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After precisely four years of hard work and admirable dedication to the task at hand, my poor little Pool Rover Jr has one foot in the grave. It runs slowly, stops after 5-10 minutes and the inside is looking quite rusted. I would love to purchase another one of the same model but cannot find it...

Hi folks, sorry I haven't been too active on the forum this past year but I've been using the TFP method ever since we installed our pool four years ago. Even when I get lazy and neglect it until late April, it always bounces back quickly using the SLAM method taught here and running my filter a...

Every spring now, I begin to clean up my 24 ft AGP. Every year I pull all my equipment out of my garage and test my water and purchase a couple dozen gallons of liquid chlorine from Wally World. This weekend I began my journey towards crystal clear water once again. As my wife watched me pulling...

I'm sure this topic has been discussed before but I wanted to add my $.02 as well concerning this forum. I was commenting on someones first time post called "First time owner in Florida." a few minutes ago and mentioned that (in my humble opinion and many others, I guess) step number one was to...

Built a new, huge deck box out of plywood, 4x4 legs and some fake barn wood planks to pretty it up a little bit. I'm happy with the lid and the size will help quite a bit to hold my new Pool Rover Jr.

So, the battle of the tulip tree rages on. As you may recall, I've got a very pretty tulip tree just above my equipment pad and stretching out over our new and improved deck. (see the tree in question in my first picture on comment #37 ---> Nervous and excited about my first AGP install) So...

What's up pool people? Sorry I have been M.I.A. lately. I've been logging in and lurking for the past few months but not really commenting much recently. As of today, my little 24 ft above ground has been sitting quietly awaiting my attention for precisely five months. The el cheapo pool cover I...

I tried to search for this problem on TFP but apparently the word "air" is too common for the search engine so I'm posting a quick thread to ask... I've noticed over the past few days that as I'm swimming (or simply sitting on our newly constructed deck) that air will begin coming through the...

So, about this time every year, I volunteer for church camp near Hickory, NC for one week. This time around, I am just a little bit scared of what shape I might find my pool water in when I get back. I've been keeping very close records of my chlorine usage over the past few weeks and have...

Not that I plan on refilling my AGP any time in the near future, but I forgot to mention something on the forum last week. I finally got my water bill from the county I live in early in the week. I filled my pool for the very first time about 7 weeks ago and wasn't really sure how much all that...

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the experienced pool owners out there that have allowed me to achieve the extremely mediocre accomplishment of making .3K posts ... without you, I would have absolutely NO MORE free time on my hands than I would had 3 months ago...... but it...

Got up around 5:30am, went outside to test water, found I was a little low on FC so went to turn pump on so I could add some LC. So went over to my little Intermatic timer, switched it on, heard the pump running and the return started coughing air. Ah, I thought, the pump needs to be primed a...

As I have been reading this forum for a few weeks now, I came across a great idea from Kimkats :kim:concerning a place to hang our beach towels, shirts, etc. I searched in nearby Raleigh, NC and found a guy who reconditions surfboards so I went to visit him last week and bought a colorful (and...

So, I was talking to several people at my office yesterday and the topic of my new pool came up. They asked me where I bought it, how large it was, how much I spent, my plans for my extended deck, etc. One of the guys asked me if I was going with a saltwater pool and I said no, not yet. Then he...

Ok, even though I tested my tap water last week before I actually got my pool, here is the first test I've been able to take from 12" below the water surface. FC = .6 pH = 7.0 TA = 50 CH = 50 CYA = 0 I knew the CYA test would show up as null but I did it just to practice doing the thing...

So, now that my new AGP is filling up with water (ever so slowly), I spent some time last night trying to put together my new Confer brand round steps. I have the 'straight' portion put together and filled with sand on both side supports like the instructions say.... but I'm really concerned...

I've been gearing up for my very first AGP to be installed next week. After lurking here for a few weeks and thanks to the kind folks who have responded to some of my questions, I believe I'm well enough informed to manage my pool installers (who are scheduled for this coming Tuesday), my...

Just wanted to say hello. This is my first post but I've been reading and re-reading Pool School for a week now and I am about to go pick up my new Swim'n Play Serenade 24' pool this afternoon. County permit should be granted sometime next week and then I've got installers scheduled for first...