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Hi all. Looking to buy a house, and a requirement is to have a pool or be able to build one. Current house we are liking is built on 2.5 acres sloped to the lake. The backyard is built up with about 12 railroad ties on one side, going down to around 3 on the other side. The yard was obviously...

...and don't know how! I have to leave today to take care of an ill parent for a 2-3 weeks, about 6 hours drive away. The pool was all ready (yesterday) so I went out this morning to do a last check of the equipment pad. The SWG is throwing a code 170, which means a problem with the front...

My Polaris (pressure side) has started slowly meandering around the pool when the booster pump is OFF. It works as expected when the pump is on, so no problems there. When the pump is OFF, it just slowly wanders around. The pressure connector in the pool has a steady stream of water exiting...

The full story, which may or may not have any bearing on the title question. A couple weeks ago my SWG started throwing a code and was not producing chlorine. I was heading out for vacation in the next few days and couldn't deal with fixing it, so just supplemented manual chlorine (bleach)...

Hi all. Hope you experts can help me on a CSI question, I've read, and thought, and worried over this, then read some more, but I need some hand-holding. My pool is now around 8 yrs old; I've had it for the last 4. Over the last year I have have a few strange things occur, which I am now...

Hi all. I have a slow drip in the fitting on the pressure side (top connection) of my Pentair booster pump, 3/4 HP. The PVC exiting the pump is 1-1/2 inch, connected to the pump via a black adapter piece that screws into the top of the pump. The Pentair booster manual says the hole where the...

I've had my pool for 4 years now, using TFP for 3 of them, and I love my pool! I have never cleaned inside my light niche because I'm chicken to take out an electric light in water!!!!! And I work for an electric company. So, if I turn off the 2 breakers in my pool breaker box where my light...

Hi all. I've been TFP for three years now so nothing goes in my pool except what I know. I have two questions: 1) When I first started testing my pool in summer 2011 my CH was 170 and I raised it to 300. It's stayed around 300 (plus or minus 30) these last 3 years. Last test was 6/25/14 at...

Hi all, I need help identifying my plumbing lines. I've had a pool for 3 years (was already installed when I bought my house) and I though I have a good handle on BBB chemistry, I need some help understanding where all the pipes go and what they're doing. I'm fairly handy--changed my SWG cell...

(18,000 freeform in-ground plaster, Pentair Triton II sand filer, Jandy pump and SWG, all about 6yrs old except I replaced the salt cell last summer. Just added borax to 50 to help the PH drift) Hi everyone! I've been a BBB convert since about 2 years ago when I discovered this website with a...

Hi guys, last summer you all really helped me (new owner) in getting the water balance of my pool straightened out, and I've read lots since then. My water is doing great. With that bravery under my belt, for some reason, I now believe that I can "fix" some equipment issues with my pool...

Wow, I love pool school! On July 22 I began testing my own water and need some reassurance from experts that I'm on the right track. I'm sorry this is long but there is nobody in real life who I can have this conversation with, and my boyfriend frankly does not listen to my chemistry...