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We have an unusual early cold front coming with temps as low as 25 degrees over 3-4 days. We aren’t ready to close our pool yet as there is still warm time left. We had highs in the 90s this week. This is my first year with the pool so I am new to this. I have been reading a lot on here about...

My pool water is currently 98 degrees. Temps have been near 110 all week. Only cools to about 80 at night. Any tips on cooling it other than buying a semi load of ice? Open cover at night? With this heat I want to jump in and cool off but the pool feels like a hot tub.

My power rates are constant. They don’t have peak and non peak rates so that isn’t a factor. Running the pump wide open 24/7 for that matter really isn’t a cost concern either. That being said I read ideally the water should be turned over once a day. With my 32k gallons 23GPM running around...

My pool has a SWG and an automatic cover. I would say most days it is open maybe three hours typically in the evenings. It has been full about four months and we have never added CYA and our FC always tests normal with the SWG set at 50%. I asked my PB, scary I know, but he said none of his...

My pool has a dedicated vacuum port. I am redoing my above ground plumbing. I have a built in spa and on the intake side of the pump I have a three way valve with the skimmers and vacuum port on one side of the valve and the spa drains on the other. For whatever reason the pipes stubbed out of...

I really hate the way my pool valves are set up. I have to climb over a bunch of things to get to them. The only way to remedy it is run the pipes coming out of the ground for the skimmers and main drains up to height of about 3’, 90 them over about four feet and put the valves there. Any...

We have a new 16x45 pool with a built in hot tub. The PB put in eight returns in the pool, four along each of the 45’ sides. It has two main drains and two skimmers. I am a bit confused on the water flow. The pool builder said we could just leave it in spillover mode all the time. This makes...

We have a 27k gallon plaster pool. It was newly built and filled around March 15th. It has a cover which is closed probably 75% of the time. It has a SWG. I ordered the TF100 kit and here are my results PH 7.8 FC 13.0 CC 0-0.5 CH 400 TA 390 Our pool is filled from our well which I know has...

We have a new pool that we built and are having some issues with water flow due to some changes made after the initial plumbing was ran. The pool has a 3hp intelliflo pump for the main pump. It draws from the two main drains, a skimmer, and has a cleaning port. The water goes through a sand...

I have a 2” pvc pipe leading out of my backyard for my backwash water. Using a 3hp intelliflow pump. Outside of the fence for my back yard I have around 30 acres. Instead of just letting the water run on the ground could I mount on of these on the discharge pipe and have it water part of my...

We are having a rectangular pool built. They shot the gunnite a few weeks ago, have installed the tile, and I am guessing the coping is next. No plaster yet. I was meeting with some landscape guys to develop a plan for the concrete around the pool and how to design our outdoor kitchen, fire...

We are getting a rectangular 18x40 built. We were originally thinking travertine coping but saw a pool with flagstone coping and it looked nice. Now we are undecided. Builder says he likes flagstone as it is not as slick for the kiddos but that it does need to be rerouted every 3-4 years at a...

We are looking to build a 18x40 rectangular pool with an automatic cover and a 3.5/4' depth to 5' with a 10' deep hopper on one end for diving. We have two local pool builders both are reputable. We honestly have good feelings about both of them. I have received quotes from both and they are...

Hello, I just stumbled on to this site and it seems like an amazing resource. I am sure these type of questions have been asked a thousand times but my quick searching and browsing threads didn't give me the answers I was looking for. We live in the country in West Texas on 25 acres and have...