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Opened the pool this weekend with pretty good numbers and passed the OCLT. Something new this year from last is that I have pretty constant air bubbles coming from the return jets. I have investigated everything I know to do and everything checks out (at least to my amateur eyes). I verified...

After a month or so of normal water conditions, I woke up to a cloudy pool yesterday and zero FC (also zero CC). Added liquid chlorine and turned salt cell up to 100% but was still losing ground. Failed OCLT last night (ugh). Guessing next step is to SLAM. CYA is between 60 and 70. Which do I...

Last summer was the first one for our pool. When the pool company closed the pool for the winter, they cut the flex hose supplying the water to the slide (standard practice per the company). I opened the pool myself this summer and I am trying to figure out what the best union is to reconnect...

Out pool was new last summer, so pool company opened it for us. This season, I am tackling it myself. Want to verify some steps and details with the experts: 1. Refilled water to the appropriate level and removed all plugs, etc. Water is crystal clear (guessing this may be due to following...

New pool and just completed my first test with the TF-100 Pro Salt kit: FC 25 PH 8.2 TA 280 CH 300 CYA 30 Salt 4000 Obviously FC is way too high. Just got new kit today, so had been working with Pentair kit. I knew FC was high and noticed the PB left SWG running at 100%, so I lowered it to...

First time pool owners and pool was just filled yesterday with a few punch list items remaining. As our PB was walking me through our equipment, he mentioned that our Pentair VSP was set to run on a single speed because that is what Pentair recommends when the system includes a heater...

First time post from a first time pool (soon to be) owner in Central Illinois. This site has been tremendous from an educational standpoint thus far, so thank you. I have three quotes from area pool builders and quoted prices are similar. Here is what we think we are going with: 16x36 vinyl...