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  1. Settleces

    Desperate Canadian seeking an uncommon ladder from USA

    Hello lovelies ! We have a biggggg problem! Our pool is 50ish years (my fathers childhood pool) it was fully reno 3 seasons ago. In 3 seasons we are struggling to find a pool ladder that doesn’t rust from the SWG. Last years ladder set started rusting within a week and only survived the one...
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    Leak repair and pressure testing

    Hey guys!! So we got our huge leak fixed. We were losing aprox 350 gallons a day! After he dug deep and fixed it, he did a pressure test. He told my father (I was at work) “In one hour, I set it to 16 psi, and it dropped to 15.5, nothing to worry about” To me.... that’s a failed pressure test...
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    New renovation, 45 year old plumbing leak

    Hey everyone, I have a story for you, and I need opinions, suggestions, etc The pool was renovated last year, 11 months ago to be exact. Between the pool, pool deck and new wood composite deck we’re about $60,000 deep. we’d like to save some money on future work. So we noticed about a month ago...
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    Chemistry in cold water

    I need help!! Our pool guy highly encouraged us to open the pool 4-5 weeks early because we don’t know which “essential” services will keep getting cut from the list. So the pool is open today purring like a kitten, water was crystal clear and gorgeous with very little junk on the bottom...
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    Taylor kit in Canada?

    Hi everyone, if this is posted in the wrong place I’m sorry I’m still quite new to this forum :) Last year I had great advice From you guys! This year things are different in a pandemic. We are unable to acquire the Taylor k2006c kit where I live. Not even worth discussing. But our pool guy...
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    Stable chemistry, cloudy after adding phosfree

    I’m ripping my hair out. My grandmother kept this pool beautiful for 45 years, and here I am going crazy and bearing the stress so my father doesn’t have to. Few days ago when the pool was still crystal clear and amazing, we decided to take a water sample in just to be sure our ph and cya was...
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    3rd generation pool

    Hi everyone. I have been passed the torch of looking after the family pool after 47 years, and it’s not without headache! I am from Hamilton, Ontario Canada, looking for help and insights of my troubling tasks. I remember my grandmother having a crystal clear pool from simply high levels of...