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Hi Everyone, THANKS to this group; I have had such excellent results with TFP approach with my 16x32 oval onground vinyl liner pool here in Vermont USA. Chemicals from Walmart and Hardware store (Muriatic Acid) only for 5 years. NEVER any algae. NEVER anything other than CLEAR. (Some leaves...

Hi Everyone! Been following TFP for 10+ years and about 7 on this pool. Works Great. Never Algae, Always really clear. I add recommended borax and Hcl Muriatic acid to balance. BUT: How to physically add / mix the borax?? What I have been doing last 4 years is set pump to recirculate and...

LAST YEAR: Pool cover pump got SOME of the water off the cover... LOTS of leaves all over. Yeah, looked very much like the one shown on the article HERE This one: HAS to be a better way... Pool cover pump constantly clogged with leaves. Hmmmm.. . So I took a plastic bucket with holes in...

Hi Everyone, and many Thanks for helping me keep my pool beautiful year after year. I Use PoolMath and keep my own log. BUT periodically, especially over a winter, it loses my data. I understand that is saved in Cookies, right? IsThere any way to back up and restore that data? I can...

Hi Everyone, THANKS for all the great information over last 10 years. I have a Taylor K-2006 kit. Works fine for usual fC etc. But I am questioning the pH color scale on the plastic test tubes. It seems to me that the colors for 7.6, 7.8 and 8.0 are almost identical. And the 7.0 may be more...

Hi Everyone, I have three " Eco Saver Solar Panel Pool Heaters " in series. I now feed pool water from a Tee on the main returns with a "irrigation" valve I control depending on temperatures etc. But I have a 2HP pump and it burns a lot of electricity when I want the heater working 8+ hours a...

Hi, I've been using the K-2006 Taylor for 3 years; renewed the FC and PH reagents this year. I test with 10ml water sample, 2 drops R0871 per ppm. Instructions say "2 dippers of R0870 powder" but with only a 10ml sample the powder does not completely dissolve. Is it OK to use just one dipper...

So I clicked on the left of this page on "Pool math" and got a info window. "You do the swimming. We do the math " I have a PC (Several, but this is Windows 7).. So I click "Get It from Microsoft" Wants me to log in with my Microsoft account. OK, did that. Says I have no devices. So I go to...

Hi Everyone, and THANKS for the great education and help over the past 10 years. As in Sig, about 20,000 gallon pool, On/In ground. Ice just finished melting :-) Pool was drawn down about 30% to below returns, Covered (but cover was partly off this Spring.) Just refilled (good well water) and...

Hi Everyone, A HUGE thanks to all the people who have put hundreds+ of hours into documenting their builds, their ideas, their troubles and solutions and their optimistic approach for those of us Wanting Desparately to Jump In The Pool! Here is the link to our build (2017..2018) ...

Hi, We'll put the liner in tomorrow on our 18x33 on-ground pool. I though you might like the photo of us installing the wall and bottom foam today. I'll post more progress later here.. http://www.internationalschoolphotos.com/PoolFoamBeforeLiner-1-1024.jpg Regards, Terry King ...In The Woods...