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Hi TFP My 2005-era Pentair heat pump has leaked out all of its R-22. To repair the leak would be a couple hundred bucks, then to recharge would be 15 lbs of R-22 at....about $150/lb. Paying about $2500 to repair a 12-year old HP seems like a poor decision. We use this heat pump a couple times...

Hi TFP, My motor is acting strange. It will not start on high speed - it will hum/buzz for about 1 second, then stop and wait a minute, buzz, stop.....etc. It will start just fine on low, and once running it will happily switch between high and low. For the time being, I have it set such that...

Hi gang, It's time for a new solar cover for us, since ours started to shred late this fall. The wisdom shared on this site is that cheaper covers work just as well and last just as long, right? I thought it had been 2 seasons since I replaced mine. When I checked my old emails to see what I...

Hi all, the Hayward gas heater at the rental house is leaking from the bottom...a steady drip. Looks like it's the heat exchanger, but I can't see in there and didn't want to start taking things apart that I don't really understand, and in the dark to boot. Any Tucsonans got a local...

With our pergola just about complete (incomplete to-be-updated story here: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/68235-Building-a-pergola), we're starting to think about lighting! Probably going to go with string lights...anyone have experience with these? We have used a fairly inexpensive...

Hi all who use solar cover reels, What are you using to attach the cover to the reel? the straps that came with it disintegrated after <1 season. I bought some rope thinking that it would be better, well, whatever kind I bought also disintegrates in chlorine/sun. Have you found anything that...

Hi all, I've just completely worn through a set of gears in just 2 years. I know some other folks have the same system, is this the normal lifespan for yours? It makes me wonder if something is getting through the filter and grinding them up, though I've never noticed anything coming through...

Has anyone done this? Our boy is 20 months and my wife is really wanting to put him in them. I am sitting here watching the instructor and other kids right now, and it looks like they are taught to float and breathe, then flip over and swim to the side/steps. Anyone put their kids in this...

Hi all, My mom has a pool in Baton Rouge, and claims that she gets duckweed growing in the pool even with her FC kept 3-7 and her CYA at 80 (salt pool). I can't help but think something is wrong. Living in Tucson, duckweed is not an issue I have to worry about. Can anyone in the deep south...

Hi all, We'll be redoing the return side plumbing at my parent's new place, and installing a salt system to make the future tenants' lives easier. There is a bypass with a check valve that I don't understand the reason for...picture below! We need to install the SWG cell on the pool return...

Hi all, My parents just bought a house in our neighborhood with a pool, and are looking to rent it for a couple years until they can make the move out here. We will be managing the rental...so interviewing potential tenants, handling repairs, etc. They've discussed liability with their...

Preface - I am not a computer person. Please don't laugh if I say something dumb. I think the new TFP is having a strange unpredictable effect on my computer. Since the update I have had ~15 incidents where my screens just go black, and cannot be resurrected without hard-booting the laptop...

Hi all, this winter/spring project is now in the serious planning stages, and it's gonna be a big shade pergola for our west-facing backyard. I've attached a sketch of the general idea...I screwed up the measurements at the bottom left of the pool so still need to sort that out. The gray...

Some pictures my wife took on Friday...we got two inches of rain in half an hour! :drown:

Don't drain your pool when the groundwater is high!! :hammer: :hammer: http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/2134 ... -of-ground

I cooked a brisket on the keg a little before Christmas, and decided to do something with all the trimmed fat. Who wouldn't want a candle that smells like delicious smoked meat? :tasty: After a quick :suspect: look from my wife, I made a little foil boat and stuck the trimmings in along...

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I bought the 2-speed Tristar in my signature several months ago, and now I'm thinking maybe I'll actually install it. The old Super II has started to leak a steady trickle instead of just a constant drip. I have a T10004 enclosure and I believe that I just need to get a T106M to put in the...

On monday I found a barely used Yoder Wichita on craigslist in Phoenix, and the guy selling it was willing to drive it all the way down to Tucson for me! It's big, bad, and hopefully the last smoker I'll ever need to buy. I didn't get a steal on it, but I paid a lot less than it costs new and...

We don't talk all that much about landscaping, etc on this forum, but I'm interested to see what everyone is doing to make their yard nicer. I'll start! Our plans for this year mainly involve building some raised beds along our back view fence. Before: Low-tech concrete saw seems to work...

From my front yard last night and this morning...these flowers are 9" across! This is the first time these have bloomed for me, and I've got a few other types with buds...exciting!

Well, after much hemming and hawing I ordered one of these over the weekend. It's pretty pricey, but should last for decades: http://www.jacksonshardware.com/store/p ... oduct=5959 We have a gas bowl that we never use because the wind blows out half the flames. As convenient as gas is (we...

I'm busy installing some irrigation lines underneath my deck, and since I've already got the pavers pulled and the trench dug, I figured I might as well bury some conduit so it'll be there in the future if I want to put in some lighting. The area is small; about 60 feet long and the lights...

Just throwing this out there: does anyone have a pool like this, or have you considered it? It's just like a plastic bedliner in a pickup truck. http://www.rhinolinings.ie/swimmingpools.html http://www.rhinoliningsindustrial.com/p ... d-pw/22/46 Last night I was watching the Mythbusters prove...

Do you like Halloween? Do you hate it but dress up anyway? Do you hide in the bushes and scare children? If so, this is your thread! Lets see some pictures of the cute, the scary, and the (family-friendly) disgusting! :party: Here are my wife & I at the church youth group party (all the...

To all the other TFP folks out there who enjoy gardening: I've always been curious if the forums at Dave's Garden are worth the membership fee. I mean, it's not a whole lot of money, but still.........I'm really cheap. Is it really more active than any other gardening forum site (dare I...

A few pictures from this year's pool party for the church youth group...we grilled an entire pig, which turned out much better than expected. The guest of honor: Me with the pig Finally on the grill; youth pastor Micah and me. Getting cooked...girls are excited! I had to saw off the feet...

Hi all (especially bk, Bama, and anyone else who is electricity-smart), I have a patio outlet that hasn't worked since I moved into the house. I also had one GFCI breaker that was left off because it would always trip. Well duh, I figured there was a short somewhere between the panel and the...

Well, it's just about time to replace my squeaky pump motor. I plan on replacing it with a 2-speed, keeping the same 1.5 SFHP so I can run the in-floor cleaner properly on high speed. I need some help buying the right thing! Looks like I can get a WhisperFlo for about $650, a TriStar for...

Hi all, this is on behalf of my dad in Baton Rouge, LA. He has a very old gas heater that won't ignite anymore. It has a nameplate that says "Laars Lite", it's about a 3' cube, and probably 28 years old. He can smell gas when turning it on, but no ignition. He thinks it is the ignitor, and...