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Update and one follow up question: I sealed up the cracks (which were substantial once I got the old stuff off of there) and left it overnight. Looks like the water dropped a bit but too soon to tell if I fixed the problem. Meanwhile I noticed one more thing. There appears to be a crack in...

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EDIT: update and follow up question about plugging a skimmer hole in my reply below. Thanks! Hi there, I was hoping to run my plan by you to make sure I’m not missing anything. Owned the place about 7 years now. Last 2 years or so I have to add progressively more water regularly. Lately it...

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Success! Thank you so much for the help. I ran through the flowchart as you suggested and isolated the problem to the thermostat. Then, just out of curiosity, after putting everything back together, I tried rotating the thermostat knob back and forth several times just to see if I could notice...

Thank you for the quick response. I'll give it a try!

Thank you - this is very helpful. @ajw22 I read through the flow chart and understanding the concept that I'm jumpering around different parts to isolate which one may have failed, but I think I might need a tad more handholding if you don't mind to make sure I'm doing it properly. What do I use...

Hi there, I tried to turn the heater on for the first time of the season yesterday and it wouldn't light up. No noise of any kind after turning the power switch to on. It's a Rheem 266A (P-M266A-MN-C). It's the model without a digital display (and no lights that I can see) so I don't think it...

Thanks all for the great suggestions! Good food for thought.

Our pool shape has me worried that our kids (or more likely their friends) are going to hit their head on these sharp corners (see photo, and there are two more at the deep end). Any suggestions for how to make them safer somehow? I am less concerned about aesthetics at the moment, so wonder...

Thanks all for sharing your thoughts. This turned out to be a more interesting discussion than I had even expected! I guess I hadn’t even contemplated not dumping back into the pool (because of the small amounts) but it sounds like maybe I shouldn’t be doing so!

Interesting and creative ideas - thanks!

Just got my speedstir recently after reading here how amazing it is and am immediately in love with it. I usually do my tests poolside, dumping the water into the pool and rinsing the cylinder after each test. With the speedstir there is the magnetic white pill, which I obviously don’t want...

Thanks as always for the quick advice. My order (for a full kit and other fun stuff) is placed!

About to kick in on my second pool season here and could use help with what chemicals to order. For my first season I bought a Taylor K-2005 before ever stumbling upon TFP, then added a FAS-DPD Test once I saw the light. Photo attached of my box including the sidecar I 3D printed to make room...

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Thanks! By “open” do you mean people swimming in it? It won’t be used or heated, but It will remain full, pump on, etc throughout the winter (we are in Seattle).

Hi all, as I head into essentially my first winter taking care of our pool I wanted to see if you had recommendations for how to adjust my water. Here are my current results: FC 12.5 (I don't normally keep it this high, I just had to temporarily use some tablets and it went higher than I...

Back with the results in case they are helpful to anyone else. A very friendly guy from HASA called me today after I filled out their contact form last night. jblizzle, you were right -- E1257 = 125th day of 2017. So I guess I have a fairly fresh batch. $1.50 for a 6% gallon is the best I've...

Hi there, found some Classic Bleach (made by HASA) at my local Cash and Carry today here in Seattle. 6% for $1.50/gallon, seemed like a good deal. However the only stamp I could find on it says "E1257". Do you know if that is the date code, how to read it if so, or where else to look if not...