How did YOU find TFP?

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

I found this site when building our pool in 2012. It got me to thinking, how do people find this site.

I am curious because I have referred a lot of people to this site both friends and strangers.

 

[Casey]

I found it by accident as I was looking for a nice pool forum and low and behold, I stumbled across a brand new forum in the making that had a lot of people who knew what they were talking about and I never left. That was in April 2007! Sometimes it's hard to believe it's been 7 years! This place is by far one of the best forums out there!

 

[smforte]

^^^ditto that!^^^

 

[AimeeH]

About 2 months after build discovered this site searching for remedy to low PH. That was August 2011. Bought test kit before opening in 2012. Never got pool stored.

 

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

I also found it through a search on the web. I wonder how many people have actually listened when I tell them about this site. I was hoping to see a lot of referrals on this poll. I think of all the money and heartache I have saved by finding it and was hoping to help others do the same.

 

[zea3]

I took a left turn at Greenland!
Seriously, believe it or not it was a clerk at Leslie's that ultimately led me here. He was telling me I could use baking soda to correct my pH, and being my skeptical self I googled it and found TFP! Turns out what he told me was wrong, (he had it backwards) but still I am grateful his advice put me on the way to TFP.

 

[woodyp]

They drug me here kicking and screaming I tell ya'!

Googled it before the pool went up, and honestly can't understand why people wait until their pool is built/installed/up and filled before worrying about how to take care of it. Just floors me.

 

[svenpup]

I was moving from Newport, RI to Sacramento. I had never had any pool experience; never even had friends with pools, but I knew if I was going to live in 100+ degree summers I was going to buy a house with a pool. Found this website and joined months before even owning a pool. I am one of the rare few that has never been pool stored. Literally the only thing I've ever bought from a pool store is liquid chlorine and MA. Never had a pool store test done. I'm a genuine child of Zion (matrix reference).

 

[Smykowski]

I was trolling the interwebs for how to replace bearings on a failing pump. Found TFP, stayed up way too late reading for three nights in a row, then opened up my pool the following spring on the TFPC method and never looked back.

 

[northrn]

Googled it before the pool went up, and honestly can't understand why people wait until their pool is built/installed/up and filled before worrying about how to take care of it. Just floors me.

Floors me too but that's how I got here. I searched for information about the system I bought and had my eyes opened by this forum. Thankfully, I wasn't too far into being pool stored to cause major problems.

 

[Divin Dave]

I actually found TFP by mistake. I was googling for pool pics. I said "oh, what's this?" And here I am.

 

[DeeMac]

I found TFP when we moved into our house of 3 years now and knew nothing about pools. Thankfully I absorbed all the information on this site and have only gone to the pool store to get parts. My pool looks amazing thanks to TFP !!

 

[bridgman]

I was trying to learn about maintaining water in a hot tub and ran across some of chem geek's posts about the dichlor-bleach method over on PoolSpaForum (I think).

When it came time to find the posts again, I didn't remember the forum name but I remembered chem geek's username... Google led me here, and now you're stuck with me.

 

[anonapersona]

We found a house with a pool. As the at home spouse I had to take care of it. I got rid of all five fish tanks (100, 60, 50, 30, & 10 gallon planted tanks with discus and other freshwater fish) and left behind the 300 gallon goldfish pond. The new house and pool would be work, I was done with fish.

In searching for pool information I found TFP. It was clear immediately that this was a friendly helpful place. I sat up at night reading the archives from top to bottom, maybe 47 pages in the longest set at that time.

Even so, I used strips and tabs all that winter and the pool was overstabilized by April when I got a real test kit. I know it had been drained and filled post hurricane so it was perfectly balanced in November when we moved in.

 

[Donldson]

My cover blow in to the pool over the winter due to user error trying to weigh it down. All the leaves in it I couldn't get it clear and just couldn't understand why it was a constant white. Convinced myself it was the TA and was searching for a way to fix it. After reading about the "acid slug" and it not making any sense to me I kept searching and found real answers here. Still took me a while to read enough about SLAM (then still known as "the shock process") to implement it, but eventually I did get the water clear, the Pool Frog removed, and over the next couple years getting myself in order.

 

[Casey]

This is a great thread/poll.

 

[kerryman71]

Took over as condo association president last October. Immersed myself in everything in regards to the property which includes a pool. When I really think of it, that's the one thing that could really
cause problems for the resident if not operated correctly. Found this site looking for info and it has been a wealth of knowledge even if it is a semi public pool that we're running. Quite a few residents have commented that
the pool looks the best its looked in years. Naturally I have to agree .

John

 

[ComputerGuyInNOLA]

Donldson, the acid slug! I forgot about that! Funny, some of the advice on the internet that has no basis in science or reality.

 

[ranger_ric]

I was fighting some really bad stains on my vinyl floor. I had just bought a huge filter and pump. and stumbled here.... I dont remember the exact links or searches but I was hooked reading the frog pond to clear stories. I tell everyone I run into that has an interest in pools about this place.... Thanks to everyone for making this a great community.
Sometimes I really wish there was a "like" button. Richard really cracks me up.. Arnold Schwartenagger as the "Chlorinator" !!

 

[duraleigh]

Great thread! I am enjoying each post!