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The Hayward 140,000 BTU heat pump I installed in 2015 has given up the ghost today. I had an HVAC guy out and he says it is leaking refrigerant from the coil. The cost to repair is more than a new complete unit. The Hayward functioned well enough for us but roughly 8 years seems like a...

I've had my inground, gunite pool for 5 years now. Other that the first month or two before I found TFP it's been an easy process to keep it sparkling clean using liquid chlorine. BUT 2020 has not been kind to my pool. We started out with a very large pollen load from the surrounding trees...

Our old diving board finally broke in half yesterday and I'm looking for a replacement. It's a 6 ft model with 1 coil spring for bounce. Overall, we were real happy with the amount of spring it provided and would like to stay with this setup if possible. The closest match I have found online...

My pool was green over the winter so I threw in 4 gallons of bleach and fired up the pump a couple weeks ago. Turned out my pump needed replacing so I ordered up a new one, installed it and ran it for a week at approximately 5-9 Chlorine. Mainly, I was just running the pump, back washing the...

The motor to my main pump started whining this year as I was attempting to open up the pool. It's an old AO Smith 1hp motor on a leaking sta-rite pump. I took it apart planning to replace the bearings but given the corrosion I found along with obvious signs this motor has been repaired before...

I plan to have an electrician come out to test my existing GFCI as I am concerned it is not working correctly. It appears to be the original unit which was installed in the 60's. I am very handy but I'm not stupid and won't risk electrocution of my family to save a few bucks. Having said...

I've done some searching on the forum and haven't found just what I'm looking for. I'm hoping someone can help me figure out which automation product will work best for me. Here's what I have currently: A 24,000 gal gunite pool build in the mid 1960's Sand filter Hayward 140,000 btu heat pump...

I'm in my 3rd year of owning a pool. The first year was a little struggle until I found this site. With all of your help my family has been enjoying a trouble free pool ever since. Unfortunately for me, the water was so sparkling clean, I could see every blemish in the sides and floor of my...

My old dial pool pump timer is no longer working and I'm looking for an upgrade. My pool has a single speed pump on it's own dial timer, a polaris booster pump on it's own dial timer and a Hayward heat pump. Of course the heat pump monitors it's own temp and shuts off automatically once temp...

I've been keeping my pool crystal clear, at 88-90 degrees (wife's choice not mine) so far just by monitoring my chlorine levels. Chlorine source is liquid 10% chlorine that I buy for $4.00 a gallon at the local hardware store. Haven't been using trichlor or shock for a few months now...

3 days ago I found some brown sediment in the bottom of the pool in the morning. Yesterday it was there and again today I found brown sediment. It's very fine and basically disappears when you attempt to touch or remove it. I wouldn't really say the amount is growing but it's definitely not...

I love my Polaris, He (yes ours is a he) does a great job of keeping the pool free of sediments. Unfortunately, he seems to be having a chronic issue with the wedding cake steps into the pool. See this pic: He keeps getting stuck in this position. Sometimes he shoots water into the air...

I just received my TF-100 kit and have my first results. FC greater than 5 Range only goes to 5 and it is slightly more yellow than 5. I'm guessing 6? PH 6.8 TA 120 CH 250 CYA 40 CH Drop 7.5 CC 0 TC greater than 5 I plugged everything into pool math but I'm not sure where to go from here...

I ran across this product via a youtube video when I was ordering my test kit today. It's called Yellow Out and appears to be a miracle cure for filthy pools like I have seen posted up in this section of the forum. https://youtu.be/VtWBjGGLZpM I have not seen it mentioned here as a solution...

I became a pool owner last July and enjoyed a sparkling clean and cold pool until we shut it down in September. This year, I cut down a 50' Pine that was growing 6 ft from the pool edge and blocked the sun for 4-5 hrs of the day. We now have full sun on the pool for the majority of the day...