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I was active about 12 years ago, when the TFP started as an offshoot from a previous site that went dead. Sold that house and moved, now we're looking into installing a pool finally. I'm amazed and very happy to see such a thriving community! Glad to (hopefully) be back in the pool care...

Howdy, I had a similar crack in my walk ins, was losing quite a bit of water. Here's what I did: (my steps are plastic, not fiberglass) Drain pool below level of crack, mine was the second step, so no liner issues with the level down. Drill out the ends of the cracks with a small drill bit...

"Be careul with the constant usage of that solar cover. Offgassing is a good and necessary thing for a pool. That's how the scuzz that gets broken down by chlorine leaves the pool...by offgassing." I initial worried about that, however I've never measured any CC, even with the cover on 24/7...

MWsmith2, Towards the end of last season I followed Chem Geek's advice and dropped by TA down to the 70-80 range. I've got a 20K vinyl with SWC. I run about 50 ppm Borates as well. My CYA at that time was around 80. I keep my salinity around 3200 and FC from 4-6 ppm. I went from using about...

A friend told me how to brine about 2 years ago. He made a Thanksgiving turkey that was the best I've ever had (Don't tell Grandma), turns out he brined it over night. Since then, I do most of my pork chops and chicken that way before I grill. Keeps everything very moist and tasty!!