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    Degradation of Cyanuric Acid (CYA)

    All righty thank you and yes I mix up the water. the pool's been running for a few weeks but it makes sense with the degradation and the rain blah blah blah thanks,
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    Degradation of Cyanuric Acid (CYA)

    I'm not sure if this is the correct thread but the title sure hits it... for the past 3 years I end the winter with 60 parts per million to cya I use the trouble-free pool method for opening and closing and everything else straight bleach. nothing else. yet every spring my cya is back to...
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    Coping Repair Help-now that I found the right thread.

    Ok awesome....I will do concrete patch. I am tempted to try and bed the coping into the wet patch, but the rest are not installed that way....so I think I will do the below. Then when it dries I will "glue" the coping ONLY to the concrete collar. As you can tell the original builder glued...
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    Coping Repair Help-now that I found the right thread.

    As you can see from the pictures, I have a fiberglass pool, with a concrete collar, with coping that was "glued" to the collar and pool lip. I have quite a few "tiles" that seem to have actually pull up the concrete somehow and the glue/concrete is stuck to the coping and the concrete below is...
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    NE OH - DIY Pool Build

    Remember, if you don't want Salt Water or a Salt Water Generator, the other option is a Chlorine Injection Pump, aka Stenner Pump....nearly as automatic as a SWG.
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    Cannot connect to TFP using Tapatalk

    I think it more about following 3-4 Key Forums without having to check each one. If TFP was the only forum I monitored, no worries. But I am a Moderator on one and then follow 4-5 other and trying to keep up is impossible. So it is more about the streamlining and workflow. But it is what it...
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    At What Temperature Should I Open Pool/Michigan

    50 degrees and perfectly clear....even it it drops to 30's outside overnight, water circulating at 50 will not freeze. if you wait, you begin to risk algae....
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    Cannot connect to TFP using Tapatalk

    Bummer...this makes the forum much less usable in my humble opinion....just posting this as a hopes that someone has a better way to view. On my Android with Chrome it is unbearable
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    Cheapest I've ever seen solar cover - $44.45 for a 16'x32' 12mil sheet

    Yup just picked one up....great deal. I always used clear and I wonder if blue will heat as much when the cover is on, but I normally take it over to heat anyways, and keep it on at night. Thanks for the tip to the link!
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    Buying a wet suit for exercise in cold water

    This should help you figure out what you need... Wetsuit Thickness Guide Temperature Chart | evo