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Good morning! None of my pool equipment is set to run between 10 PM and 9 AM. The last two nights, the pool and spa have been cycling on and off between midnight and 7 AM. Here are screenshots of the history on my Pentair app from yesterday morning and this morning: I realized yesterday that...

I purchased an On the Go "Double Standard" water softener to top up my pool with softened water as needed. This softener has been discussed in several forum posts (e.g., RV water softener for auto-fill line) I would now like to plumb this softener into the autofill line at my equipment pad, so...

Bear with me, this is a question with a few parts. I understand that the "proper" solution to some of those parts might be to rip something out and start again. While I respect that opinion, that's not feasible for me at the moment, so I would appreciate other options, even if they are not...

My calcium hardness has gotten very high (~1,200) due to my local hard water supply and three summers of evaporation. I don't want to drain and refill due to the current severe drought. Unless I want to deal with high calcium forever, I think I need to get a water softener for my autofill line...

This week I have been catching up on a few items that were not properly taken care of or explained to me by my pool builder. The long story short is, thanks to this website and a little detective work, I was able to determine that the weir door and float valve were never installed in my skimmer...

Hi All. The dropper/bottle for one of my test chemicals (R-0011L from a TF-100 kit) is clogged to the point of being unusable. Anyone have any tips for unclogging it? At $6 it's not a huge deal but I figured it was worth asking in case I'm missing an easy fix. Thanks!

Can anyone recommend specific brand(s) of 3" chlorine (trichlor) tablets that don't have unnecessary extra ingredients (such as zinc) in them? I'm looking for something I can buy in a fairly small quantity (i.e., not the $100+ bucket) and would like to reduce my search to some trusted...

Can anyone here offer any advice on how to set different pump speeds via the "features" in ScreenLogic? My pool installer set my lowest ("Pool") IntelliFlo pump RPM to 2450. This gives good flow for my spa spillover but seems higher than necessary for everyday skimming and filtering. This would...

Since my pool was filled (December 2019) I have been gradually raising the CYA. The pool guy started out with chlorine pucks when it was too cold for the SWG to run. After startup was complete, I began adding solid CYA a couple of pounds at a time using the sock method. I am up to a total of...

I have an attached (raised) spa with a spillover to the main pool. All equipment is shared between the pool and spa, with a single variable speed pump. When the pool was completed and set up, the SWG was set to run at 25% with the pump in "pool" mode but only 1% with the pump in "spa" mode. - Is...

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could temporarily plug my overflow (pictures below). The overflow is some type of PVC fitting that may have a standard cap, but I can't identify it online and the fact it has been tiled might make it hard to fit. Has anyone done this or do you know of...

What is the minimum or recommended equipment list I should own for keeping my new pebble pool and spa clean? All input is gratefully received! Details below... I am currently manual brushing and using a leaf rake and I need to graduate to a less labor intensive method. Some notes about my...

I have been reading TFP during the process of building my pool and I purchased the TF-100 before construction was complete. When the pool was handed over to me it had extremely low CYA (about 5 ppm) and low CH (about 110). The Total Alkalinity seemed high, but I believe (from reading on here)...

I will add photos to this post as soon as the sun comes up tomorrow, but I wanted to post my question sooner rather than later. The installation of our waterline and spa tile started today and I'm hoping for a reality check on my expectations for how perfectly 1" x 1" glass tile can/should be...