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Thanks so much...that confirms what I was thinkin!!! Love this site...You guys are the best! :party: They are ordering your big test kit this week! :goodjob:

I have a friend just put up an AG 13,000 gallon with 1 1/2 HP pump plumbed with 2" pipe~ sand filter, new sand The water was brought out by the Fire Dept and the first load had sat in the truck tank for who knows how long it had been stored so there was rust in it :rant: ...after about 2 hrs...

Thanks a bunch! Going to dump in salt now and get the process going! The BBB method initially was overwhelming and now looking back it's so simple. I'm sure the SWG will be the same once I get the hang of it. :party:

I'm working on balancing my water so my hubby can rig up the SWG tomorrow. We live in a small town and neither of the 2 pool supply places even know what a strip to test for only salt is. They wanna give me bottle of those strips that test chlorine, ph, etc... (Eeew. No one would buy it!) So...

Thanks for the info! Well of course I have one of those on my skimmer...I call it the frog flap~ Frogs go in and can't get back out into the pool! :lol: Thanks for the clarification and new terminology "weir"...now I know!

Your before and "after" house/patio/yard pics were really neat! What software did you use and where can I get it?

Our liner is a medium ocean blue color except trim has burnt orange and grays with the blue. The light output is great and lights from it's location, centered under the diving board, all the way to the shallow steps at the other end (they're white and they glow in the light). The deep end is a...

What's a "weir" :?: I'm from Southeast Missouri and whatever your talking about either our inground doesn't have it or we just call it by some other name! :goodjob: Great gesture and wonderful movie by the way! (Pay It Forward)

Jandy Watercolors LED~ Don't BUY ONE!!! I love the LED idea of these lights and my Jandy Watercolors really lights up my 18x36 inground vinyl lined pool. BUT the RED, yes, I said RED color is Halloween-like creepy...the light has beautiful pinks, purple, blues and green colors and the pool...

Durn...missed the deadline for entering my little pool cleaner in the contest. My 9 yr old named it and dressed it up. I thought the deadline was the end of April! Anyway, will you have another cleaner contest or take a late entry? My fault for missing it, but he'll be so disappointed that...

With our DIY install we used Polymer walls. We put the pool in what I called the Clay Pit! What a MESS that stuff is! I think I googled something like "Steel vs Polymer inground pool" and found several helpful sites for info on making our decision. Most against Steel and for the Polymer. We...

We bought our DIY vinyl lined IG kit from Royalswimmingpools.com They are out of Memphis, TN. They had some of the best prices around and helpful, knowledgable staff to answer even the craziest questions that we came up with! I would buy from them again! :goodjob: We have an 18x36 rectangle...

Thanks so much! I'll keep chuggin along and aerate before trying to drop TA further. The pool calculator didn't have a timeframe or anything so I assumed that as long as the water circulated good, the TA should've dropped below 100... I'll just be patient and work on my PH. :party: Guess i'm...

Here were my test results after pouring the concrete decking around the pool 2 days ago: Yes, there were small, slight little blops here and there...nothing major at all. Very little wet concrete went into the pool...A couple super quick vacuums in the gathering spots and that was all she wrote...

Keep us updated...we are pouring our concrete pool deck this week (DIY project) and I have no clue how to seal it. I am learning with you! Hang in there!!! :roll: