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We've been building a pool pavilion over the last year (Wall in back, bathroom/storage room on one side, outdoor kitchen on other side and open in front) and are finally at the tail end which is building the outdoor kitchen. We'll just have one straight 11' section of base cabinet for a sink...

I've got an attached spa in the corner of my pool and am getting some annoying sand/silt buildup in the spa at the base of the bench as well as at the entry stairs of the pool. I've got a Pentair Warrior robot that works great for everywhere in the pool except around the entry stairs (when I...

So I've got an old (around 20ish years, installed when the pool was originally built by previous homeowner) SR Smith cantilever base and board. Board was old and ready to be trashed so I bought a new one (True Tread 8') and since the cantilever base was fine (just stripped the old paint and...

Now that we're well into the rainy season I've got a couple pool cover pumps set up. Water will collect in certain spots of the cover though without reaching the pumps so I've been pushing it around with a pool brush towards the pumps once every other day or so but this is annoying since I have...

So we've considered the pool "closed" for the season due to wet and cold weather (although we haven't lowered the water level or anything....counting on circulation and the occasional heater usage to keep anything from freezing) since Nov 1st. I last added bleach on 11/4/20 bringing the FC...

7.9 pH 8.0 FC 0.5 CC 140 TA 30 CYA Doing an end of the season small swim party (8 to 10 people) and tested the water (with tf100) and I must have accidentally messed up my previous test and as a result overdosed (I have 3.0 logged in my previous test so I added 2gal of 6% afterwards) because...

I've got an IG pool with autocover and all my pool utilities (pump/heater/filter/valves) are in a little equipment house so they're out of the direct elements. The average lows in the winter bottom out in the mid 30's with a handful of snow days a year. I just bought this house so I haven't...

I've got an intelliflo vs pump (3hp) and a 1-1/2 pipe coming out of it...just after the pipe leaves the pump on the pressure side there is a tee fitting where there is a hose bib spigot that leads to a rubber hose (20ish inches long) that goes to a 3/4" pvc pipe (with male threaded brass fitting...

Bought a house with a pool and as part of the inspection we were told the diving board needs to be replaced (or removed), it's around 25yrs old....we've decided we're going to replace it. It looks like the stand we have is an SR Smith Cantilever stand. Currently trying to get confirmation on...

I bought a Warrior SI and am now trying to figure out how to store it since I plan on taking it out of the pool after each cleaning...I'm currently running it twice a week. I'm assuming all those that bought models with caddy's are storing theirs on a Caddy but for those without are you just...

Ok after a shaky first attempt last week I did the full set of tests again this morning and came up with pH = 7.3 or 7.4 FC = 2.0 TC = 2.0 CH = 150 TA = 130 CYA = 20 Still a little iffy on my CYA but I did the test multiple times outside in the sunlight so its probably an ok test result. I...

Ok my tf100 kit came in and I tried my first series of tests My water was initially balanced by a pool guy who did some repair work on it (bought the house a month ago) after we filled it. He put in three smaller size containers (looked like 4lb containers) of granular stabilizer, big bag of...

New pool owner. Had some initial work done on pool right away (new tile and pump) and after the work was done and we filled the pool he came back and put all the chemicals in the pool to get things balanced for a starting point. He also left me with some chemicals....Muriatic Acid (four...

Just bought a house with pool and it has a raypack gas heater (I need to get the model number) and I was wondering what's the most efficient way to use it. I mean I like the idea of warm water enough to use a heater but I'd also like to save money if I can use it in a certain way. Should I...

New pool owner, gonna order a cleaner soon...at first I was gonna get a M600 since it seemed to be the newest and fanciest. Then I saw that the new io series that are coming with their pool mapping which seems like a really great feature and something that I really want. But looks like they...

New pool owner but I have spent many summers floating down a river in a tube (intex river runs) and have around 6 of them currently. Was wondering if it would be safe to use them in the pool or if I'd be tempting algae trouble. I don't know how long algae can live, I haven't used these since...

Hey I'm a new pool owner...bought a house with a 30yr old concrete/plaster 38k gallon pool with sand filter, gas heater and automatic cover. We moved in about a week ago. Pool needed some waterline tile replaced and I opted to have a new pump (upgraded from single speed to VS Intelliflo)...