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  1. Duskrider

    Re-Plaster happening, pool drained, algae in pipes... help!

    Hello TFP, What an adventure. We had our pool re-plastered last year because the original plaster was starting to scrape our knees. The company we used plasters one day, leaves the pool dry overnight, and then acid washes the next day before filling it. Not sure I'm a fan of that, but it's...
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    Pump died. Got a VS and a question about pump height.

    Hello all, Recently our 20ish year old single speed 1.5hp pump motor died (Sta Rite p2ra). It had been on its last legs for awhile, so we already decided on replacing it with a VS pump (Pentair 342001) when the inevitable happened. Luckily for us the local power company gives us a rebate for...
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    Getting ready to drain. Anything I should know first?

    Just started with our pool (bought 20yr old home last November with a pool of unknown age) and planning on using TFP to keep it clean rather than the pool store nonsense. I got my new TF-100 test kit in yesterday and immediately followed the directions for doing a CYA test, as that's the number...
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    New guy with a question on partially draining a pool

    Hello all, For the past couple of weeks I've been doing a lot of lurking here and elsewhere on the internet to try to figure the pool thing out. My wife and I just bought our home with a 18000 gallon in-ground plaster pool last November and went to the pool store to get information on how to...