Recent content by gingrbredman

I use Pentair Intellicenter, and connect locally almost all of the time. You can select in the app how you want to connect. The Pentair servers being down, if they ever are, does not impact my daily use of the system. When I am away and want to connect, say crank up the heat before I get home...

Thats my thoughts at least. The big turns just whip the kids around, and the real fun is coming out of the slide into the water.

Also have the SR Smith Typhoon. Have a neighbor with a longer one, more twists in it, and all of our kids seem to like mine. A quick ride on the slide is all they really need, it's the splash down they all seem to want, and both provide that. I like the typhoon because it has a smaller...

That is correct. When you click on tracking of CSI, it is a calculation the app does based on the other inputs. Important to keep an eye on to prevent the white flakes as @mknauss mentioned. Some pools just settle in on a higher TA level than "ideal" but if everything else is in line, let it be...

Very nice looking new pool! Good plan. While making sure you have chlorine in the water every day, try and get your CYA level to at least around 60, this will help stabilize the chlorine you are adding. As mentioned above, use the sock method to let it dissolve slowly and circulate. You can use...

Welcome to TFP, and congrats on that new pool! We love pictures, so post a couple of your place if you have some time! Is the SWCG not set up yet just because the build isn't all the way done? With a plaster pool, you need to wait 30 days before firing that up, but not sure why you would wait...

This story is a good example for you, and others, never to take your water to a pool store, and more importantly, never to trust pool store tests, especially since you have the gold standard of test kits. First, their "recommended levels" are not what we look at following the TFP method. A...

You mention something about after SLAM, but the process requires you to clear all three criteria before being completed, the third being..... AND pool water is crystal clear As @JJ_Tex points out, you need to keep it in SLAM until you clear all three...

I'm the same @Pauls234 , my TA likes to sit around 100-120, but my PH also tends to remain pretty predictable. I have a lot of water features, so am constantly adding muriatic acid to keep the PH in check, but even with the lowing and raising PH, the TA likes to just sit there and seem quite...

Really like the design, and a lot of great comments above already about the layout. I am going to just guess that this may be more of an "old school" builder by the equipment recommendations, but will throw out these recommendations, which also may not be well received by an old school...

Out of curiosity, why would you go out of your way to two different pool stores to get the testing done when you have a proper test kit? I am not sure I would put too much correlation into the fact both pool stores got it wrong at the same time. Like cheating off the dumbest two kids in the...

You have two sets of data, and neither would be considered accurate for the actual salt level in your pool. Any SWCG is not known to be super accurate for measuring actual salt content (maybe close) and strips are the worst tool for measuring anything. A real salt test will contain two reagents...

Welcome to TFP! As you probably already have gathered from the great advice, your issue is likely not an equipment issue (or at least was not in the beginning), but a water balance issue. The simple TFP methods all revolve around a simple balance and routine testing and a recognized test kit...

Sometimes I feel like more of an "elitist" than a snob. Especially when I am un-intentionally telling my neighbors just how dumb they are being trying to maintain a pool in any other way than how I do it. I try and explain it in a way that comes across as why the TFP way is the only real pool...

The SWG output option is a nice feature for sure but does have a little bit of a learning curve once it is installed. You have to kind of guess how long you will have the cover open and how much chlorine output you need to keep the pool chlorinated in the right range. It took me a few weeks to...