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100lbs of tablets a week, each 100lbs raising CYA by 13.

Woman jumps a Tesla 50 feet over the pool, saving the pool from damage. Ain't no way they extract it without hurting the pool or pulling it through the house. Luckily no one was "shocked" (battery/water) in the ordeal, except the shock of the driver and the homeowner. I'm shocked...

We love our pools, And dream our dreams, and hope for a flood. [from the sea]. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/worlds-most-beautiful-sea-pools

I had a thread last month with an unexplained FC loss...like low salt caused the cell to stop working. Added salt and I was in business. Now I can't lose FC to save my soul. 10-15% was working great. This week, still sunny and consistent weather, but FC was rising with cell at 5%. Tested this...

I check FC daily and adjust SWCG. I don't always log FC and SWCG adjustment. FC is always between 7-11. SWG 10-20%. FC 36 hours ago was 9. Test this morning and FC = 5.5. We had rain last night, but about .1 inches. So I thought I got some stratified rain water in my sample even though...

The trusty Dolphin DX3 that saw me through the SLAM that brought me to TFP died. R.I.P. Bought an S200 with both mesh and fine filters. I used the mesh filters when the mesh cover was on...seemed ok, kept coming back with junk. When I pulled the cover I switched to the fine pleated filters...

Dolphin DX3 with bags, soldiered through original and only SLAM, finally bought the farm. Was 13 years old. R.I.P. Bought an S200 and it is OK, but does not clean the pool like the DX3. When I watched the DX3, it would suck everything around. The S200 gets some, but just pushes more than...

With the influx of springtime new members rolling in, oddly, I found myself astounded at the number of members that have been Pool Stored. I don't know why it struck me this year, after helping so many that have been pool stored in the past, and even having the username PoolStored, but...

Raypak 336A. Has worked for 3 years at 1600rpm. Started it up today and 1600RPM yielded "Water Sw Open" error, which obviously means the water pressure switch is open (low flow). Had to raise it to 1800RPM to close the switch. Two questions: 1) Is this a typical failure mode of the water...

A proposed luxury apartment building with swimming balconies in Mumbai, India. Each apartment would come with its own pool. https://www.businessinsider.in/A-Luxury-Condo-In-India-Will-Have-A-Private-Swimming-Pool-On-Every-Balcony/articleshow/45782969.cms

Pool cover and spring pics attached. I BELIEVE cover is about 12 years old. When do you know the cover needs to be replaced from stretching? No holes, No seems broken. Had snow/ice I just removed before pic. Do springs wear out? If I replaced the springs, which are clearly >50% compressed...

I was reading this thread: Help with pool light. In it @1poolman1 indicated "Since the 2010 National Electrical Code was published, pool pumps require a ground-fault circuit breaker." Yikes...I have a fused breaker box like this one, that is fed by a normal breaker in the panel. Being...

I had my pool deck sand blasted and refinished with a hybrid acrylic/siloxane sealer (D1). After it cured I filled the cracks with Sika polyurethane self leveling. It failed, sika says it will not attach to acrylic sealers. Contacted Dec-o-seal and they said they had no crack filler that will...

Yikes!! Fast forward to the last 15 seconds.

To think it all started with this post in early November of 2014. Here is what Marty said, “We have never owned a home with a pool so Newbie's we are!” Almost 8 years later, Marty has now joined the 50,000 post club. I can only imagine the number of pools Marty has touched in 8 years. He...

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Made my rounds to water some hanging plants. Keep the watering can under the sink by the pool. Walked out the gate (where I'm standing to take pic) to get to the other side of the house to water plants. Thought nothing of it. When I was done watering, I came back to this. Given the water...

Had to open tonight, mesh safety cover had to be off before they come. Only had help tonight. Lots of refinishing pics coming! TFP open! Little bit of haze is from a quick brush.

Found the best guy in the area to blast, re-antique, and seal my pool deck. I'm used to using a hybrid Silane/Siloxane on concrete drives. He is recommending DecoCrete D1. I think I trust him, he has the best reputation. Here is the product...

James, you are a genius. I have a REEEAAALLY slow suction side leak, tried shaving cream, nada, rebuilt 3 unions and 2 valves, TWICE and I can't find it to save my soul. Just bought the parts to build a pressurization rig with thru-hole plug. Was going to use it to pressurize the inbound from...

Made this, makers, triple sec, cranberry, pineapple. I call it the salt test.

Started this thread because @IUsedToSail asked about orientation of valves/check valves. Made me realize I didn't do a plumbing thread on my rebuild. Some may know my story, new pool owner last year (came with the house), I was PoolStored...then I found TFP. Pulled out the UV system and the...

Replumbed the pool last year. Grabbed my Magic Lube and greased them up for the winter so they wouldn't dryout. Started looking at getting ready to open. Needed to relube the sand filter seal. Looked up what to use. Come to find out, the cord ring is not supposed to be lubricated. P*#l...

Dolphin DX3. Pool closed, just wanted to get leaves and oddly, lots of earthworms. It went around a bunch and boy did I get a sackfull. However, I noticed that it tended to go headlong into the wall and just sit there spinning. Tracks are old, but the foam donuts, that I think are used for...

Oct. 28th, replaced liner, slammed and let drift to target FC, added CYA, polyquat, closed. FC 7 pH 7.4 TA 90 CH 100 CYA 40 Today, safety cover still on. For grins, removed corner to take a look see (looks great!), grabbed a bottle of water from the pool to test. FC 0 (Not surprising) pH 7.2...

Odd situation. Did pH test was 7.4, within 2-3 seconds, the color went up rapidly ending with purple. Redid test 3 times. Meter said 7.4. Water temp 56. Ideas?

Old liner 10 years old. New liner installed in 3 hours. Filling and balancing now! More pictures when done tomorrow...

New to me (DEC 2020) pool, new Liner tomorrow! Store called at noon today and said we are coming tomorrow, have the pool drained. I had prepared and tested my sump. 21 hours. That means if I get it it NOW it will be ready by 9am. Scrambled and got it going. So far so good! I have to close...