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Thanks Jim. Any ideas where I might be able to find information on how to winterize?

I came across a pool built by a pool builder who's work I had not seen before. This pool builder uses a skimmer design that I don't understand. This is a gunite pool that was just completed. The skimmers are taller than what I'm used to seeing with typical Hayward or Pentair skimmers. The...

I work with a lot of Gunite pools with tile borders, and I've started to notice that the pools built by a certain pool builder tend to have almost no issues with tiles popping off over the winter. There are other builders, where just about every pool has missing tiles after a few seasons. I...

Wow, you guys really ran with this one. I was just wondering how others accommodated commercial requirements on a pool that wasn't built with the intention of being commercial.

In the last few years, the pool maintenance business has seen a shift where many pool owners are renting their properties out on AirBnB. This creates an interesting set of challenges in terms of regular maintenance simply because the level of use and abuse can vary greatly from week to week...

Today I was told by a pool builder to try a phosphate treatment to get rid of White Water Mold. My gut reaction is that this is like every other situation where pool pros blame phosphates for everything, but it got me thinking. Does White Water Mold thrive in the presence of Phosphates like...

I didn't hear anything. What can I check to troubleshoot this pump?

I have a customer with a Pentair Variable Speed pump that suddenly isn't working. The display shows the RPMs ramping up as if its priming, but nothing happens at the motor. Has anyone seen anything like this before?

I have a customer with an Ecomatic SWG that was working find a few weeks ago, but has stopped initializing. There is power to the head unit, and the two green lights are on, but it never counts up. When I turn the knob, it displays the output setting for a little while, but then the display...

Thats what I was afraid of.

Hello, I have a new customer with a Mineral Springs SWG, and the "Low Minerals" light is on. The average salt reading is 1500 ppm, and the instantaneous measurement is around 1700 ppm. I've tested the salt in the pool several times and it consistently tests at 3200 ppm. I inspected the cell...

The pool is an inground vinyl liner pool with a SWG. Roughly 28,000 gallons. Typically in my area, pools have water trucked in from old underground limestone mines. The water is usually pretty good with the exception of high Total Alkalinity. I try to keep the chemistry more or less in...

I have a customer who has issues with iron staining in his pool. He never had a problem until last year. That is when he hired me. He thinks it is because his previous pool guy added water from his well to top off the pool. Last season, I fought with the staining all season. I could...

Thanks JoyfulNoise. I'm not a fan of any system that won't allow me to test and verify sanitizer levels, so I try to hedge my bets when I have to deal with nature 2. Does chlorine have any negative effects on the Nature 2?

I'm talking about the Nature 2 system for spas. I'm not sure if they are chemically the same as the systems for pools.