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The forecast is not favorable for viewing the eclipse from my part of Texas. Starting on Plan B tomorrow.

If no diving board, then don't go 8 feet. 6'6" would be fine and lessen the angle of the slope. The slope can be a little slippery though, no matter if it's steep or not, but it's not bad. The rest of what your PB told you is sensible to me. On your No. 4. No. Also in the shallow end. 3...

mg, something is wrong with your testing. Adding 100kg of salt to 65000 Litres will raise the ppm by 1534.

Is your filter clean? I had a similar experience that believe it or not turned out to be due to my filter being extremely dirty. Yes, shame on me. I cleaned the filters and the problem was solved. To check to make sure all your above ground plumping and pump lid aren't leaking.... Get a...

Hi Sheridc, Welcome to TFP! First of all, TFP is an easy way for pool owners to take care of their own pools. The pool stores are in business to make money. They will use all sorts of jargon to sell you something expensive that really will not help you. Also, TFP does not trust Pool Store...

Sam, The THP column is Total Horse Power. If you like and want to keep on with 011018 although discontinued, there are some New Old Stock out there. You just have to find them. I have the same one and I had to replace mine last summer. I got my pump from ePoolSupply.com

Exciting stuff eh? Something that I really like while doing water testing is a bottle that you can control how much water comes out of it. Its pretty easy to overfill a tube and then have to get water out with a turkey baster or syringe or start over. I use this one and love it because of...

I'm ready! I have all my stuff ready too!

My new light bulb showed up today and I put it in. The diameter of it is smaller than my old one. Maybe by 25%. I didn't expect that, but OK. Now I gotta wait until it gets dark to see if I wasted any more money or not. Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock.... ⌚⌚⌚

Yup. Lesson learned and I guarantee ya it won't happen again. What they call 50 lbs of Calcium Chloride cost me 24$ which is half the cost of everyone else. But in reality, I paid 24$ for a bag of salt !!!!!!!!!!!! That's what gets my goat the most. I guess that's what I get for trying to...

Im guilty of not getting refills when I should. My longest stint was 3 years. The only reagents that went bad on me were the colored reagents for TA and for CH. Taylor says their reagents are good for 2 yrs from date of manufacture.

Crystal, You have to call her on the phone. She is in Colorado Mountain Time. Monday - Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday Closed CONTACT US: [email protected] 303-985-0077

Hi, The floaters with tabs aren't doing you any good right now. I would suggest to remove them until the pool is cleaned up. Polyquat won't do you much good either. Its good and retarding algae growth in cold water, but it doesn't kill it very will after its gotten started growing.

Amen to that!

I tested my pool water today. Added CH, then tested again a few hours later. I also emptied the skimmer, and Wu-Tang the robot is running. The water is crystal clear and looks great. FC 6 CC 0 pH 7.8 TA 80 CH 180 CYA 50 Salt 3740 Temp 64F CSI -0.41 I'm gonna put in a new LED Light Bulb...

Hi Nells, Welcome to TFP!

Here's a tip for you. Use google earth and find your house. Use the dimension tool to measure your house and property in the backyard. Then use a design or sketch app or graph paper and draw the back of your house and backyard, and make a bunch of copies if it's on paper. Include any big...

Matt makes a very valid point. Plaster that is less than 1 year old need special attention.

EDIT - See Joyful Nose Question. If our plaster is less than a year old, then the normal TFP rules do not necessarily apply. It wont hurt to do that. If it were me, that's what I would do. Just as a thought for you regarding your overall pool chemistry... lowering the TA will make your CSI...

Don't rule the SWG out for being at least partly responsible for pH rise. Running your SWG at 10-20% might make the pH rise, it really depends on the RUN TIME. How SWGs work.... The SWG will produce chlorine at full power for 10-20% of the time it's running. For example, In my case I run my...

Ha, Yeah. With emails and texts being what seems to be the preferred means of communicating these days, many folks get downright anxious about actually talking on the phone. I'll come clean and confess I'm guilty of it a lot of the time.

I ended up getting some from a local concrete company. When I called them on the phone yesterday, the man told me they don't sell concrete supplies, they pour concrete. I asked the man, Henry was his name, if he had a local supplier he could hook me up with , and told him what I wanted it for...

Welp, Boys and Girls, let me tell ya... I am TICKED OFF ! And the people at HD know it! I went to HD to buy some calcium chloride, they didn't have any in stock at all, and the HD guy hooked me up with 50 lbs of calcium chloride from their catalog. He ordered it and had it delivered to my...

Howdy! Always great to see another TFPer participating.

No worries. Building a pool can be a bit nerve racking. Your pool is the same dimensions as mine. So, if I understand correctly. 1) you have a couple of bubblers on a tanning ledge, and they have valves 2) There are 2 returns in the main part of the pool. No Valves. If my understanding is...