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We are in TX and when the wind kicks up in the summer, dust! And it is a clay like dust so it settles fast. Looks like mud. We have a Pentair Racer LS w/ booster pump and it does a good job at what it does. It stirs the dust off the floor of the pool, but then the dust ends up on the stairs...

I’m sure it’s me, but need someone to tell me why! I have used the app for several years with my old pool, moved houses so new pool (new build). I must have a setting wrong. My pool gallons are set to plaster, 38000. My Test Kit is TF-100, and the reagents are about 6 mths old. I needed FC...

Hi All, I had a pool in PA for several years and used the TFP method with the full test kit, Pool Math, etc. We have moved to TX and are opening a new pool in a month or two. I'm starting to look at liquid chlorine, wow the prices have gone up! We are considering switching from the 1 gal jugs...

Our heater won't turn on. Help? We opened the pool turned on the heater, it ran for 3 days and got the pool up to 80 and maintained it no problem. Last night we asked it to heat the spa, and it didn't work. I'm not sure if the request for the spa heating is just a coincidence? Last night...

Hi all, Our spa can be separated from our pool and be kept open when the pool is closed this winter. We haven't done it in prior seasons but this season with COVID we think it might actually be used. Anyone with experience doing this? I have never had a stand alone spa and don't know the...

Only on TFP would this be of any interest, lol. I had my kit separated (FC/CC and pH) in a box, with the rest of the tests in the provided box. But it just wasn't working for me, storing two different boxes. I am so excited about my new Kit Caddy, found on Amazon for $15. It's the little...

Thanks to the HELPFUL people on this AMAZING forum, our pool is so easy to manage. It opened last week and I was excited to get testing and balancing, it is like an annual challenge to get it just right and keep it that way. And every year I have at least one technical difficulty that the...

Happy spring everyone, happy pool season! We opened the pool today, first season we can't see the bottom upon opening which is a bummer. And something is up with the filter. The system says it is running at 2750. There is no way it is running at that speed, the waterfall is practically...

My kids have decided to invite friends over to enjoy our spa. We have run the heater once this season I think. The heater won't start. It Sparks for about a minute, then it says No Pilot Sensed, and No Demand. I checked that the gas line is on. The pool is in spa mode. We have a Raypak...

Yesterday I lowered our pool 2" below the skimmers because I had someone coming to close the pool. They showed up and said sorry, our pool was too big for them to close, call someone else. The next appointment I could find was mid October so I had to refill and restart. I had initially...

Thanks to this forum and my test kit, my pool is easy to handle. A friend of mine painted the inside of his concrete pool last year, and he just noticed the paint is starting to disintegrate when he brushed the sides. I asked him how he tests his pool, and he has been using trichlor and just...

Hi everyone. I haven't posted here in quite awhile because my pool is always perfect!!! Thanks to you!!!!!! But.... Like much of the country we got incredible rain the past week. I have been draining, testing, adding bleach and acid and waiting for it to be over. Opened the pool end of...

This is season three of our new pool and I have been using the TFP method since the second month. Yesterday, for the first time, I woke up to a cloudy pool. It had rained a lot and I had forgotten to add bleach for a few days. Just forgot.... Oops. Uh oh, what have I done. FC was zero, and...

First, this forum is awesome. I did my first tests this morning and was able to find answers to most of my questions using the search. Here are my results pH 7.5 TA 100 CH 300 CYA 25 FC 1 CC .5 With TF-100 and Pentair tests I tested TC at around 2 or 3, I really have a hard time reading that...

Hi all, We just opened our new pool last week. Right now I feel like I spend more time brushing the plaster than swimming. Or brushing while swimming...! I'll get to my signature very soon. Looking forward to picking your brains about our pool. Thanks in advance!