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Greetings all... I am in the midst of refinishing my pool hopper and bottom... the concrete work is nearly done, now I have two questions as I start thinking about completing the job... 1) The Light As you can see, I currently have a piece of white plastic over the light niche. I've had...

immediate issue... my pool deck had a return line coming up out... I assume it was for a slide. The prior owner had put a piece of iron pipe with a cap down into the hole... it rusted away and now is leaking. I thought I would find a PVC line down in the concrete once I got the old piece out...

Greetings all - it's been a while since I last posted. In the spring, I jumped onto the robot cleaner bandwagon. Through all of my research, I ended up buying a refurbed unit from poolpartz.com (Dolphin pool cleaners) During the overly thorough research phase, I naturally asked for feedback...

Switching my hot tub over to saltwater. Bought a Saltron mini on eBay. As I think about the swap over, I started to wonder about the need for stabilizer. The hot tub is covered at all times - except when I’m in it. So the exposure to sunlight is 30 minutes per day max. Generally it is used in...

Down south, we don’t have de-icer as a regular commodity, so I had a visitor from the great white north stop by Lowe’s and bring me a bag of it during a recent visit. The product I received was SafeStep 7300. The MSDS bothers me... it says that the composition is 60-100% Calcium Chloride...

Looking to do something different for our family vacation this year. The past several years have been a trip to the Gulf and deep water fishing. This year, I'd like to go West. Incredibly, I've been to many European countries... but have traveled very little West of the Mississippi. So -...

I'm in the process of a massive overhaul of my equipment. What started off as a mission to pour some concrete has found me replacing everything... https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/155289-Next-project-pool-equipment-pad-and-replumb Although the work is not yet completed, I'm already...

Hot tub rebuild complete, now it’s time to start on the pool. The previous home owner has the pump and filter sitting on a plastic base... time to rip it up and pour a proper pad. While I’m at it, I plan to replumb all of the above ground stuff. (The top is off of the filter because it is...

Well... I finally decided to follow thru on what I’ve been thinking about doing for a long time. My hot tub is recessed into the screened portion of my deck. I’ve pulled it up out of the recess... then pulled the tub up out of the frame. Now I’m going to replace all jets and plumbing. I’ll...

Not sure what the top piece around the pool is called... but mine is stained. Tried vitamin c and bleach... neither are taking it off. Suggestions? Not every piece is stained

Not sure which Forum to put this question into, so "Everything Else" seems to be fitting. Is anyone else dealing with kudzu bugs? We just started to notice them a few weeks ago. Two days ago, there were so many near the pool that it impossible to lounge outside of the pool. Just wondering if...

I currently have a single speed pump, but hope to upgrade to a dual speed in the next year or two. My timer (Intermatic) hasn't worked since we moved into the house. The clock doesn't turn at all Up to now, I've manually turned the pump on and off. Given that I am looking to upgrade the pump...

My plumbing has a Pentair 320 chlorinator (https://www.amazon.com/Pentair-R171096-Rainbow-Automatic-Chlorine/dp/B001DO0QKQ) Needless to say, after finding TFP and firing the pool guy that the previous home owners used, I will not be using tabs in the chlorinator. The CYA on my first test last...

I posted a thread a week ago about iron and copper levels in my pool and slight staining on my liner (Metal (Iron Copper) Levels - what to do) Since then, I've spent the last week reading older threads here regarding metals and staining. Seems like there are a lot of folks dealing with stains...

I took some water to the local hardware for testing because I was needing some CYA anyway & I was curious to see how close their results match mine as well (using the TF100). On a side note - I really despise the CYA test... I never feel like I can be accurate with it. Results were right on...

Let me start by saying that I'm an engineer... since I was a kid I loved to take things apart so I could see how they work. I've posted about the old spa that was at this house when we purchased last year (Older Spa Maintenance) Since then, I've had it apart twice now. Last time I replaced...

I think that I came across a calculation error this morning on PoolMath. It is in the PH adjustment box. Here are all of the numbers that I have in the system in the format of actual/target Size = 20000 FC = 5/5 PH = 7.5/7.9 (raising it because I'm getting ready to add boric acid) TA = 50/50...

START RANT As I've mentioned before, we moved into a home with an existing pool in August of last year. It's been one disaster after another. Here's the latest... I decided I'd do the deep clean of the sand filter (STA-RITE T-240BP-1) over the weekend before I finished putting chemicals in...

I need to add borax to balance PH, baking soda for TA, chlorine, salt, boric acid, and calcium choride. Are there some that can be added simultaneously and some that have to be kept separated? The instructions for the calcium say to avoid adding until the day after PH adjustments, but what...

Moved into a new house with a pool in July of last year. Thus far, I have been very disappointed in the half-assed work done by the previous owner... but there is too much material for just one thread ;) Current issue: I filled the pool over the weekend...

I mentioned recently that there are conflicts between stickies and current suggestions when reading through the Spa Care forum. I think that I might have offended some folks - and I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to. My purpose was to hopefully prompt a review and edit (as needed) of the...

My pool had been leaking - and I believe it was coming from light. I finally drained down to it and went to work this weekend. Sure enough, the seal in the niche was bad. Now it is time to put it all back together. I recently replaced all of my home lights with LED bulbs, so I'm thinking I...

I've read through all of the "How do I use Bromine in my spa" sticky more than once and have been through a lot of the threads within the Spa and Hot Tub forum. I'm having a hard time putting it all together, so I thought I'd ask a series of questions on a separate thread. Sorry for the long...

I'll highlight each question as blue text if you don't want to read all of this... thanks in advance for the help! Background Purchased a home at the end of August 2016. Now I'm the proud owner of a pool and hot tub... first time I've had to maintain either. It has been fun learning - but...

Greetings all - my first post :D. It will be long winded - sorry - but want to get all of my question out there. We moved into a that was built in 2004 and are now proud owners of a 30k gallon pool and a ?gallon hot tub (going to figure that out soon). Now, I get to learn all about how to...