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My travertine is now 7 years old. I have had 3 pieces crack since installation. I bought several extra pieces of travertine to replace cracked pieces and I am glad I did. None of my cracked pieces look no where near as bad as yours. Contact the contractor who installed them.

That is not normal at all. It looks like a great spot for insects to hide. It will also be a great spot for algae to grow. The skimmer is set way too low. When your water level gets high from rain the skimmer will not function at all. Tell your pool builder you want it corrected.

What kind of pool is it? If it has a vinyl liner you might be able to easily fill it in. If it is Gunite you will need to check to see what it would take to remove it. Most areas of the country will consider it a nuisance if you do not maintain it.

One reason for the discrepancy is the test kit you purchased from the hardware store may have outdated reagents. The HTH test kit you purchased from where? Probably Walmart which most likely has very recent reagents. I would trust that test. Your TA is pretty high which will cause your pH to...

I made a post several years back, I think for April Fools day, about a microwave pool heater. It got some funny responses. It was tongue in cheek of course.

I have the Jandy Aquapure 1400 and there is no way I would go back to manually dosing or a stenner pump. My first unit lasted just shy of seven years. It runs year round since we do not close our pool. One thing no one takes into consideration when comparing cost is your time, gas, and wear and...

In Louisiana we have a take on the Bourbon slush. It is great on a hot summer day. Recipe: Bourbon Fruit Slush

Umbrella sleeves, at least 4 around the pool.

Check with your home insurance company. When we built our pool we contacted our insurer and were told our insurance would be cancelled if we installed a diving board or slide. I guess they did not want the liability.

Return it. You do not need it with an outdoor pool. I’ve looked into them when I built my pool seven years ago. When I realized they were useless on an outdoor pool I used that money to upgrade my lights to color LED lights.

I am very happy with it. We have a raised wall along the back that has two waterfalls. The kids jump off of it a lot. I think that 5 feet would have been too shallow as the kids have gotten taller over the years.

The first picture has no tile beneath the coping. The second picture has a full set of tiles beneath the coping. This does not look right. Post an image of the entire pool.

You should take a sample while the cell is producing as close to a return as possible.

We went from 78 to 92 in ten days. Had to put our flower sprinkler in to cool it down. The earliest we have ever had to do it.

Ours is 14’ x 28’

Mine is 3/5.5/3.5. It is L shaped with the leg on the L as a tanning shelf. We love it for playing sports like volleyball and badminton. We are older but our nieces and nephews spend a lot of time in it. No complaints about not being able to dive. We have a 12 foot long wall on the back that has...

Poolnewb, That is close to the recipe for the Margaritas at Tommy’s in San Francisco. BTW, agave nectar is a low glycemic sweetener made from the agave plant which is the same plant used to make tequila. This is by far the best recipe I have found for Margaritas. This was invented by Julio...

I believe you should only invite people you want to socialize with. Regardless of religion, race, or sexual preference, invite people you want to hang out with. It will make everyone’s life easier. Don’t feel bad about it. It is your property after all.

I want to know how they came up with FC of 6.02. What measures FC to the hundredth. Same with CYA to the tenth. Trust your own results.

You can see the bottom step. Far from the worst I have seen.

I hear you MrB. I had a pool at this same house when I bought it 20 years ago. It was a nightmare to maintain and very costly. Back then I did not know about TFP, I dont know if it even existed. I ended up having it dug out and I had the hole filled in. Ten years later we built our new pool I...

When I joined this forum I was testing at the pool store on a regular basis. One day I noticed the person testing my water got called out over the PA. She was looking around the store and I noticed the titrant she was dropping in the vial was not going in the vial. She gave me a list of things...

Mpire, If your Russound does not have an HDMI input you can convert the HDMI to RCA using a converter. See the link below. This will extract the audio to standard RCA output...

The only problem with Sonos is price. $350.00 for a network streaming device, no amplification. A Chromecast is only $35.00.

We are practically neighbors! :cool:

You could use a Google Chromecast if you have an HDMI input on your amp. They are really cheap.

I purchased one at the Pool & Spa Expo in New Orleans about 6 years ago. For Expo attendees it was half price. I snapped one up for $120.00. I should have spent the money on pool toys. Worst purchase ever. Constant calibration and inconsistent results every bloody time. I cant remember the brand...

Thanks JoyfulNoise! I need to get mine up.

I have been keeping my CH around 250. I just looked through pool school again as it has been a while and saw that for salt water pools the recommended range is 350 - 450? What is the reasoning behind the higher CH level for SWG pools vs non salt water pools?

I use Harman Kardon for my AV system. I also have Roku on all my TV’s and Sling as my cable provider. Outdoor speakers never last long here in the south with our extreme humidity so I purchased a Pyle PA system that has Bluetooth. I just roll it out when we want music. It was cheap and works...