to drop into my sweet spot. TA is still at 110 but my PH is perfect at 7.2. My question is how important is it to get TA down to 70? According to Pool Calculator adding 64 oz of 20...

Sounds like a plan. Thx so much for the quick response.

Morning All, Question for you all. Been dialing in my pump runtime and SWG percentage and had some small green algae spots a few days ago. Have been shocking since Friday and have passed overnight loss test with no CC this morning and water looks great. Tested TA this morning and it's risen...

Have a Hayward cartridge filter as well and the first time I cleaned it I had the same problem. No matter what I did I couldn't get it to stop leaking. I took the gasket off the bottom half and found a bunch of sediment that I had missed. Removed the gasket, cleaned the lip and the gasket and...

Ive done the same (hanging in front of the returns) Only did this to not clog up my filter with slow dissolving granules of CYA.

Agree with Jason. I use knee highs (bought 10 for $5) on all my skimmers and saves me from cleaning the pump strainer basket and filter as often.

Thanks Jason. Your a software developer?? How do you find the time and what are you working on? Not trying to hijack this thread.

Need some help team. Had a new IG pool put in last July and opened early (March) for paver work to be done. I have 3 skimmers in the pool (thanks waste!) and found that all the screws holding the skimmer plate in that are typically above the water line have rusted. Its a small detail but...

Bees and Joel.....I now feel your pain! The pool was put in last year and we really didn't start using it till the end of the summer which was a breeze compared to what I've gone through the last weeks. I salute u guys! :goodjob:

If you commit early to the paver crews I found that the prices were several K less then the quotes I received mid summer last year. Yes I said THOUSANDS. So it was worth it to get everything done and we actually were able to get more than we originally wanted for less money. Can't believe you...

Have to tell you warm weather folks that I don't know how you get through your Spring openings/maintenace every year. This is my first opening with the new IG pool but we had an Intex for years that we typically opened in late May or early June here in NY. I had pavers and coping put in this...