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Hi All, I am planning to do some repair work on cracks in grout around the hot tub waterfall, and also around the entire pool. You can see in the pictures the area between the bottom of the coping and top of the tile line is no longer sealed. Can you please recommend a good material for this...

Hi All, I have a new heater that has been working great for the first 2 months in service. This weekend I had the hot tub running for most of the day, and in the evening got the IF error. My propane tank is reading at 40%.....is the most likely cause just needing a refill of the tank to get the...

Hi All, Pool is running clean and bright after a successful SLAM this Spring! Now I am trying to deal with the staining on the pool. I ran several tests, including a chlorine puck, vitamin C, Jacks's magic test kit....and the winner by a Landslide is Jacks #2 treatment. I have no heater in...

Hi All, I get a ton of pollen and trees shedding in my pool daily. If I had a surface skimmer robot, would save me a lot of work. The only decent one I have read about is the Solar Breeze robot, but people say it dies after a few years. Do you have some other good recommendations? Thanks.

Hey All... SLAM is DONE.....pool looks AMAZING!!!A million thank you's.....So all levels are good, except calcium hardness came in at 230.....2 questions: 1. should I get the level up to 300? 2. Can someone please briefly explain the benefits of good calcium hardness for a gunite pool with...

New pool owner....Ok 24 hours into SLAM, have added 18 gallons of bleach already, 6 a time, and cannot get FC above 2. Does this likely mean that I have ammonia in the pool? I did not get a CYA reading above 20 before starting, and havent added any yet. Pool is already relatively clear and see...

Hi, I am a new pool owner, had a few months with it last Fall before closing it up for the winter. The algae that you see in the pictures, is the same growth I battled last fall. Chlorine, brush and vacumm would clear it up for about 4-5 days. I never brought the FC levels up higher than normal...

Hi All. I am just about to open the pool from the winter storage (first time pool owner). I believe that the pool is green enough in color to SLAM right off the bat. I took my measurements with the Taylor 2006 and here is where I am at: FC - 0 CYA - <20 TA - 100 PH - >8 So I plan on starting...

Hi All...new pool owner as of last summer. I am SOOO looking for to using the TFP method....been reading so much good info. So I had my pool professionally closed last Fall, these pictures are from last summer. I ordered my Taylor test kit...to test the water and begin opening the pool later...