Recent content by LadyKate

I have had good results putting in white skimmer socks. After an hour you can see if there is iron in the water.

Thanks! The installers told her to put Velcro behind the liner to snug it against the wall. 😳. I told her there way no way that would fix the problem and I suspected that the liner had been cut wrong. I appreciate the feedback. Is this a problem with doing the more squared off corners or...

I think they measured incorrectly or went off the specs for the pool build and everything was off a bit on the actual build and it shows up in the liner. There is only 3-4 inches of water on the top step but it seems to me the liner should have been made to account for that so the corners would...

Sorry posted same corner twice

My friend just had a rectangular pool built and the corners on two sides look awful in my opinion. Is this something she should have the builder redo / fix? She isn’t sure, it’s her first pool. I’m not sure because my pool has rounded corners. Her new pool has closer to 90 degree corners and...

Not sure if this is helpful to you but when I fill from my high iron well I put my cover pump into the pool pumping into one bucket (chlorinated pool water) to mix with well water and then drilled a hole to spill into another bucket filled with poly fill. I can’t say it will work long term...

I think that would be a plausible way to keep it up. You could also just use pool noodles or an inflatable pool float. I put a few under my cover to raise the leaking spot and then patched my cover as it with flex tape (bought it at Home Depot). about a foot at a time as I closed the cover to...

You are in the right place! Post your numbers and feel free to ask all the questions. It seems you have read a few threads to understand the test kit is necessary but read pool school tab to get up to speed on trouble free methods methods. This is a great forum and it absolutely works.

I know this hard but without knowing exactly where things are at we can’t give you advice. You have thrown a whole lot of things in your pool. Pools stores want to sell you things. That’s how they make money. If you buy your own test kit you are able to only put in exactly what it needs and...

I honestly can’t stay enough about TFP methods and forum. This place is amazing in the generosity and patience that is shown to all the frustrated, overwhelmed and broken pool owners. Although I was able to answer most questions by searching and reading previous responses to others.... I am...

You couldn’t have come to a better informed or kinder place. I love TFP Doing pool testing is intimidating but is just following the instructions and counting drops. It is completely worth it to only put in what your pool needs. Read pool school recommendations above. They help so much in...