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I would like to use this as a pool-safe perimeter fence and am wondering what I'm up against. This would allow me to tear down a smaller wrought iron fence that is closer to the pool. Reading city codes, I'm not seeing anything to rule this out, but I think I need to: 1. Raise the latches to...

We have a valve that splits water flow between the spa and the pool. The valve that governs the flow was leaking last year, and pool service (which we are no longer using) recommended a rebuild kit. They ended up installing a new valve, for $300 parts/labor. I rarely use the spa, so this thing...

I just took my pool over from a weekly pool service and did some tests with my new K2006 kit with Fas/DPD. FC: 16.5 CC: 3 Ph: 7.2 TA: 100 CH: 500 CYA: 285 (had to dilute the sample 2:1) I’m thinking about the following as next steps: 1. Stop the use of chlorine tabs :) 2. Start pumping water...

Our pool is 50 years old. I’ve just cut the cord on weekly pool maintenance and am thinking about SWG. The main downside of SWG seems to be: Potential impact to pool material. Specifically we have some limestone around the spa and ceramic tile at the waterline. The limestone is already pretty...

Yesterday, shortly after our pool service guy left, we noticed a new noise, a big leak from the main filter valve, and a rattling/shaking in the pvc pipe feeding into the chlorinator. I don’t know if they backwashed the de filter, but am wondering if something failed when pump was turned back...

I have a Pentair MasterTemp 400 pump (20 months old, rarely used, installed by dealer, hooked up to a 240 gallon capacity propane tank) that I turned on for a couple hours this weekend, to get pool from ~76 to ~80. I turned it on and off manually -- it's not on a schedule or anything...