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    Black Staining

    Hello TFP Family, It's been a minute since I last posted, mostly because everything has been going swimmingly (pun intended) since we built the pool in early 2018. No issues at all really until about two weeks ago when I started noticing black marks/streaks showing up. They are most visible on...
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    school me on CSI please

    Ladies & Gents, Been reading a lot of posts regarding CSI and been "modeling" on the pool math app to see what impact CSI in what way, but still struggle a bit to understand how I can get my CSI number closer to 0. Here are my numbers from last night: FC 4.5 CC 0 pH 7.5 TA 80 CH 225 CYA 60...
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    SWG reading vs Taylor salt water test an tips on how to dial it in

    Ladies & Gents, Would appreciate your guidance or affirmation that I'm on the right path. Brief history, PB added salt a day earlier than originally planned and I was not there to witness, but was told that 7 bags of salt were added to our 15k gallon pool. SWG is a Hayward T-15 cell. They...
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    Richmond TX new build; 2 days in and Gunite is already done

    Ladies & Gents, I had previously posted to get some input on our build and all your comments were truly appreciated. Here is a link to my previous thread about to sign contract; would love some feedback. Well the fun started on Tuesday with the dig and steel being done. Yesterday they were...
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    about to sign contract; would love some feedback

    Ladies & Gents, We are just about to embark on our very first pool build and are both very excited and a little scared ;). Because we don't have any back neighbors, we have a big utility easement that dictates both the size and design of the pool quite a bit, but we still love our options and...
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    Howdy Y'All

    Greetings from a soon to be pool owner from the Richmond, Texas. We just recently moved here from Southern California and are excited to be able to afford a house big enough for a pool :D! This forum has already been an invaluable resource as I started to educate myself about pools. We have...