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I have read about intex pools having a valve of some sort on the return to aerate the water to raise ph without raising the alkalinity. In the past I aim my jet upward during the week to agitate the water and raise ph to keep it up to par and lower it on the weekends. Well our house has become...

Recently my wife has been on a kick of making everything at home from soaps to detergents. I usually use powdered dishwasher soap for cleaning my spa filters every few months. I wanted to see if the ingredients in her new dish detergent were ok for doing this before going for it. Her dish...

Friend of ours left their Hayward HP50HA out all winter (in the northeast) and forget to drain water out. The heat exchanger cracked and he decided he did not want to deal with it so he was going to toss it and buy a new one. I gave it a crack and am working on repairing the unit. It did not...

The past 3 weeks I have been losing water in the pool not at a crazy rate but more than usual. I noticed some sand on the bottom of the pool today and think I may have a leak. I though it may just be evaporation however my neighbors pools (which get more sun than mine) are not needed to be...

So the great northeast pool season is open unlike most of the country we got a solid 3 months of pool season and for the most part you get a solid 2 months of warm water. I'm looking to change that, with the cool nights my pool has been struggling to break 65 degrees. My wife and I are looking...

My family and I are getting away from northern New Jersey for 2 1/2 weeks next month to sunny Florida. This is the first time with the spa I will be away that long. I have been using the dichlor/bleach method for the past few months with great success! Its almost time to drain the spa and add...

I am new to owning a spa, we just received our Artesian Grand Cayman Elite 450 gallon about a month ago and have been battling water tests the whole time. The spa has the Frog inline @ease system and every time I test the water the chlorine level is low on the frog test strips. I spoke to my...