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Background: My pool is 1.5 years old. I have 4 pumps. About 2 months ago, my in-floor cleaning system wasn't working, and I traced the problem to a tripped breaker. I was not able to reset it. After wiring up different scenarios, I was able to conclude that it was a faulty GFCI breaker and...

Before I go drop a hundred bucks on a new GFCI breaker, please let me know if I'm thinking correctly: My pool, pumps, and electrical equipment are all only 1.5 years old. I have 4x 240V pumps, each with a unique GFCI breaker in my pool panel. This morning, I noticed that one of my pumps...

In the heat of yesterday's late afternoon sun, the kids and I left our pool and ventured across the street to our community pool, which is cared for by the HoA. Just for fun, I brought my TF-100 along to see what I could learn. This pool is relatively new and was put into service just about a...

My pool was built last winter, and I started filling in early December. I have followed TFP methodologies since Day 1...I even had my TF-100 test kit before we started filling. I do the full suite of testing every Friday, and a few times a week I use the Taylor K-1000 to check chlorine...

INTRODUCTION In general, there seems to be a dearth of detailed information on the performance of in-floor cleaning (IFC) systems. I’d like to share my experience after using my IFC for the last 6 months or so. My wife disliked the Polaris 280 we had at our last house and hated the way it...

:batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: Temp 46°F FC 4.5 ppm TC 4.5 ppm pH 7.6 TA 90 ppm CH 300 ppm CYA 40 ppm :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: :batman: My pool was completed last...

Now that my pool is complete (see thread here), I'm quite excited to use the tools, tricks, and knowledge gleaned from this forum to keep my water perfectly sparkly with minimum expense once my pool builder finally hands over care & maintenance activities to me. Speaking of my PB...he told me...

A few weeks ago, I was at an unnamed Pool Store (I won't mention the brand, but it's the only chain left in Houston!) purchasing door alarms. There was a couple in front of me getting "Pool Stored" over their water analysis. Apparently, they had been fighting "green water" all year and were...

Right now, we're in the middle of our pool build. You can follow all the fun and excitement here. At our last house, it was easy to put in a pool in the back yard and put up a wrought iron fence to completely isolate the pool...the only entry was through a gate that could be locked. This...

I know from previous experience, the PB will wreck any irrigation heads/valves/lines near the pool....and away from the pool. If it's in the yard, it's fair game for destruction. I only had to replace 5 zones last time. Getting ready to dig on Monday. I'm thinking of pulling up my irrigation...

When we moved to Houston a few years ago, we put in a pool. I loved it. The wife loved it. The twins loved it. The dog loved it. Then we moved across town. The new house doesn't have a pool, but we've got a large side yard just waiting for someone to dig a hole and fill it full of water...

We recently moved across town, and I am putting in a pool as soon as my PB gets through the municipal and HOA permitting processes. I previously installed an IG pool in North Houston in 2011. The PB I used at that time provided SWG/Nature2 System for my white plaster/pebble interior 13.5k...

I've been reading these forums for a few months and finally just joined. There's a lot of reasonable collective knowledge on this site. I recently signed a contract to have a pool put into my new home so the PB can get easy access to my back yard before the empty lots on either side get...