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Today I was out skimming the pool for the thousands of helicopters falling from the neighborhood trees and my own trees. At the same time, I can see the cotton woods are starting to shed which means three weeks of daily skimming and skimmer basket cleaning as soon as I get home from work. My...

A new liner was installed last fall when closing the pool. All new water fill from city water source brought in by truck and topped off with garden hose when opening the pool on Memorial Day. Closed the pool with a kit provided by pool company that installed the liner. I don't recall the name of...

I see that TFP states that storge of chlorine is best in a cool dark place and that areas of high heat will cause chlorine to lose some of its effectiveness. I have been storing chlorine in my sunroom because of the convenience of location to the pool but the sunroom gets no shade and is quite...

In the past when I needed Chlorine I just went to the local store with the lowest advertised price and got what I needed. Since joining TFP I have learned that not all Chlorine is equal. When I need to get Liquid Chlorine now, I look for the Sodium Hypochlorite percentage and use that as my...

I would really like to completely remove this scum line at the water edge that is on my pool steps. Brushing alone is not very effective and I don't know what type of cleaner to use that will not cause a problem for the pool water. Can I get a recommendation for what is safe and effective to use?

Working on the pool opening this past weekend. Pulled off the cover and started to add water while working on the other pool opening chores. While installing the ladder, my wife asked me what is wrong with the liner. I turned around to see what she was talking about and see this huge tear in the...

Last season I posted about two issues with my filter. First issue is that the filter is discharging sand into the pool through the return lines after backwashing the filter. The second is that I have a small hole in the filter housing just below the head unit. I limped through the remainder of...

For me the season is over. I closed my pool this weekend. Just wanted to reach out and say thanks to all the members who answered my questions this year. I found out about TFP a short while ago and signed up. I really like the site and how members give quick feedback to important to me...

Every week I am getting an accumulation of filter sand in the bottom of the pool directly below the return lines. Mostly below the return line in the deep end and a much smaller amount below the return in the shallow end. I would estimate that I vacuum up about two cups a week. It is definitely...

How often should the sand in your pool filter be replaced?

Seems like I am adding a lot of bleach. So far this month I have added 8 gallons of 10% bleach. The water is crystal clear. We have had more rain than normal in the last 1.5 weeks and hot weather compared to what would be normal for this time of year. Is the amount I am adding unusual or normal...

Is there a way to delete a log once entered? I double entered a Bleach entry by mistake and cannot figure out how to delete it completely.

I tested my pool water with the TFT test kit for the first time and asking for help in understanding the results and what to do next. Below is what I found. FC - 7 ppm (14 drops X 0.5) CC - After adding 5 drops of R00003 the solution remained clear so that means no CC's if I understand the...

Hello TFP forum members. I am a long time pool owner looking to finally understand maintaining our family pool. You would think that I should know this but I don't. I open and close the pool yearly without issue and take care of the skimming and vacuuming. Where I falter is understanding the...