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Hello All, I am losing water at a pretty significant rate. The waste line, which dumps out onto the street, is dripping enough so that there's a constant puddle of water in the gutter (pic below). Hard to believe that a drip could amount to that much water loss, but it's the only problem I can...

Hello All, Just opened my trusty Pool Math App and got a blank screen. The app is open and running, the version is 335 and I'm running iOS 14.3 on an iPhone Xr. When I open the app all I get is a white screen. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Hey All, I'm having a weird issue with my pool circulation and it's making for an excessively long opening this season. My kidney shaped pool has two skimmers and three returns. When I have the multiport set to recirculate, I have great pressure and circulation including suction through both...

Don't know what this this is or what it does. I think it may be sucking air into my system so I'm wondering if I can just cut it out of the line.

**This question was part of a thread from last season that was never answered but came after my fellow TFPers helped me out of a jam and the thread died. I'll be opening our pool for the season next week and before I start I still wonder if I should consider making some changes. I'm wondering...

Hey All, My pool equipment is not performing well and has been gradually getting worse as this season has worn on. I'm hoping I can get some advice to cure my ills before I close it up for the winter. At this point my return jets are putting out a very low volume of water and my circulation is...

Hello Fellow TFP'ers! Another spring and another inquiry to help get me through the upcoming swimming season. Last week I uncovered our pool to find it in pretty decent shape. Lots of algae but not much in the way of leaves or other solids that I had in previous seasons. I've been keeping...

Interesting article from today's Wall Street Journal: Is That Pool Really Sanitary? New Chemical Approach Has Answers. http://www.cetusnews.com/news/Is-That-Pool-Really-Sanitary--New-Chemical-Approach-Has-Answers-.SJgg_GtJIZ.html

Hey All, Well, for a variety of reasons, I finally got my pool up and running. Opened up two weeks ago and finally got all my chemistry where it should be. Even added borates this season, as per Pool School recommendations, and am happy with the results. In the interim, I received my first...

Hello All, The image below is of my Hayward CL200 chlorine feeder and the coupling where a pretty significant leak was discovered. The threads and coupling, as well as the feeder itself are pretty worn from age. I have tried using teflon tape around the fitting threads to stop the leak to no...

Hey All, Well, finally the new liner is in and i should have new water ready to go by tomorrow afternoon. As I begin to ready myself for a fresh start I began to question what I always assumed was a 17,500 gallon pool volume. I remember doing a cursory calculation last season based on measuring...

Hey All, After many months away, I recently began flipping through the pages of TFP getting ready for spring. Glad to see you all again. To recap, my family celebrated our one year anniversary in our new home this past February. The home came with an inground pool with a vinyl liner that was...

Hey All, Well, my first season as a pool owner is winding down. Thank you TFP members for helping me through the process and giving me the confidence to maintain the pool myself. Closing of the pool is scheduled for next week and I'm planning on replacing my vinyl liner next season. I thought...

Hello All, First off, thank you all at TFP for this invaluable site. I reference it all the time for all manner of things from testing, to chemical balance to pool product information. As a first time pool owner in my first season, I couldn't handle my pool without this resource. Here are...

Hey All, Just returned home from a business trip where the wife was in charge in my absence. Set the pool up with the Kreepy Krawly ready for action to be self sufficient while I was away. Temperature hit 86* here in New York so the kids and all their friends splashed around for most of the...

Hello All, FNG here and I'd like to thank all the contributors to this site that have helped to significantly shorten my learning curve as a new and first time pool owner. I've been studying the site and the invaluable information I've gleaned here has inspired me to join up and post a...