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Well, I finally did it! I'm gonna be one of the cool borate havin' kids. I searched and did all the math for every possible way to do borates in my pool. I did the math a few weeks ago, and Duda diesel won by a few bucks, and an easier process than borax and acid. Fortunately for me, though it...

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Now you guys have gone and done it! You should be ashamed for making me want to test all my levels just so I can put numbers in a cool new app. I finally did my first full battery of tests for the season yesterday. When I went to do the CH test, which I hadn't done since early last year, the...

Anybody else get a Doheny's catalog? Check out this salt price. Maybe it's not regular salt. It says sodium chlorine. Maybe that's different than sodium chloride. [emoji848] Anyway, I had a good laugh. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm getting ready to run the pipe for a future solar heater addition. The run is around 150-160ft each way from the pad to the roof. What size pipe would be best for that? I got a price for 2", but after measuring it, I wonder if bigger would be better. I don't even know if the local supply...

Day before yesterday I came home to a freshly green pool. I opened it about a week ago with iron staining like I had last year. I added some hth brand metal sequestrant to give it a try since it was considerably cheaper than the Jack's I used last year. It removed the stains, and the pool looked...

I have a Pentair Aqualumin II nicheless light in my pool. The previous owner ruined it, my ladder, and liner with granulated chlorine. I'm hoping to replace the ladder this summer. I'll have to live with the fading of the liner for a few more years. The light will come eventually when I have...

Ok guys. Here's the brief back story. I used a few bottles of vitamin c last year in a sock to remove the yellowish tinge/stain from my steps, plastic fittings, and the worst areas of my liner. Everything was fine all summer. I kept all levels in order, with the ph from 7.4-7.8, and the stains...

Last fall, about a month before I closed the pool, I had a freak occurrence where apparently the insulation cracked on one or more wires running to my pool, and it shorted and melted all the wires. It's right at the pumping station where an elbow wasn't properly secured. Anyway, I'm replacing...

I had a little cloudiness after a bunch of kids were in the pool a couple weeks ago. I added 2 gallons of 12% and it cleared up. A couple days later there was several kids in it again, but not as many as before. Started to haze a little like before. Still mostly clear, but just not quite right...

Ok, I've been running on bleach since the end of last year when my crappy swg died. I've been reading about chemical pool volume calculation and such because I never was sure just how big my pool was. It's a 20x40 Grecian with an 8.5' deep end and around 3.5' shallow end. I've figured that at...

I'm trying to figure out what the best treatment is for my new issue. We moved into the house last year, and everything was nice and white, at least compared to what it looks like now. I'm on city water, so I don't think there is iron in the water. The previous owner used a pool frog hybrid...

Ok. I have a question to add to this. Would this work? If not, why? It is a petroleum based, food grade, o-ring lube I use for beer kegs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Alright, here's the story. I need a replacement SWG system. I don't have/don't want to spend $1000 on a SWG at this time. A stenner is right up my alley, but more than I want to spend on such a simple device. The liquidator seems cool, and I found in on sale for $120. Not bad, but if I have to...

I have a whirlpool tub in my master bath that has an issue with two jets. They are old stainless steel jets that are held between a plastic bushing front and back. Two of them have both bushings in the front, and the jet won't stay where you place it. It just bounces around. There was only one...

The previous owner of my pool used shock to open and close the pool for the 5-6 years before we owned it. There are a couple bleached out spots on my liner, and my ladder has pitting and some rust. Well it had rust. I used a wire cup on my angle grinder and removed the rust and cleaned it up. I...

I have a Pentair Aqualumin (I think II) that I am interested in replacing. We bought the place this summer, and this site helped me make sure it was sparkly all season. It is all covered up now, and I am seriously missing it. Anyway, the light hasn't worked since we got it. I took it apart and...

I closed my pool about a week ago. I blew all the lines, and plugged them. I blew the skimmers, put a plug in one, and a gizmo in the other because I couldn't get a plug to work. I dropped the water level to just below the skimmers, vacuumed the water out of the skimmers, and put a jug in the...

This is my first year with a pool, and I've come across several critters in my pool this year. Usually bugs, spiders, frogs, and a few voles. A few days ago I found this awesome little guy.

I have a six year old pool frog hybrid system that I inheritted with our pool. Until we bought the place this summer, the system was run 24/7 during the swim season and maintaining the ultra low chlorine level they recommend. I put a timer on the pump, and raised the output up to run the...

I have two 2 pole 20 amp breakers that go to my pump pad, one for the SWG, and one that is labelled pump; and a single pole 20 amp GFCI that goes to the pool light. I just ordered an intermatic timer to save me a ton of money on my electric bill, literally $90-106 per month by my math. Anyway...

I posted this in my introduction thread, but I realize it probably should've been here instead. Here is my first set of numbers: PH 7.6-7.7 FC 8 CC 0 CH 425 TA 70 CYA 50 Those were at noon yesterday. Last night at around 10pm I checked the PH and FC again and got 7.8 and 7.5 respectively...

Hello all. I'm Michael. As the title says, I'm about to have a pool!!! We should be moving into our new place at the end of this month. I'll update my profile after I have all the details about the pool. It is an inground vinyl liner pool somewhere between 18X36 and 20X40. The first is what the...