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Everything was going fine until the power went out. Now my pool is half empty and I’m not even really sure where it is leaking from. It’s finally starting to warm up and clear up so I want to try to figure out what needs fixed. I don’t have a regular pool guy since I usually do all my own...

We have several bar stools at a swim up bar in the pool. They each have a round piece of flagstone on top for the seat. One of the seats came off. Is there an easy way to re-attach it? Hopefully a way that doesn't require me to drain the pool.

Moved to a new house with an existing pool. I got a little surprise when I opened the top of the main pump to get some leaves out of the basket. It’s apparently below the water level and water started gushing out of the pump. The pressure was too great for me to get the lid back on so I had to...

I recently moved into a new house with an existing pool. It looks like it was plumbed for a traditional pressure fed cleaner, but there is currently no pump or cleaner installed. My theory is that the cleaner was removed because it would get tangled in the bar stools mounted inside the pool...

I feel like I'm always working the edges of the allowable CSI levels. How much should I be worried about CSI? Is it a longterm neglect problem, or can limited time at or beyond the acceptable limits of CSI be harmful as well? Here are my test results: PH - 7.2 FC - 8 CC - 0 TA - 100 CH - 250...

Is it just me is the clarity of my water better in the winter. I turned on my lights the other night and it seemed like it had a little more shine than I was used to. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I haven't been over to my Mother in Law's house in a couple months, but she lives within a couple miles and my wife went over there this week and reported back to me that her pool was lime green. She knows how "particular" I am about our pool, so I have been voluntold to help out. She has an...

I was swimming along the bottom of my pool with some goggles on today and noticed a hairline crack along the bottom in the deep end of the pool. I haven't noticed any leaking or anything out of the normal. Should I be concerned, or is this normal? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm pretty new to TFP and I think I'm starting to pick it up, but I was hoping to get some confirmation on some of my assumptions. First things first, my water looks beautiful. My test results (using TF-100) PH - 7.5 CC - 0.5 TA - 100 CH - 300 CYA - 50 Borates - 30 According to the...

I got my TF-100 a couple days ago and I'm a little confused by the CH test. Can someone tell me definitively when it ends? I have the speedstir and I count out 10 drops of R-0012 and see blue. I think it's over and my reading is 200 CH. If I let the speedstir keep going about 30 seconds...

My TF-100 got delivered yesterday and I'm trying to practice a little bit. Here's what I got: Fill Water: PH 7.5-7.8 CH 175 TA 150 1st pool test: PH 8.0 FC 2.5 CC 0.5 CH 375 TA 140 CYA 45 Borates 15 added 32 oz MA to get down to 7.5 and 121 oz of 8.25% bleach to get back up to 7.5. Let it...

Is vacuuming important? I got a vacuum with my pool, but I've never used it. I've seen lots of posts about how to vacuum, but I haven't seen anything about why I should. My current routine is to brush off the steps/seats and let the pentair racer cleaner keep the bottom clean. I have a dark...

Howdy everyone! New to pool ownership as well as to TFP. Been learning a lot looking around, starting to experiment with using bleach now as it seems my CYA levels are creeping up. I've seen a couple people mention they run higher CYA levels in hot/sunny areas. Is this recommended? I'm in...