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So last year was our first year with pool. I was very diligent about keeping all the numbers correct and pool looked great all year. Initial fill was from a truck. But to top it off after evaporation I just used a hose off the house with well water. The water had that definite rust smell...

4 questions for first time closing of pool in frozen tundra Michigan area. 1) what do I do with the handrail and basketball unit? Both are tightened into sleeves in cement. I’m thinking taking out and putting in garage may be smart? Or just leave in cement? If I take out, I’m assuming...

We are in Indiana and first time pool owners. We don't have a pool house, so everything we need to store will go in the 3 car garage somewhere. Considering getting a nice shed in next year or two. Things I would think might need to be store inside would be : Inground basketball hoop, but...

Anyone got any tricks to remove the lid on the prefilter or removal of a salt cell. Went to clean thing out this weekend and it was hard to remove and I have big hands! I feel like grippy gloves or something might help? anyone have a tool or grippy device for the hard to get off lid type...

Ph 7.5 TC 7 CH 325 TA 110 CYA 60 first summer with pool. Recently replaced cartridge filter as it was toast after a few months of debris from trees and landscape guys and us having to leave uncovered to get chlorine down. Last few months, I’ve had my numbers good and all was going well. I...

If you lived in Michigan area and used pool basically half the year. How would you do your landscape lighting by the pool to turn on and off? its basically 6 LED path lights and about 10 or so built into retaining walls. At first, we decided photocell. But now I’m thinking we would...

So I spot cleaned some dried drips of something clear off new fiberglass pool with a scotchbrite pad. Didnt use a lot of pressure , but it got some of it off. Now where I treated its dull. Hopefully didn’t mess up the gel coat. Any ideas on what to try to get it to sparkle again...

So my super super quiet Laminer Jets will hiccup every 30 seconds or so. Sometimes 1 min apart. Sometimes 25 seconds apart. It’s annoying because it’s so quiet, then it hiccups and makes a noise when water hits like a fish just jumped out or in your water. It’s distracting. Not the end...

Water line in new fiberglass pool is getting that film it does. I scrub with brush weekly and it doesn’t seem to do much. Today i I tossed in some tennis balls to help with flying ants and remembered reading to scrub waterlinevwith tennnis Ball. It actually looks pretty good. Hopefully...

Pool builder had pump at 3400rpm half day and 2400 half day. Based on this site saying that’s too much pump for too long which of course would jack up the electricity , I turned it down to 2400 for 6 hours and 1800 for 14 hours and off for 4. But ive noticed when I get in pool there’s a...

I’m sure we all go through this. Pool numbers are perfect and pool is crystal clear. Then em you have a pool party and the numbers look good, but water is cloudy. Is is there something you do before or during pool party? Get chlorine up? Or is there anything out there like Super...

1) do you run pump st higher rpm during the day or late at night. 2) what are your RPM and times you run it. Initially thebpool builder put it at about 2400 on manual 24/7 for last 2 months. Now, Pool builder has it set 10am to 10pm at about 2400 rpm and 10pm to 10am at 3450 rpm. From...

New pool owner with pool in a heavy tree area. Lots of shade is nice. But there’s always a little debris at bottom of pool after it’s been open a few hours. In between dolphin pool cleanings is there a way to get the debris off bottom easily when I’m in pool? I usually put on my goggles...

New pool and tons of ants all over deck. How do I get rid of?

Just wondering what setting people find themselves at which keeps chlorine at desired level. I had chlorine good, so I turned it up to 40% and in a couple days the chlorine was at 30ppm! So I got it back to 4 and then I turned the generator to 10% output and it’s doing good for last couple...

Ok, been working with this a few weeks. Have a SWG with fiberglass pool what do you think of my numbers These were all done with TF 100 kit ph 7.5 Chlorine 6 CH 225 TA 110 CYA 55 salt 3100 we will be in pool tomorrow, so I assume chlorine will come down a point or two.

PB just finished the fire pit with reflective broken glass. I assume I should cover this? It didn’t include a cover.

So we have a new Fiberglass pool with and Ill go around when Im in pool and clean the water line by rubbing my hand over it. But I notice some long fine scratches and adhesive/epoxy or something that is on exposed part. The pool builder sanded down some areas that are worse, but now they look...

its the stainless steel cap with a tiny hole in the middle. im assuming I need some kind of hook or something? Im sure I could go to lowes and figure something out. But just curious if anyone has an awesome tool for this.

Looking for pics for ideas on lighting outside of pool for landscape, retaining wall, firpit, etc. Looking for general landscape ideas too. Thanks is advance!

First time pool owner and all numbers are in good balance. Just waiting on FC to come down. My CYA is 25 which I want higher , but with FC at 30, should I wait for it to come down before raising CYA?

New pool and been running my dolphin cleaner twice a day for nearly a week now. My problem is I have sand in the corners and shelves alll over the pool. Just a small amount. But dolphin not getting it. So twice a day I brush off the tanning ledge, stairs, step ups etc. then I come back...

New pool owner and am visualizing this auto cover rolling up on itself. Seems to me as you open the cover the top dirty part will touch the clean under part as it rolls up??? I this would put debris in pool when I open the cover. No or yes? It’s a wooded lot with all kinds of pollen and...

So in an effort to not promote mold and mildew, we have a little holder for our skinny flat floats. But we have a big bean bag type chair float that we got from Frontgate, but how do you take care or store it after a night in the pool? We don't have a pool house. So I guess my choices are...

We are pretty simple people, so i imaging a lot of beer/hot dogs/ hamburgers on grill this summer. But when we have guests, id like to make it a little more memorable Do you have any recipes for food or drink that people love and demand whenever they come over??

So first year with pool. We don't have a pool house, so i can already see the mess of water and kids tracking dirty feet in house to pee or eat etc. So the obvious is make them dry off and dry feet. But we all know that will be tough. Does anyone have a good idea of something to dry feet...

13000 gallon fiberglass pool just installed and in process of opening. I was playing around the the testing kit I bought off here and got 0 Chlorine. Pool builder said the generator breaker broke so salt wasn't being converted as i could smell chlorine a week before? Anyway, he stopped by...

Cement going in next week and need to figure out placement for volleyball and basketball by tomorrow keep in mind, I’m 6’5” and son will be too. Wife is a normal 5’8 and daughter will be 5’10 in couple years. Trying to get games as far as far into deep end as possible so we don’t splash...

Looking to put either 4” or 6” plastic or stainless steel sleeves around pool in cement for volleyball net and to hold umbrellas. Any suggestions on length and material for cold indiana? My gut tells me 6” of stainless ?? - - - Updated - - - And I should say only the plastic anchor comes...

Poring some concrete soon , so want to know how many feet we need from edge of gas fire pit to sitting wall. We plan to have Adirondack chairs as main seating and the wal is mainly decoration or overflow seating if we have large group over. Mainly kids. The chairs are 3 feet in depth. I...