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    Paint concrete pool in NJ recommendations

    Hello all: anxiously awaiting swim season here in New Jersey. I have an in-ground concrete pool that I need to have repainted/refinished. I am having difficulty finding a company that does this. Can anyone provide and recommendations? I am in north central New Jersey. Thanks!
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    Vacuum hose does not fit in suction port

    I just purchased one of these which should be able to get a right seal from both sides (I hope).
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    Vacuum hose does not fit in suction port

    Hi everyone: I have a robot that does an ok job but misses corners and wall sides occasionally so I got a manual vacuum. I bought a vacuum hose with 1.5 inch end. This is too big to fit in the suction port. The hose came with a 1.25 inch adapter which is too big for the port and won’t stay in...
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    question about adding calcium chloride

    Awesome--thanks for the confirmation--bombs away it is!
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    question about adding calcium chloride

    jblizzle--I had read the pool school article on adding chemicals. It seemed to me that adding that much calcium chloride was a very large dump of stuff into the pool and wanted to make sure the "general instructions" still applied. I thought it better to ask first to make sure than ask later...
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    question about adding calcium chloride

    You guys have been an unbelievable help in helping me break away from my pool guy saving money as well as being proud in how well the pool is looking. I have a 34,000 gallon plaster pool with great numbers with the exception of CH. FC-7 CC-0 PH-7.5 TA-100 CH-150-175 CYA-70 According to...
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    M400 worth the money?

    Thanks Chrispy. The amount of information out there is overwhelming. And Maytronics' business model of having so many robots with different names although being generally the same thing doesn't help. Any thoughts on price for the m400. I've only been able to locate a single store locally that...
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    M400 worth the money?

    New to pool ownership and am looking to buy first robot. Think I'm leaning toward a dolphin. Looked through the threads here and the m400 looks like a good choice. I can get for 1125 with the rebate. Dolphin has a number of others in the sub-1000 range--triton, nautilus, etc. which also get...
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    another newbie needing help in selecting pool cleaner

    Hello gentlemen: I have been a fan of this site ever since I moved into a house last year with a pool. First pool for the family and we decided we were too uninformed/unknowledgeable to go it alone the first year so we had a regular cleaning service. Having done some further research on this...