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13,500 gallon above ground pool. Central Indiana. Temps haven't been extreme maybe 55 at night upper 60's during the day. A few days in the upper 70's. Pool temp is about 80. It was pretty rough when I opened it 11 days ago. Our winter cover didn't keep the leaves and such out. Got all the...

So my wife asked me to go close up the hot tub after the kids had been in it earlier today. When I went out there I noticed that the main jet pump was running, but not pumping any water. Needless to say, they had left the jets running for hours on end. I'm not sure if that would hurt it, but it...

I'm so thankful for TFP method, I think it is the only method that makes sense for maintaining a pool. Way better than dumping all kinds of different chemicals into the pool and only treating the symptoms not the real problem. So thanks everyone. We had a great season last year. As I open...

So I finally got around to looking at the salt water generator. We got our pool from my wife's grandmother who wasn't well equipped to maintain the pool. After a successful battle with an algae bloom from residual algae in the pool when we got it, I've decided to take a look at the SWG...

I have the the Taylor Chlorine test, but I'm a little confused. From what I understand I'm supposed to add a "Large scoop" of the R-0870. What is a large scoop? Is it rounded, is it level? I assume the amount of the R-0870 that you use makes a difference in the test results. If it does...

I tried a search for this topic, but I appologize if this isn't the right spot or appropriate. I know I read one thread discussing chlorine costs. I thought I'd put it out there. Two times in the past several weeks I've purchased 8.25% bleach from Walmart for $0.99. That's 67% off and seems...

Hey everyone, I feel like I've already received so much from this community (from reading in the pool school) and this is only my first post. At first I wasn't sure if we amateur (temporary) pool owners were represented in the community, but it seems as though I've seen some posts from some...