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Greetings! I sold my pool home last June, therefore no longer utilize the pool calculator. I am on automatic renewal and my CC was recently charged. As the pool calculator is now an app, I cannot find where to log in and find the payment method on file. Can anyone help? Thanks!

I am torn between NPT mini pebbles and PT Pebble Sheen. The PT company claims that it is a superior product, but I am not finding evidence of that. Digging in deeper, I find that PT uses an organic pigment rather than inorganic pigment. As they claim to be the best and charge more than the rest...

Greetings! I have a Hayward pump that is tripping the pool panel breaker. The pump is 9 years old and performs in the Desert. Thoughts? Thank You!

Greetings! I'm looking for a little reassurance here. My pool has always had the following battles as I live in the desert with hard, hard water. Rising pH, approx. .2-.3 per day and of course, calcium hardness-Bad combination for scaling! To combat, I drain my pool as often as I can and keep...

Although my numbers are in line, I continue to have to literally scrape algae off of the steps and corners of the pool. Despite upping the chlorine, it continues to happen. Is there something I am missing? Thanks for the help! CH 475 TA 60 pH 7.5 TC 8 CC 0.5 FC 7.5 CYA 60 Temp 84

My pool is in desperate need of draining, however, it's 100 degrees daily and will only get hotter. Researching this site, I came upon a few posts that recommended draining and refilling simultaneously to ward off potential plaster cracking. There are two schools of thought: The pool water is...

Hello! I live in a hard water area with high heat, so draining in the summer isn't a good option. I'm managing the potential scaling by keeping my pH at 7.5 or below. However, my TF test kit shows that my CH level has remained at approx. 1200 for the last three months. Is this possible? Does...

After draining and acid washing for extensive calcium staining back in February, I have battled rapid hikes in pH...about .2-.3 per day. Asked for advice everywhere I could and nothing really seemed to help. Fast forward-my last acid addition was 6 days ago. I took it down to 7 to also lower my...

Last February, I had a piece of rebar cut out as it was staining the plaster. The plaster company patched it up nicely and I thought this would be the end of it. Yesterday, I noticed a relatively large bulge just below this area...can't be good. Does anybody know what this indicates? Thanks!

Hello I need to drain half of my pool, but would like to do it over the course of 2 days. Can I safely drain (1/2 way) a plaster pool and leave it unfilled from aprox 2pm until 8am the next morning? The temps are hovering around 100, so it is the 2pm-8pm hours I am worried about. Thanks for the...

Living in Palm Springs, I continue to battle the ever-rising pH. I have started using tri-chloro pucks and keeping the TA at 60 or less. But it still climbs .2+ daily. I recently brought the TA down under 40...today it tested at 30, yet the pH rose .3, the low TA isn't stopping the pH from...

Due to excessive calcium scaling and staining, I drained and acid washed my pool approx 3 weeks ago. I test my water daily with the TF 100 and do additions according to the Pool Calculator. My TA out of the tap was 180 and it took close to two weeks to get it to 80. Due to the hardness of water...

Is this a good product? I don't see the ingredients listed but have been told it's a worthwhile product. Thoughts? Thanks!

Is the start up for a newly constructed pool typically done by the builder? Thanks!

Thank you all in advance for the advice, I am thrilled to have found this forum with all of its knowledgable members. The more I am learning about my pool care, the more apparent it is that the "professionals" in the pool stores are simply salesman. I am afraid to ask for their advice any...

My understanding is that rebar is made from scrap metal and can be composed of most anything. Can anybody confirm if there is copper in rebar? Thanks!

Hello I found this site as I was looking for an answer to my pool issue. I also have blue streaking, staining in my 3 year old gunite pool. From everything I have read, only copper causes blue staining. My water is professionally tested monthly and I have 2 years of records that show the water...