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New bullfrog A8. Temp drops about 1 degree every 30 min. Ambient 50-60 degrees. Tried set at 102 for wife and I (drops to 99 then we get out. Set for 99 for the kiddo and it’s 97 within an hour. With the cover on it eventually gets back to set temp. Am I expecting too much for the hot...

Long time no see! I sold the house in Houston with the pool in early 2015 and hung around TFP for a bit after. Moved to Denver in 2015 and just added a bullfrog hot tub to the back yard. Looking forward to helping out where I can again. I'm sure lots has changed from a hardware standpoint ...

This should be interesting .... Titled "The Dirty Truth" Discuss!

I'm starting the process of a replaster and retile (Houston) and am looking for a good plaster company. I'll update this post as I have vendors out to do quotes and ask them about their process and ultimately select a vendor. I won't be posting prices on a per vendor basis in the thread - I...

The local AM garden guy is pitching this stuff. http://www.crystalclearchems.com/ Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate Looks to me like an algaecide. I am planning to send him an email directing him to TFP and the hazards of blindly dumping chemistry in. Hopefully I can...

age is catching up with my pump. It has developed a pinhole leak in the impeller housing. I'm going to try to squeeze another season out of it, any recommendations on what to patch it with (JB weld, epoxy, etc.). If not I'll just order a new housing @ roughly $100. Thanks! Chris

I bought a box of this: Last season thinking it was sodium bicarbonate. Oops. Any chem gurus out there know what the difference is? Need to get the TA up... Grabbed this read the box and decoded to post.

I'm looking at a job opportunity in Kansas City, does anyone have any advice or recommendations on areas that are good to live in (family oriented ... We have a 3 month old). Thanks! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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I'm following Richards approach to CA scale and am harvesting rainwater. My first test after harvesting revealed a TA of 50 (down 40%). I'm curious as to others experience with rainwater harvesting, asphalt shingles, and the overall effect on TA. Based on the CYA and CH dilution my first...

These look interesting and are supposed to be significantly cheaper than Pentair / Hayward. Anyone have any experience with them? http://www.purewhitepoollight.com/fixture.html Chris

As with all things electronic failures happen. My wife and I went to hop in the spa last night only to discover a dead PE953 remote. Swapped batteries, came on for a second then poof. Tried another set of batteries, completely dead. It has been acting funny for a bit so this was no big...

With the help of this site I now have a VERY beautiful pool and am a huge advocate of TFP to anyone that will sit still long enough to listen. So ... THANK YOU. Now down to business... One of the prior owners of the house has some "work" done to the pool. in that process they managed to cut...

The north Houston lowes (Ella and 610) has Hayward 80 and 100 cartridges from last season on clearance for $15-$20. They are in the garden center on a rack outside one of the sliding doors. Happy hunting! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

As long as I've got the mod squad here ... Where should I post "found a deal" type stuff that the group could make use of? For the time being I dropped it here: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/71355-Cheap-cartridges-north-Houston Just wasn't sure if there was a better place.

I found myself in the fortunate situation of having LOW (~20) CYA upon getting the pool rolling, probably due to the constant deluge we have had this winter in Houston. In any event I was browsing the Lowes site trying to find something cheaper than the $25 bucket of CYA at leslies and ran...

I added some additional automation on the Intermatic 653 and had to move my stenner to an old mechanical timer (T104 I think). I'm looking at the digital option for 240v (my stenner is 240v) and contemplating the P7103ME. Anyone else have other suggestions? Thanks! Chris

not sure how many thousand gallons I dumped overnight. Does anyone have any experience with the Poolmiser Smartmiser? My fill line is setup in such a way that it would be an easy install. I'm planning to get a traditional autofill when I get the plaster redone in a year or 2.

FC 4.5 CC 0 TA 70 PH 7.5 Borates 50 and I've taken to testing weekly. I tweak the pump run time just a weeee little bit every week and add just in the neighborhood of 20 oz MA every week. Right now I have it dosing 3x a day 30 min at 0930, 15 min at 230 pm, 15 min at 730 pm with 6% I know...

Finally got around to opening up the DE filter to get it cleaned out (I think the prior owners never cleaned it) and low and behold 5 of the 8 grids are broken. I know I need to replace them, the question I have is what is the impact of putting bum grids back in? I don't have the patience to...

[attachment=0:2inavtw7]ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21373150866.229272.jpg[/attachment:2inavtw7] Thank you TFP! Chris

Even in the oppressive Houston humidity this had taken us from 92 degrees to 86 in a day. LOVING IT![attachment=1:g0txg4nm]ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21372011076.177248.jpg[/attachment:g0txg4nm] [attachment=0:g0txg4nm]ImageUploadedByTapatalk 21372011099.881342.jpg[/attachment:g0txg4nm]

Gents, A friend is in the process of having a pebbletec pool installed and he hasnt talked startup with his builder. Whats the best route here? Traditional? Bicarb? Pool is in Houston... As always thanks in advance.

Gents, Planning to wire up the new motor this weekend. B2983 - Recommendations? 10, 12, 14? SHP is 2.20

I'm getting even more carried away. I installed a PE653RC (Multiwave controller with remote) and am loving the scheduling abilities and not having to worry about the old manual timers getting out of synch. In my adventure I'm trying to figure out the wiring / capabilities of the P4243ME and...

Background - My wife and I bought a "new" house (circa 1966) with a 10-15 year old pool that had been on a constant puck diet. The CYA was north of 180, CH was well over 1000 and the rest was just jacked. Fast forward a month (been considering a drain and fill - waiting for a weekend that...

Anyone used the intermatic ZWave unit? Opinions? Good buy at $275 for the remote and receiver / timer bundle? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0042D ... PDKIKX0DER Thanks! Chris

Gents, Looking at upgrading an existing singlespeed HOG to a 2 speed or a variable speed. The wet side of the pump looks to be in good repair. By the numbers: Existing 2HP challenger / B855 AO Smith motor ~16K pool 6 jet spa disconnected rock weepers (may hook back up) booster pump to run the...

Gents, Going Stenner / timer / tank. I currently have a one speed pump but will be swapping out for a variable speed in the next 6-8 months as budget allows. What is the current wisdom on which stenner / timer combo and where to buy the pump and the tank. ... I seem to recall there being a...

Just getting moved into the new house and discovered that the timer for the booster has gone kaput. Is there more than one flavor of Intermatic timer or am I good with ordering the T104M? Thanks!