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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Morning All, New pool this season and Im trying to dial in the SWG and get my FC settings correct but wanted some help prior to calling technical support. I currently have the SWG set at 30% and I have 3 timers set on the Aqua Plus to run the EcoStar Pump. Timer 1 --1pm to 4pm @ 1898 RPM...

Morning All--been having torrential rain since last night (just over 6" over night). So woke up this morning with pool about to overflow. Setup the backwash line and pumped out water to middle of skimmer. Assuming I'm going to break out the test kit when it stops and check my levels but...

Not sure where to post this one figured I would start here. Finishing our IG pool build next week and need to start planning the paver patios going around the pool area. My question for those of you who have gone through this already is how long to you wait for the ground to settle before...

Morning All, My pool build should be complete within a week and I wanted to get started immediately on some of the fundamentals of water chemistry. I have read and re-read pool school several times and believe I have a grasp of the basics and wanted to get some advice on starting off on the...

Wanted to say a big thanks to the many people on this board that willingly or inadvertently armed me with the knowledge and information needed to make some big decisions concerning our new IG pool build. This site is truly a wealth of information and Im so glad to have found it. We are now 6...

Evening All....newbie to the forum and just signed on the dotted line for a new pool to be installed in a few weeks and had a question on skimmers. I got the PB to throw in another skimmer for a total of three and I want to make sure it actually helps rather than hinders. Heres the main specs...