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I am lured by the SWG ease of use, but am also concerned about relying on something electronic. I am not old or anti-electronics, but am old and hopefully wise enough to appreciate the fragility of electronics. I am a bit old school and like to know I am in control of all aspects related to...

Hello, I've been reviewing many threads on ground preparation and saw where most AG pools use sand or foam. I read a few posts that suggest this style of pool does NOT use sand as a base. Why is this? If rigid foam is the way to go, what thickness is suggested? FYI, I had an IG pool for...

I've been looking for a while now and with all this COVID going on, I've yet to find any vendor that actually has pools. At best, they are all backordered 12+ weeks or simply have no idea when anything will be back in stock. Curious if anyone has been able to find a decent pool lately.

Just a little over a year ago, we bought a house that had an in-ground pool and was filled in. Turns out the POs filled it in to help sell the house as they said people complained they wanted more back yard, as this one took up the entire back yard (pix below). I don't have a lot of info on...

This is a really good thread as I have been in the same or similar situation this year. Since I have been doing BBB, never had a problem. This year, can't get the thing clear for love nor money. Now am looking to add the DE to my sand filter as well. Regarding the DE, do you have to add it...

I have a severe leak when the pump is running, just started quite suddenly. We are losing about 500 gallons per hour when the system is running. I am certain it is not the liner, as the leak only happens during pump time. Anyway, my wife when to the local pool store and asked them. They said...

I just opened our pool this last Mother's Day weekend and have temps about the same now as we had a month later last year! We don't have a heater, but have water temps just above 70, which is great for us this time of year. I didn't go in, but the kids have been enjoying it already. One thing...

A bit of history on this spa. Bought it used, but in really great shape. First filled it and balanced chemicals. Seemed to have a hard time keeping enough chlorine in it and got to looking at the chemicals the previous owner used...biguanides. I then did a full spa decontamination (per...

I clearly MUST be doing something wrong, but here are my calculations AND test results to back it up. Sundance Altamar spa: approx. fill volume is 385 gallons (total capacity of 455) per manual and everything I've read so far. All numbers are based on 385 gallons. Based on that, 2.9 oz. of...

So I am using BBB for my pool with great success. I am also using it with our new-to-us hot tub. However, I am finding the 385 gallon spa to be more work than my 36,000 gallon pool. I understand that this is likely largely due to the fact that the significant volume difference of a pool...

I am right now researching either of these, to convert from Trichlor pucks. I was initially planning to go with a Stenner 45MHP10 for bleach, but now am also considering the move to SWG. Overall initial cost will higher with SWG, but I am also looking for ease of maintenance for the long term...

So after only getting in on the whole TFP wagon for about 1/2 of last year, I would like to get the full benefits this year. So one thing I'd like to do is install the Liquidator to avoid having to manually add chlorine bleach. Based on my pool (36k gallons), what size Liquidator should I get...

After receiving wrong data (inconsistent and impossible I think) from the local pool store and not having a reputable test kit, I have my first test results with the TF-100 as follows: FC: 4 CC: 0 TC: 4 pH: ~6.8 (maybe less!) T/A: 150 CH: 80-90 (a little subjective I'd say) CYA: less than 20...

This is the CLEAN part of the job, all of the nasty part was done long before I took these pix, so this is just a bit of the final prep work and liner install. Stained the fence while we were at it too!

Having been on here just a short while, and having only had a pool for the 3rd season now, this is the first year of having a decent clue what it's all about. My short stint here thus far is proving to be a huge learning experience, far more than I anticipated when I first stumbled in. At...

Hello, just looking to confirm or refute if I am going about this correctly. My process is based on instructions the previous home owner provided. 1) Set valve to Backwash from normal Filter setting (he said 30 seconds, be we've found it better to go around 3 minutes) 2) Set valve to Rinse (he...

Hello, pretty new on here, but just got a new liner in our pool and filled with well water. We have a reputable pool supply store pretty close, so use them for some chemicals, though expensive, but moreso for advice and free computer water testing. We had them test the water just after filling...

Just found this forum and sure wish I would have found this a couple years ago, lemme tell ya. We bought a house with a large IG pool 3 years ago and were new to pools at that time. The pool is a 20 x 40 x 3' & 9' so about 36,000 gallons. We noticed a leak the second year, couldn't find it...