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Well, I only have myself to blame I suppose for not making sure everything was accounted for. As stupid as this may sound, I just learned recently that baja shelves can be at different depths. Our architect asked "do you want a shelf?", we said "yeah!", then we agreed on the area, but never...

Are these $10 TDS meters ok? I want to measure TDS of my tap water, wondering if these are ok or if I need to find some more expensive test kits...

Hello again I've been trying to understand what and where for the sacrificial anode. I would like to mainly protect the auto cover tracks. Could I get pointed to some info of what I need to ensure the builder does? Is there anything I should be doing since concrete will be shot this coming...

I was planning on filling the new pool after it is completed with my soft water, but I just tested both soft and city water this this kit, and now I am not sure: Soft water: Free Cl 0 Combined 0 TA 250 ppm CH 10 ppm CYA 0 Salt 800 ppm City water Free Cl 1.8 ppm Combined Cl 0.4 ppm TA 250 ppm...

Hello! I'm trying to find my way through the multitude of info on the Internets, I am not sure what is legit, what isn't. I intend on maintaining my own SWG pool. This site and PoolMath seem popular enough for me to trust it. I frequently come across other sources of info live Swim University...

Our pool builder is asking for 70A 240V for the equipment pad. Does this sound right, mainly the 240 part (vs 110)? Are most pads powered with 240A in US? We will be installing Jandy equipment, including: Aqualink with Salt Cell...

I am planning on buying the best corded robot (which I think might be the Dolphin M600), and possibly the Skimmy companion. Before I spend the money, I was wondering if these gadgets really indeed do their job and make manual vacuum and brushing obsolete? Do they go over things like Baja...

Hello! We are about to bring utilities down to our new pool build equipment pad. For water line, is regular 3/4" at 70psi ok? Our water calcium hardness is off the charts at 500ppm, so we will be initially filling the pool off our water softener, and will later install this fill line inline RO...

We are building a SWG pool, and I have been consuming TFP's articles on pool maintenance. One of the things that caught my eye was this section from this SWG article: "The two most common situations where damage has occurred are in indoor pools, where the FC level has been allowed to get way...