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This will be our first winter as new pool owners and are going to try it without closing. We are in Mullins, SC. We have freeze protection and swg and have turned pump down to run once in morn and once in eve at lowest speed (3 hours total) to keep CH levels satisfactory. So far its going...

We went 8 days without power and the water returned crystal clear after the sand settled and the PR finished its work. I really need to do some reading on pump run times and other pool care matters. After a really rough start getting pool chems balanced from the new build this spring, I have...

Thank you! So far it is doing great and found yesterday a.m. that once the water settled, the cloudiness was coming from the sand that blew in during the storm, so I sure look forward to getting that vacume up and running. Looks like it may be Sunday before power is restored. Thanks for the...

Thank you all! Added the bleach that we had on hand and got the chlorine up to 4 and the PH fell to 7.4 by the end of the day. The trolling motor did a fantastic job churning the water but we had to cut it off for the evening to charge the battery while the generator is still on. The...

Awesome. That's is good news. Thanks. I started a new thread about the Matthew mess in Just Getting Started but am afraid I have to disappear for a bit and go drag debris. Yay! Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk

Hello, my TFP friends. We have been so blessed with our pool this summer after an early Spring installation. Unfortunately, we were slammed by Hurrican Matthew yesterday and without power today and possibly for the rest of the week, given the extent of the damage to the area. I have spent...

Hello TFP friends from sunny South Carolina. My husband and I are new pool owners, with a new install this last Spring. Unfortunately for our checkbook, I did not find this forum until after the pool store got us for about $350 to get our water balanced after the install. Thank you for your...

You are getting great advice here. We were pool newbys with a build this spring and after spending $350 to (attempt to) get balanced the pool store way, I finally saw the light on my last visit to the pool store when I was buying my last round of chemicals and asked them point blank "Can't I...