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    Seeking Advice on the BBB Method

    Matt, thanks!. As mentioned I had started cutting the pool store cord by using good old Calcium vice the balance pak stuff. Since I travel for work and usually get one day a week to work on the pool, I still like the idea of the over-priced chlorinator cartridges, slow and steady. But when it...
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    Green/Black Pool with Safety Cover Advice, Prevention.

    We live South Jersey, it just snowed yesterday 9 April 2016. A little early for opening the pool but this is when i start thinking about it. Hopfully this isn't OBE. There are a number good ways to prevent a Green pool when you finally remove the safety cover, but the best one I know of I...
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    Seeking Advice on the BBB Method

    I've done some research here and other places as I'm thinking of moving away from the expensive products sold at my local pool store. Pool is IG-28K-Vinyl-Lazy L, in Southern New Jersey-15 Min from Philly. Tired of over-paying for Balance Pak 100's 200's etc., though don't get me wrong they...
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    Pool Heater Replacement

    Almost hate to stir this pot... but I'm looking to replace a 15 year old Laars Lite (millivolt) 325,000 NatGas Heater. Thought my choices (live in South Jersey, near Philly) were Pentair MasterTemp or RayPak. Now I'm thinking that it's Pentair MT or Hayward Universal-H. One local dealer who...
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    Scooter2U in S. Jersey (Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of...)

    No musical skills here! Nickname is Scooter, last name starts with U... So if the handle "Scooter" is taken I add the 2U. Probably more than you wanted to know... Waiting on Spring/Summer!!!
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    Do clear covers work best overall?

    New to TFP, not to pools. Since the clear vs. blue/black/etc. question hasn't been definitively answered (maybe it can't), I'd like to re-ask it, with my twist. So I've always had a solar cover/blanket, and always blue... took what my pool folks had. Now I've been researching for a new one...
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    Scooter2U in S. Jersey (Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of...)

    Pool owner, user, maintainer, (chief cook and bottle washer) etc. since 2000. 18x40x8 IG, 28000 gal, Liner, Lazy-L. (New 27Mil Liner in 2013, 12yrs on first liner...Not bad).