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To start: I used to own my own pool and used TFP's methods for keeping it in perfect condition (thanks!!), but that was before the divorce, and I no longer own a pool. :rolleyes: Now I'm in an apartment. Anyway... What sort of damage might my apartment complex possibly have, since their pool...

Forgive me TFP, for I have sinned...I bought some chlorine tablets for my pool. :cry: Really though: I needed some liquid bleach, my local Wal-Mart has been out of their Great Value Cleaning Bleach the past few times I've visited, they don't have the Pool Essentials Chlorinating Liquid...

Hi all, I have a ~12ish year old Hayward HP21002 heat pump for my pool. 2nd owner, this will be my 3rd season with it. At the end of last season it started giving me an "LP" error, which can apparently be a number of issues -- low pressure switch replacement, circuit board replacement, leak...

We have 2 dogs, both about 10-months old. They are large dogs (60-70lbs) and they like to play rough outside -- chewing on sticks, roughhousing with each other, digging holes. You know, normal puppy stuff that we're working on fixing. We've got a large backyard so I can't always see what...

All I could do was cringe. What's the recommended ppm for lava? :laughblue:

I've been looking at reviews for variable speed pumps for a bit and they all seem to be rated pretty poorly. Even the supposedly higher-quality and expensive Pentair pumps have some just terrible reviews (where the device dies and there's basically no or little customer service.) 3-years seems...

Hi all, I have a Hayward HP21002 heat pump, roughly 11-12 years old. I'm the 2nd owner, we bought the house 2 years ago. It worked well until late last summer when I got an "LP" error code. According to the user's manual and another troubleshooting document I managed to dig up, this can mean...

Pool is from 2007, vinyl liner, and I *believe* it is the original liner. I can tell it has faded a bit from the original color since the small circle behind where the ladder touches the wall is slightly darker than the rest of the liner. It has a decent number of wrinkles around the main...

After reading about adding DE to a sand filter to improve filtration, I decided to try it. Thanks to TFPC my pool has always been crystal clear (looks like air) but I did notice some small 'specks' floating in the water at night in the glow of the pool light. You wouldn't really notice them...

He just moved to a house with a pool and he's pretty excited about it, but despite his best efforts and a ton of chemicals from the pool store, it is still cloudy and green (even after I've linked him here). Yeah there's more important things going on in his life right now, but I do enjoy...

While I was cleaning some gunk out of my pool last night after a week-long vacation, my net decided to break, so I'm in need of a new one. The pole I have (both the pole and net were the previous owners' that I inherited) seems cheaply made and doesn't like to stay extended. I also had a...

Even with a cover on it, I had an explosion of earthworms in my pool. Gross. I uncovered our pool a few days ago and it was a bit cloudy with some dark crud on the bottom. I scooped it out, expecting dirt or whatever, but no....dead earthworms. Dead earthworms all over the bottom of the...

Just something I'm turning over in my head, nothing set in stone (;)) yet. My pool is about 10 years old and I'm the 2nd owner. It came with the house we bought earlier this year. I've been using TFPC since I opened it, with 100% success. Now I'm looking at ways to optimize it...not...

Usually I love this time of year as the leaves explode with color, but then we moved to a house with a pool...and the pool is next to a heavily wooded area with lots of hardwood trees. :mad: The leaves have started dropping and they're taking over my pool. We moved into this house in February...

As the title says -- what sort of adapter do I need to screw into the side of my pump to connect it to the air compressor, so I can use that to blow out my lines? Is there a specific threading? I have a generic Hayward superpump...unsure of the type of air compressor since it's my...

Earlier this year I installed a fence around my pool (former homeowners didn't ever install one but I have young kids). It's a normal aluminum fence, nothing special. I couldn't embed the posts in the ground outside the deck due to not knowing the locations of plumbing and electric lines, so I...

Silly question: My current liner is roughly 10 years old and is light-blue in color. It has been 'mine' since February when we bought our house and pool, so I don't know if it was previously darker or has always been this color. Our neighbors behind us had a pool installed a few weeks ago and...

I'll make this quick: my pool has a heater but it (thankfully) doesn't run all the time. Would there be any advantage to bypassing the heater in the plumbing so that water isn't running through it unless it is being used? Or is it not worth the effort? edit: Posted in this forum since I'm...

I've only owned my pool for this season, and one thing I've learned: you'll get to know your local wildlife a bit more than before you owned a pool. :o My pool is right next to a heavily wooded area in our back yard, which might have something to do with it. Since I opened our pool in late...

TL;DR: Likely bad capacitor, found a colony of ants inside my pump, and I'd like to get suggestions regarding the best way to protect this pump from the elements if possible. ------------------------------------------ Hayward super pump, about 10 years old. 100% exposed to the elements and...

When we bought our new house a few months ago, we inherited an in-ground pool with no fence around it. :roll: Our backyard is fenced in but the pool itself was not. I think when the previous homeowners built the house their kids were about 10-11 so they weren't worried about small children...

Hello all, I recently inherited my pool and Hayward S200 filter in February; it was originally installed in 2007. I came across the "deep cleaning" procedure listed in the sticky above and I'd like to do that (since I'm quite certain it's never been done!), AND replace a bunch of leaking...

Just curious: why is this the recommendation I see around here? As with everything I've read on TFP I'm sure there's a good reason, I just haven't come across it yet. When I started my SLAM process over a month ago (which resulted in a crystal-clear pool that has stayed clear since then...

I hope no one minds me posting this outside the "best places to buy chlorine" thread that is tacked above. Feel free to delete this thread if it isn't good to go. :cool: Just thought I'd pass on some savings where more people can see it. Lowes Foods (mostly located in NC with a few sprinkled...

Right now I'm trying to slowly convince one of my co-workers to switch from using traditional chlorine pucks and test strips to the TFP method. He just opened his pool this weekend and we were chatting about it. I was thinking of asking him to bring in a sample of pool water large enough to...

TL;DR: Just finished my first SLAM as a brand new (to me) pool owner and it was a complete success! For the impatient people, the photos are at the bottom. ;) ------------------------------------ This forum and website are great – I’ve read just about everything on here and went from knowing...

Hello all, I recently acquired a house with a pool -- IG, vinyl, roughly 22,000 gallons. Pool is about 10 years old and (supposedly, according to the previous homeowner's pool guy) will need a liner in the next season or two. With the age of the pool I'm not surprised. Just out of curiosity...

Hello all, I'm new to this pool thing; just purchased a house a few months ago that has a pool. According to the previous owner it is approximately 22,000 gallons. I'm going to verify that with the pool contractor who originally installed it in 2006/2007 but in the meantime let's go with that...