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I was thinking about what would be the fastest way to heat my pool with my gas heater. Should I heat up the spa first since it heats so quickly by re-circulating/heating the warm water and then once it's up to 100 degrees adjust the valves to normal so that it overflows into my pool? Or should...

I am thinking my hot surface ignitor is no longer working. Is it possible to manually light the heater with a flame as I do with my BBQ grill when it's ignitor does not work? I hope this is not a stupid question. I know once it reaches temperature it will shut off and of course not re-ignite...

Hey Guys, The other day I went to check my pump controller and there was no time, at least not in the format I knew. When I went to set the time/date, it still was in this weird format. I defaulted the system but it hasn't changed. Please look at the attached picture. Two things happened in...

Hello Everybody, I have an ingound pool and spa. Details should be in my signature. We recently moved in to our place in January. Our water bill seems very high. Of course one of my concerns is the pool. Seems as though I am having to run water in my pool for about 30 minutes every two to...

Hey Everybody, My pool is in great shape thanks to this site. However I will have to leave it's side for a week. What should I do? Normally 1 bottle of bleach per day keeps me in my recommended FC number of 5 with a CYA of about 45. Should I throw in 5 or so bottles before I go?

Hey guys, This is my second post here. Already been sooooo much help! Wish I would have known what I've learned here 4 months ago. My pool guy let my FC go to 0 and now I have algae on walls. He's gone and I'm taking over. That was another thread. Anyway onto this threads questions. Is it OK...

Hey Guys, I've been redirected to this site so many times in researching Pools. I had to dig deeper. Now I'm intrigued in the TFP method. I'm a new pool owner and pay a guy to only take care of the chemicals. My pool has been starting to look bad, algae on the walls now creeping to the floor...