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Friend of mine is having a pool rebuilt where they are adding a gunnite spa. Pool builder used 2" or maybe bigger DWV pvc drain elbows for the pressure side of the spa, which is already encased in gunnite. He found this out after the fact and has made him replace all the elbows that weren't...

Pool was built in 2013 with three 120V color Intellibrite 5G lights. These arw controlled by Pentair automation. After 11 seasons of faithful service, one of the three lights finally died. What are my options? I would like to keep the replacement light or light engine synchronized with my...

So, I'm going on 8 years with my Doheny Discovery S200, Active 20 variant. I guess, I'm one of the lucky ones, because it just keeps chugging along. Also, I wasn't exactly the best owner, because I left the robot in the pool about 90% of the time, and only taking it out when I clean out the...

Friend of mine has a Trinton PS that recently stopped working. I've read most of the threads regarding on the S200's and hope to maybe get a few pointers. Triton PS: 12/2018 Build date. Symptoms: I plugged it into my S200 power supply (I have a Doheny Discovery). When I hit the power...

Hello, About 9 years ago, I switched my brothers pool over from a single speed Pentair 2hp pump to the tried and true Pentair 3hp 3050 VS pump. It has worked flawlessly until recently. He was so happy with the savings over the years using the VS pump, that his natural decision was to replace...

Moved from here. I know I wouldn't switch back, but if I had no intention of going back to salt, I would buy a 14" piece of 2" PVC and two couplings. A bottle of PVC cement later and you have don't have to worry any more. In my case, I gutted my old IC40 by just cutting out the fins and...

Almost five years ago, I bought my trusty Maytronics Doheny Discovery (S200, Triton, Active 20). It became a staple of having TFP clear water. In my case, I ran it 2 or 3 times a week, but as time went on, it seemed to spend longer and longer time in the pool. I'll admit it, I pretty much...

We are dealing with fires here in CA like a lot people around the US. Fortunately, I was only affected with bad air and tons of ash falling all over the place. Obviously, some people have it a lot worse than we do, and I do feel bad for them. I don't want to make this a debate about first...

Is this the correct part number for a Pentair 011018 VS pump and Whisperflow 1.5HP? Both housing look the same size and the covers appear to be interchangeable. After seven years of use and a little overspray from repainting my PVC piping they are a little hard to see into. I'll probably...

I'm having the hardest time finding someone to repaint my faux rock waterfall. When the pool was built in 2013 the sub contractor who build the waterfall told me to call him if I ever needed it repainted. He said not to call the pool builder, because he will overcharge you. I can't for the...

Couple years ago I noticed the stitching at the bottom of my grids had pretty much disintegrated. Faced with being in the middle of filter teardown and having a party the next day I came up with a "temporary " fix by hot gluing all the seams at the bottom of the grids. This actually worked...

So we are leaving on a cruise and will be gone a total of 10 days. Right now the pool is perfect and I've never had algae (knock on wood), but because we are planning on being gone so long, I'm worried about the rise in PH. My solution, was to purchase an Aligator headed Tab dispenser and just...

Was hoping for some suggestions on a higher than average quality poles and brushes I can buy from Amazon. I've purchased the bargain poles from our independent pool supply and big box hardware stores, but the locking holes always seem to get elongated. Plus the twist lock sometimes get pretty...

As always, I've followed TFP methods to have year after year of sparkling clear water. This year is no exception. The only changes, if you could only call them changes, were I only tested for FC level and PH over the winter (lot of things going on). I kept those in check, but didn't really...

I bought two tri-tips on Wednesday costco with sell by dates of the 21st and 23rd... I planned on cooking them today in the smoker and wasn't thinking about the dates when i purchased them. Thoughts...? They have been kept at 37 degrees in the fridge since that date.

So decided to break down the filter for a complete cleaning, since I've never actually removed the grids when I clean the filter. While I was rinsing off the grids, I noticed that the bottom stitching on two of the grids appear to have come undone. No other issues, like DE going back into the...

After 6 full swim seasons with our salt pool, our Pentair IC40 has finally bit the dust. It operated 365 days a year for 8-10 hours a day at probably 45 -50% duty cycle for most of that time. That puts me close to the 10000 hour limit in my opnion, but i could be wrong. Only cleaned it 3-4...

Everyone once in awhile I read a post where someone asks how to get rid of the greasy scum line in your skimmer. In just about every post, someone responds by saying to use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. Today while backwashing my DE filter, I noticed I let the scum line get a little dirtier than...

We are coming to the conclusion of the 5th full season for my pool, with same Pentair IC40 from day one. Since I'm in Sunny Socal, my pool is open 365 days a year with only 1 month or so where the water is too cold for the SWG to produce chlorine. After perfect operation of the IC40 for all...

Probably should have asked this question before I dumped a 100 pounds of the stuff in my pool... Found this stuff at Lowes for $3.00 per 50 pound bag, which was way cheaper than the $7.50 per bag "Pool" super special nuclear atomic 10000% pure salt they sell in the pool section. I actually...

A few years ago someone posted some wine bottle lamps / candle holders they made and mounted above their outdoor kitchen. Anybody remember those or a link to the pictures? I had a new bar built up against the wall of the house under my patio and I think these might fit the bill. Thinking...

Just did a full round of testing with the TF100 and found the following. -OTO = 5+ - CL = 6 - TC = 6 - Salt = 2600 (5 year old IC40 reading 3050) - TA = 50 - CYA = 45 - PH = 7.5 - Borates 30 - 40 (strips) CH = 920 Love that CA hard water. So what do you guys think. I'll adjust...

I have TFP user since the pool was built in 2013. That means I've never had a algae bloom, or water that wasn't clear. My main problems here in Sunny SoCal (LA County) is the hard water. From the beginning, my fill water was 200- 250 right out of the tap. That high CH equates to a build up...

So having a huge 3rd birthday party for my daughter on the 1st. Pool was sparkling as always, but I decidednto power wash the concrete deck and coping around the pool. Well, that ended pretty bad with plenty of dirt and dust finding its way into the pool, causing it to be a cloudy mess! So...

We had another successful season opener bbq with a crystal clear tfp pool. I did have to heat the pool from 75 degrees to 83 because of colder weather, but it was worth it. This is what the tfp method can get you.

I never put the screw cover back on for my umbrella holder in baja shelf last summer. I just noticed that hole is full of leaves. Any ideas how to clean that out? I imagine it's 12" deep at the minimum. Besides those leaves, the pool is crystal clear and balanced.

Received my discounted box of reagents for my TF-100 test kit a couple weeks ago and finally had the time go through a full set of tests. Throughout the winter, I still have my pool open, but I don't bother doing any other tests than OTO FC, PH and DPD CL test. Pool pretty much takes care of...

Pretty excited, I just ordered my first robotic pool cleaner. I chose the Doheny Discovery, which appears to be the same model as the Maytronics Dolphin S 200 / Active 20 models. As of today, the Doheny's Discovery was on sale for $649.00 with free shipping and no tax, which helped smooth over...

So.. 2-1/2 years ago when our pool was built, we asked the builder for two bubblers on the Baja shelf. He did give us what we wanted, kinda... but I felt they never really looked good. The problem, all that was supplied was two 1-1/2" fpt threaded returns that were flush in the baja shelf...

Today I removed my SWG to check for calcium buildup (was pretty clean, even with 490 CH). The short time it was off, I could hear my whole system filling with air, meaning all the water in the system was draining back into the pool. Not really an issue, except for the fact that it pulled a...