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    Diving Board

    Seems to be coming loose from the base. How is this attached?
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    Gutter cleaning

    Finally got tired of seeing the stained gutters while out back enjoying the pool. Tried bleach and a couple other things and my wife suggested foam bathroom cleaner. Name brand works better than the generic and it melted the crude right away easily with a bristle brush. Just thought I would...
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    water evaporation vs leak

    Not kidding there are weeks in the summer I put in water 2-3 times and watch 2-3 inches evaporate. I thought maybe I had a leak but all our Friends pools had the same thing. Also my pool has no shade so if the sun is up at 6:30 it is shining on it until 7pm or later when it dips behind the...
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    water evaporation vs leak

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    how much does it cost to refill the pool

    Call your water company ahead of time if you don't have an irrigation line. Most water companies will take a 12 month average on sewer so you don't get the hit on it.
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    water under liner

    My pool builder stopped by yesterday. He took the cleaning hose, filled it with water, stuck one end behind the liner in the shallow end all the way to the pool bottom and the other end in the skimmer with the pump running. It sucked the water for 15 minutes all the way out from beneath the...
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    water under liner

    I now have lots of runners on the sides and bottom of the pool from all the rain. We had 5 inches last week over 3 days and it has now rained at least 6 inches in 60 hours with another 3-4 more coming before it quits on Tuesday afternoon if we are lucky. Before that we had had quite a bit of...
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    Who is ready to swim

    Our pool water hit 76 Sunday and it felt great. Just teasing me though with lows dropping into the 40's a couple nights this week and highs upper 60's and a little higher it will cool back down. Hit 90 both days over the weekend. Saturday 2 racks of ribs, chicken assorted sides, cooler of beer...
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    First test of the Spring

    SWG has been working. Water is upper 50's. Picked up some stuff this morning to raise the CYA. Still have to check the FC. Only sand loss is from back flushing. I was curious the average life span with normal cleaning and back flushing? Average maybe once a month. Filter is on its 3rd year
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    First test of the Spring

    Salt 3200 took care of that a few weeks ago Total Alkalinity 100 Cyanuric Acid was low below 30 PH 7.8 a little high Total Chlorine .5-1 Hardness. Test didn't turn red to start??? What does that mean and turned blue for a 190 count. Just started using the ideas on here towards the end of last...
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    Salt or Not

    awesome pool BTW. If you have kids or spend a lot of time in the pool Salt is the only way to go. There are weekends I literally float for 10 hours or more a day. Kids love the salt as they don't get irritated eyes. I have never owned a normal chlorinated pool but swam in many and there is no...
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    My Pool

    I actually like them off sync and rotating colors. Color matching steps cost about $500 extra I believe.
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    My Pool

    Deep end is fine. Most time is spent floating in the shallow end watching TV. When you have a group of adults over they are all doing the same. Drinking and floating in the shallow end. If anything I would go longer so when I dive I am not to the shallow end. I would do additional concrete all...
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    My Pool

    We did the LED lights and the steps that match the liner. Nothing I would really change. I like the shape and the large shallow end is great for having people over and just floating and drinking a few. Plus with our house shape it fit the back yard perfect. We put that in 3 years ago and there...
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    here's my crasy idea for a pool

    My crazy idea being a Canes fan is to basically connect the L shape pool I already have with an L shape in the opposite direction making a U
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    My Pool

    42L X 16W X 24L Twins were in it a few weeks ago. Water was about 60 after a warm week in Central Arkansas. These were a few years ago during construction. Finished off by hanging a flat screen under the covered patio and outdoor speakers. Nothing better than floating in the pool and watchign...