Recent content by 2428dakota

No....I did that and have that figured out . The previous posts told me to dump chlorine in every few hours and I didn't know if that meant, every few hours put in what the pool calculator said or only to put in a bit of it every few hours. That's the only reason I was confused.

Loaded myself up with stabilizer....in socks in the skimmers and floaters and after 24 hours or so, I will start adding the liquid chlorine. I get it now. I was told every few hours, but how much every few hours for my 34,000 gallon pool that I currently reading .5 for FC.

Thanks Mark. So there's no way to avoid 6-7 toe scrubbers on the new deck??? Sad. And I the creect cove a shut off for each one or a screw-in type cap? I see you're in Pleasanton. My sister lived there for twenty years until her husbands job brought her kicking and screaming to Tucson. She...

I actually had read those, but my questions were centered around the fact that it seemed that some numbers were very low and some were very high and I didn't know what to do FIRST. I will go buy stabilizer and start dumping the liquid chlorine in. You said to do that until my FC was 12...

We have an attached spa that spills into the pool. The spa currently does not have a heater, but that is coming up next on the project. My question today is.... There are seven PVC open ended pipes that pop up through the decking around the perimeter of the hot tub. They have always been...

So per your advice, I purchased the taylor water test kit and yesterday did my first test ever. I entered the numbers into the pool calculator, but so many things are so out of wack, I'm not sure where to start first. The pool is 34,000 gallons. The FC is .5 The TC is 1 The PH is 7.2 The acid...

Ok. Now it may be coming together. There is a skimmer on that side of the pool that doesn't seem to work. It never has. It is the third skimmer and we haven't really needed it, so we just tuned it off. It does have a valve at the main equipt. line however, but even when opened it doesn't appear...

That is so wierd. I know it's a huge line, but it's nowhere near any other pool equipt. No filter..etc. the other equipt. Is 55 feet away. If its for the hot tub jets, I would want to replace it but obviously not if its an old pump. How could I know for sure? More photos?

OK, so here are the photos that I needed to show to explain my issues..... This shows my pool/ spa equipment. The area to the left of the filter is the pad where I am sure there was a heater for the spa at one time. It now has the polaris booster pump right in the middle of the pad, but I can...

Thank you so much for the post. It finally makes sense to me. You are awesome. I am hoping to find a used one, as we won't be using it very often, but now I am clear on what I am looking for. Thanks!

Trying to figure out the most economical route here. I have my gas meter right at the pool equip. And my nice neighbor who has a heating/ac business will stub out the gas line, but how big of a heater do I need. The hottub is about 600 gallons, I don't need to heat the pool and would like to...

So I think I have quite a bit figured out but I have another question. I can see where they probably had the ok heater near the pool equipment, however I don't see any gas lines and there is an electrical box and old switch right there. What is the best and most economical way to heat the tub. I...

So I messed with everything today and it appears that if I turn off the pool skimmers, turn off the pool return, set it to spa suction and spa return, it gets awesome pressure from one jet, some pressure from the other jets and only has minimal water over into the spillway. I am not sure where...

I return to the TFP once again. We have lived in houston for almost 4 years to a house that has a large pool (40,000 gallons) and an attached spa with a water spillway into the pool. When we moved in, the previous owner said that the hot tub had no heater and that it had been removed years ago...

I love you guys. You have not only helped me replace a new pump and motor, but you have given me confidence that I CAN MANAGE MY OWN POOL ISSUES. After taking this whole thing apart, testing each wire and running through everything 10 times over...I finally can say I GET IT! And I feel...