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    What is the deal with drop in salt water chlorinators for hot tubs?

    You plug these units into a Ground protected receptacle , add salt and they generate chlorine. Pros Cons? I have a salt water pool but currently run two step bromine for the spa. They seem to run $200 to $250 in Canada.
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    Help closing my pool

    Re: Closing an in ground pool Last spring, my fiberglass stairs had a hole punched in by the ice, i guess as a result of some serious spring freeze-thaw weather. I don't use a pool cover as there are no trees in the area and for 4 years, opening was a breeze. I was wondering if I should throw...
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    What a day.....

    I recently bought a timer(<$10) for watering the grass. Work great for topping up pools.
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    Solar Choices

    I am using Enersol Panels http://www.enersol.com/content/view/18/44/ and have roughly 70% coverage, but I only want to heat in the summer as I will be skating in the winter. The sun is almost 90 degrees for my panels so they will be very efficient during the summer. Not sure what you season...
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    Adding DE to sand filter

    Last night I also added DE to improve the water clarity. I put in enough to raise the pressure from 7 to 8 psi, (1 3/4 cups). After about 4-5 hours, the pressure was up to 15 psi. I decided to backwash before I went to bed as I wasn't sure how how the pressure might go overnight. The water...
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    Water behind liner bulging this morning

    The water has receded and the liner looks fine.
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    Solar Pool Cover Question.

    We use the cover almost every day(except during a heat wave) and as long as you do, it doesn't smell. The cover came with a white cover but we never bothered with it.
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    Solar Pool Cover Question.

    We use the cover almost every day(except during a heat wave) and as long as you do, it doesn't smell. The cover came with a white cover but we never bothered with it.
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    Water behind liner bulging this morning

    Hi We had a massive rain storm yesterday with hail. This morning we noticed that the liner is bulging all over the deep end of the 20x40 in ground pool. Will the water naturally go back as water outside the pool recedes? The pool is higher than the surrounding area so i am guessing the...
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    So you want to add borates to your pool--Why and How

    Borax calculations, bleach calculator or the pool calculator The sticky here corresponds to "the pool calculator" calculations; ie for a 29059 us gal pool, and 10 ppm borate increase, we need to add 342 oz of 20 mule borax. The bleach calculator for an equivalent size pool(110k litres) : with...