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    Installing Sentry Pool Fence

    Hi all, Curious if anyone has experience in installing pool fencing. I bought the sentry safe pool fencing and using a rotary hammer drill. How common is it to hit metal when drilling? Twice now I have encountered metal as I am trying to drill about 4" into the pool deck slab. Its going...
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    New Pool Owner, Losing A lot of Chlorine

    Quick question. As I am working through the SLAM process, do I need to be backwashing the filter at all? Pressure has not risen much at all, but not sure if it should be done regardless. Pool is looking good, clear water but still lost about 9-10ppm of chlorine last night (from 34ppm to...
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    New Pool Owner, Losing A lot of Chlorine

    Update: I took the FC levels up to 34ppm at 11:45am. By 2pm, the level had dropped to 27.5ppm. Loss of 6.5ppm in just over 2hrs - mostly in sun with pump running. I added 2 jugs of Clorox 121oz 8.25% to bring it up to around 34.5ppm. I will re-check here in about 2 hours to see how its...
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    New Pool Owner, Losing A lot of Chlorine

    I bought the TF-100 last week and just started using it. Great kit!
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    New Pool Owner, Losing A lot of Chlorine

    Thanks for the quick responses. Not sure why my first calc on SLAM level was lower but I will bring it up to the 31ppm level. I brushed the tile at the water line over the weekend and there was some small areas of algae, as well as the skimmer throat. Hoping I got most of that taken care...
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    New Pool Owner, Losing A lot of Chlorine

    HI All, First off, thanks to everyone who contributes to this site. It has been extremely helpful as begin to figure things out with our new home and the pool it came with. The pool is pretty clean looking, clear water and nothing visibly wrong. I took apart and thoroughly cleaned the DE...