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10 years ago I had an above ground pool installed that was secondhand. The previous owner used salt to chlorinate the pool so I followed suit and did as well. Back then I had read up on sanitation methods here and I like the idea of salt and the lack of time involved, as well as the cost...

This is a long shot but here goes. I had my salt water chlorinator cell stored in my shed. Mice got in and decided to chew through the wires. Its 10 wires but only 6 are used; two white, two black a red and a blue. What started out as a straightforward wiring repair/splice has got me...

Last year I drained my doughboy AG to below the skimmer and return. It’s an older second hand pool that has an aqua door for it. Is there any harm in leaving the water level at full and using the aqua door and plugging the return in the northeast where it will freeze?

Sorry if this is posted somewhere obvious but I can’t find it. Is there a preferred method for accurately testing salt levels?

With the weather warming up, I cleaned the leaves off the cover and started pumping the water off the cover. I haven't seen the pool water since I closed it in the fall. I waited for temps to drop below 60 and brought it up to shock level with some liquid bleach, covered it up and hoped for the...

First winter shutdown for me and I wanted to know if I can leave the stairs in over the winter. They are the blue torrent cayman entry system and the stairs are god awful heavy. I'd need to get in the 60* water and lift them up to a helper on the outside to get them out. They are full of...

I'm installing a HP50ha heat pump. According to the install manual a bypass valve is "optional" it doesn't make clear if I still need to tee Togeher the supply and return after the isolation valves . Can I pipe in, pipe out with no ill effects...

I read a few threads on here that mention people throwing a floater in with a trichlor tab when the go away. I've got my chemicals balanced just right and the SWG maintaingin 4-5ppm FC. CYA is 60, water is clear and clean. I asked my neighbor to just check and make sure the pump turns on...

Doheny's Jet Drive AG Powered by Aquabot For Sale | Doheny's Pool Supplies Fast My trees are making a mess of my pool and I'm considering a robot cleaner but $500 is a bit much for my small pool. Does anyone have an opinion/experience on these units?

I currently have an HTH test kit I picked up last year for our first pool (intex- This was before I found TFP) https://www.amazon.com/HTH-1173-6-Way-Test-Kit/dp/B01JLY4KEM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494862918&sr=8-1&keywords=hth+6+way+test+kit I would like to continue using it so as not to just...

New pool owner from Long Island doing some light reading here. Great info so far. I put an intex 15' pool in last year and loved the heck out of it but hated putting it away for the winter so I jumped on a "free pool if you come and take it down" offer For a 12x20 doughboy. Repainted all the...