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I had been holding steady with tarping the equipment pad, pool water temp holding around 44 degrees running 24/7. Power went out this morning, and I got scared when the pool almost immediately started to ice over. So I flipped off the breakers, drained the pump, filter, heater and cleaner...

I have two Tristar Hayward pumps, both dedicated to our waterfall. To prevent unnecessary running through the winter on freeze protect, last Fall I blew out the pipes and drained the pumps. At some point, I think it was when I was trying to find out which breakers controlled the pumps, I...

Our inground pool is close to the back of our property line. Behind the pool there is probably 3-4 ft to our wood fence. The fence is only 3 ft high (when we built out here, we had no neighbors behind us and wanted to preserve the view). Our rear neighbors are putting in a horse behind us and...

35,000 gallons Vinyl liner SWG It's currently decently clear, but green tint. 6.8 ph 2.5 FC (forgot to test CC..whoops) 30 TA 50 CYA So obviously we have some things off here. Need to get the ph up, but they can't keep the ph up because their TA is so low. Pool pal says: Add 21 lbs of...

We finished our pool in November of 2014. Since we are in Texas, we leave it open year round. Have a 3hp Tristar Hayward pool pump as the main pump, and a 525 sq ft cartridge filter. I stay on top of the chemistry and haven't had any chemistry related problems as of yet. I cleaned it not...

We just finished up our pool in November complete with a slide/grotto/waterfall feature that was constructed entirely out of gunite. When we had our first big cold snap a few weeks ago (it may be just a coincidence), I discovered when the waterfall was off, there was a white residue forming on...

This has happened about 4 times now. Everynow and then I'll see the line just floating in the water. I'll retrieve it with the pole, take a deep breath, and stick my arm down into the frigid water and screw it back in. How hard do I need to be twisting it into the connection? Kind of...

Sigh. I've been so protective of it I can't believe I did it. I was so busy messing with the pool before we left for the grandparents for Christmas, the wife had the kids loaded up in the car and I'm trying to add some CYA via a sock, bring the FC up, pH down...etc etc. Anyway, I just...

We are nearing the end of our pool build and we are plastering on Monday (midnight blue color). The PB hasn't talked about the start up procedure specifically yet, but I think he does an acid start up. I just want to make sure I know what I'm doing before the time comes. I've read through...

We're digging on Tuesday and one thing that we've been going back and forth on is how we want to have the edges of the spa. Currently, the plan is to have them just like the pool with Oklahoma Flagstone with hand chipped edging. This obviously won't be that comfortable to lean back on, so most...

We're still in the planning stages, and one thing that was worried me is our expansive clay soil. I've done some searches on the forum here, and there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus on it. We built our house 4 years ago and had a soil test done then (trying to get the test results from...

*Edit* The pool build is on! See latest posts. Hello all! My wife has been on me for a while to build a pool, and I've always relented. However recently I came around to the idea enough that I started researching and found this website (which is a great resource, thank you!). We've found...