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Hello, Our pool needs some repair work and I am hoping that the experience of the folks in this forum might be able to prevent me from making a costly error. Tiles have been falling off our pool for a while. Someone came round to check it out and noted that the grouting below the waterline was...

Hello. I hand-dose with bleach for my pool and am happy with that. However, I'm a sucker for a bargain, and I saw some tablets on sale at my local supermarket containing: 1. Trichloroisocyanuric acid (well documented here and pool school, and I need to up my CYA at the moment anyway). 2...

I'm considering a 'solar' pool cover to reduce evaporation when it (finally) gets warm and hopefully help maintain a higher temp whether I'm heating or not. As with all Pool related stuff, there is a lot of marketing. The fact that I can't see explicit dos/donts on this site makes me expect...

Hello, I'm looking at heat-pumps for my pool. I'll need an electrician (practically and legally) for wiring to the site - but is there any reason that the rest of this can't be DIY. I know the collective knowledge of TFP will put me on the right track. It seems like the plumbing is trivial...

Hello, I'm just getting to grips with a pool (which I didn't really want) that came attached to a house (that I did want). I think I've got a leak between one of my skimmer baskets and my pump - was hoping to check my logic with the experienced members of the forum. - I have two skimmers -...

Hi, Earlier this year I bought a house with a pool. It has been winter here in Australia, so I have done nothing more than dip a toe in so far. But I've been doing basic maintenance - keeping the FC/PH level reasonable and digging out leaves constantly for the past 5 months. And I've been...

Hi, I'm a new pool owner. I'm trying to work out whether it would be better to close my pool, or just keep it under control (add chlorine, remove leaves) through the winter. The pool is unheated and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. i.e. nobody is going to be swimming in there...

Hi Moved into a new home, and getting to grips with this whole pool thing. I'm trying to work out what signs I should look out for that I need to change my sand. I've asked the previous owners how old it is, but no clear answer, which makes me think it is probably pretty old. Seems pretty...

Hi, Have recently bought a house with a pool and quickly recognised that I want to do as much as possible myself. I'm working my way through the ebook (which is great) so I am there with the high-level concepts - I have a science background but honestly my chemistry is so rusty that I could...