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Sorry if this is a silly question, but do I need to drain the spa before attempting this? Also, if I polish specific areas, will they look noticeably different from the unpolished sections? What about areas where there’s pitting — how will those turn out?

Hello! I’m hoping someone can help me figure out what’s going on with my spa. As you can see in the photos, there’s noticeable discoloration and blotchy staining in the spa area of my pool. What’s odd is that the main pool doesn’t have this issue—it’s isolated to the spa only. I’ve tried...

Hi everyone, I recently hired a pool service back in November because I went on a two-week vacation over Thanksgiving and didn’t want anything to go wrong while I was gone. I also really dislike dealing with the pool during SoCal’s windy season—it’s such a hassle to keep it clean. Here’s the...

I bought a new auto-fill a couple years ago. I thought it was the best because the adjustment mechanism is completely solid and its all metal. However, a couple months ago my water bill was double and discovered the auto-fill was constantly leaking at the level I normally keep my pool at...

Just tested for calcium. It was at 850. Water is pretty hard here so not surprising. TA is usually 100-120. Hard to manage to get it low without tons of acid. It's probably calcium scale as you mentioned. When I bought this place I took a pumice stone and rubbed off the calcium on the tiles...

On one side of my spa, there were the cement like rough spots. They are raised and somewhat sharp feeling. I'm not really sure where they came from or if there's a way to fix it. They are mostly on one side (left side) of the spa. Attaching some photos, but kind of hard to capture.