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Anyone know anything about Trouble Free Lawn? My yard is somewhat un-even with small ruts and divots. My understanding is that a common way of leveling is to use sand. But my soil is heavy on the clay side and have always heard to never mix sand in with clay. Would a small top layer if sand...

I usually remove my SWCG late fall when the water temp drops below its operating limits. This year, I was lazy. I just left it in and chlorinated the pool manually. Now that the weather is about to start turning for us soon, I have begun to think about it. Should I have removed it? We don't...

I found these two guys the other morning. A few hours later, I had to fish third one out (maybe one of the previous two?). I set some water out for them so hopefully they will stay out of the pool. But with 100+ temps, I don't blame them.

Last year I got a solar cover to help keep the water temp up. But I'm not satisfied with the mid to high 80's from last year. I am considering getting about 80 square feet of solar water panels. I found a calculator online that said I need between 400 and 500 square feet for my sized pool...

...the silver chloride precipitate from the salt test? When I have enough collected, I plan to convert it back to elemental silver.

I just switched over to a new phone. When I installed Pool Math, it is no longer showing recent entries. I've tried clearing cache. Is there a secret to get my logs back? The web link shows logs up to 19 days ago: https://api.poolmathapp.com/share/qYAR2Ay But the app's most recent log is...

I have SWCG but as we start to move into the cooler months I was thinking of getting one of those floating puck chlorinators (I don't close for the winter). In the past I have put pucks in the skimmer after the water gets too cold for SWCG (I know this is bad for the pump & plumbing). Is there...

Facebook just sent me a recommendation to join a pool group. I checked out a few threads and it seems very active, but OMG! I think I would go nuts in there. They are using pool store testing and everyone is offering crazy advise (often contradicting one another). I'm so glad I found you...

Common enough, but the first snail I have found in the pool. Much better than some critters for sure!

We are starting our second summer with our in-ground 16x32 pool. We did not use a cover last year and I was a little disappointed in water temp. Mostly stayed in the high 70s. Realistically, how much warmer could I expect the pool to be with one of those bubble wrap style covers? Holy Crud...

We hit a water temp of 60 degrees this past week which is my trigger to get the SWCG connected and water balanced. How you like my sock of CYA?

The pool has been running on autopilot all winter. Just a little bleach and an occasional puck to keep FC up. The robot takes care of everything else. We had some beautiful weather yesterday and I'm getting excited for spring! Based on my salt test, I've dumped almost 5k gallons of rain water...

Pool service came out today to service my pool... I don't have pool service. They were at the wrong address! Lol. I wish someone would accidentally cut my lawn! I asked them what all they added (some alkalinity increaser (which I probably needed) and calcium (did not need). Then I gave...

First time seeing one of these around the house. I thought it was a stick until it started walking.

When I do the CC test (10 ml sample with TF-100), I can sometimes see a very slight haze in the water. Not discernibly pink. Not really any color at all, just not 100% crystal clear. One drop of R-0871 brings it to 100% clear. 1.) In the past I have treated this as zero b/c the sample did...

Anyone have good experiences with an inflatable pool slide? If so, what brand/model? Kids are 14 and 11. Thanks in advance!

When our pool was installed over the winter, I questioned the texture of the concrete cantilever coping. It looked and felt really rough but I was told that it was normal and it was supposed to be rough like that. Now that the water is getting warm and the kids are getting in the pool, I...

I know it is recommended to clean the cartridge after 25% increase in pressure or once a year (which ever happens first). Is that just the minimum? Is it OK to clean more often? I cleaned late last year. But we had some pretty heavy pollen drop a couple weeks ago. Is it OK to give them a...

I was walking around the pool this morning trying to wish it to get warmer. I notice what looked like a screw on the bottom of the deep end. Surly just some odd looking bug or something, right? My brush has a magnet on it so I dipped down and pulled up... a screw. I have not used anything...

My pool is too full and the skimmer is no longer working. I have a new lawn that needs to be watered. Could I pipe my waste line down to a garden hose to run a sprinkler?

I found a two-pack of solar lights on Amazon for about 20 bucks. Surprisingly bright. Makes walking out to the equipment pad a lot easier after dark.

I have a thermometer tied to a suction cup which is stuck to my vinyl liner pool wall. Will the suction cup damage/stretch the liner over time? I'm worried that if I keep it there long, I will end up with a little bulge there. Should I be concerned? Anyone else have experience with suction...

...Is the free hydrogen gas. Be sure to turn the volume up!

I'm doing what most pool owners who don't have pool heaters have probably already done. I'm googling and watching youtube videos on how to build DIY black tube solar pool heaters. I think I have decided that I just cannot build one as cheaply or as efficiently as a commercially built one. But...

Should I even be tracking CSI? Vinyl pool with concrete coping. I thought it might be important for the SWCG (which is not yet installed for the season) or the pump. I'm currently sitting at -0.80.

Air Temp: 83 Water Temp: 64 If this lasts another week or so, WFH will not be too bad.

I'm looking for a good way to hang my leaf net, brush, vacuum, etc.. pole attachments. Surprisingly I have not found any 3D printer designs I like. Before I attempt to design one myself, I wanted to see if any of you have anything. I just want a single bracket with screw holes top and bottom...

The downside to winter build... I can't wait to jump in.

Pool deck was poured on Nov 8th. Today I started cleaning some of the mud that has accumulated and notice a couple spot in the surface. They are not very deep. Is there a good way to fix? Can I fill with some sort of epoxy?