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I am planning out a pretty big water exchange. I'm trying to get my calcium level down, and I know there is some iron in my water that I'm trying to get down too. I have had some issues over the past few years with scale and iron stains, reasonably mild, but trying to do better. I have a 15,000...

I've had a challenging pool month. My salt cell failed a few days before an 8 day trip, so I covered for that with liquid chlorine, and got the cell replaced. I returned to a pool that looked fine but was consuming a lot of chlorine and had mildly elevated CCs-- 1-2ish or so. I slammed with...

All, I have been using TFP for many years, and this week hitting an issue... My salt cell or sensor (Jandy aqua pure system) seems to be malfunctioning (service code 194). Currently my pool is in decent shape, and as best I can tell I caught this problem before the FC dropped below 4.5ppm...

I chipped about a 1.5inch triangular wedge off of one of my travertine coping pieces. I have the piece that chipped off and I can put it back on and it looks great. Does anyone know the right kind of adhesive to use for this kind of thing?

Hello all. My Jandy PLC1400 SWG has considerable calcium build up inside it. I would like to do an acid wash, but understand that I need to remove the flow sensor before doing this. I just can't seem to get the flow sensor out of the PLC1400 tube-- I have unscrewed the black ring that holds...

We have a coverstar cover. We are new to this, got it in March. We use a cover pump, like everyone else. What do you do if the power goes out during a rain storm? We're thinking of getting a standby generator installed. We could use a portable generator for the pump, if we're home when power...

So, the home I bought came with an 1800s era cast iron horse trough that was converted into a fountain. I'd like to come up with a system to keep the water in it reasonably non-swamp like. No one will be swimming in it or drinking from it, and I have no outdoor pets. I was thinking of just...

My pool is about 2 months old. It's a gunite pool with a coverstar cover built in under the coping. I keep it covered except when in use, so it's covered about 22-23 hours per day. I've been noticing the water level drop quite slowly in the pool-- perhaps 3/4 inch per week. The drop seems to...

We recently completed a new in ground pool build-- water went in March 20th. Surface is hydrazzo. The pool builder has handled start-up, with the exception of the brushing, which was our task. The pool has been clear as glass until 2 days ago. On Monday April 22, the pool was clear. The...

Well, at long last my pool build is coming together. Sorry I don't have pics yet, but will soon. This is the general idea: Inground concrete pool 14 x 30 feet, rectangle 3.5 feet shallow end, 6 feet deep end Steps run the full width of the shallow end One deep end swim-out coverstar...

Planning out my build. I will be covering the pool with a cover star autocover, and am willing to get an ameri-dome too. I'm in the Nashville, TN area and wondering if anyone has experience with a heat pump in this type of climate. I'd like to keep the pool over 80deg for about 10 months of...

Considering buying a house that has a small pool- 12 x 24, rectangle. The transition from shallow to deep end is not a slope, but rather it's steps. Never seen this before. It is a what I would consider a high-end house, built recently. Anyone have any experience with this type of thing? My...

I'm looking to purchase a home with a pool. My previous pools have all been gunite, but looking at a house with a fiberglass pool. To look at it, it looks fine. Hate to admit that I wasn't perfectly sure what type of pool it was, so I stuck my hand in the water and ran it across the wall...

I am considering buying a house that has a 25m/82ft lap pool already installed. It's not that I want a lap pool. I just want a pool. In my market, fewer than 200 pool homes change hands each year, even when the market is busy. When you factor in location and pool-- well beggars can't be...

I have an aquarite with T-cell-15. Previously worked reasonably well for a few years it seemed. This past summer I have had problems with erratic chlorine levels-- levels drop to FC of 1 or less. I've tried many different things to remedy this. One thing that stands out to me as a problem is...

Maybe someone has an idea about this: I have maintained the same pool for 5 years. For the first 3, the Calcium Hardness (CH), never exceeded 400. In March 2015, I purchased new testing kit materials (fresh reagents for the new season). All of a sudden my CH level was 550 with the new kit, and...

My pool is in Gainesville, FL. We have a solar system that keeps the temp above 80F for 10 months of the year, so long as we use a solar cover. This is my second season managing the pool with a cover. The cover is on most of the time, only opening it for an hour or so of use once or twice per...

I am new to this site and forum. I currently own a house with a pool that's working well, so I am not new to pool management. I'm looking to move houses and recently looked at a house that has a pool with green water in it. I have met with the owner of the house and he told me that he dyed the...