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Ideally I'd want one that I can program to dispense a set amount of bleach at a set time and preferably for the next two weeks. Am I asking for too much? As the saying goes, “I'm asking for a friend”. You see, I'm maintaining a friend's pool and at the moment I visit once every two weeks and...

I'm in Spain and this pump just died and I need to replace it quick as my PH has drifted over 8 and I need to get some acid in pronto. I'm new to pumps but I've just read here that variable speed pumps are the way to go and that bumping up to 1.5hp from 1.0 hp would be a wise move. I have a 3...

I've been looking after my pool the TFP way for many years now thanks to the great advice I received here. It's a little harder to do in Spain as drop test kits are not readily available but I managed to find one and the pool has been looking great ever since. I dabbled with the idea of going...

Bit of an odd one this but here's all info I can give. In normal filtering mode the pressure gauge reads 1.2 and is between the green and yellow zone. I've changed the angles of the return jets so that the water breaks the surface (as I want to raise the PH) and I can see a decent flow of...

I'm almost embarrassed about asking this question because I've been maintaining my pool the TFP way for many years now but I wasn't able to answer this question. I have a CYA level of 50 and keep the chlorine level between 5 and 6 and all has been well (glossing over the PH, TA and CH) but today...

Moved from here. I'm in the hunt to replace some Taylor reagents and came across this post. To update it, HornerXpress can now be found at HornerXpress | Your Full Service Wholesale Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies and like other suppliers of pool chemicals, they seem to only want to deal...

Ok, not your regular question I'm sure. A long story short, I'm helping a friend, who's sand filter has a broken return connector, so I've had to remove the sand. Despite it saying in large friendly letters on the side "100kg of sand & 50kg of gravel" (we're in Spain), there was no gravel to be...

12 months of TFP (and spreading the word to others over here in Spain) and the pools looking great but I've suddenly developed a CYA problem. Like most I started off with high CYA (160) and after a partial drain it was: 80 - on 23rd May last year. 70 - a week later 60 - the next day (31st...

My TA has been slowly creeping up and after putting two and two together realised it was caused by my fill water. I keep my TA at 70 and PH at 7.4 because my CH is off the scale at 640 (and rising) and this morning decided to test the TA out of the garden tap, it was 250. I tested the...

...and another suggestion! Hello, Hola, Bonjour and G’day I mentioned this suggestion during my thread about pump pressure problems but it has been lost in the depths of time so thought I’d resurrect it again here. There are a number of non US folk here and the info gained from this site is...

First off, just wanted to say that with the help of this forum I've resolved a long running problem with my pool and I'm now fully up and running the TFP way. The backbone of the TFP way is to use bleach and acid rather than shop bought tabs and PH adjusters and there's a plethora of...

Ok, It's sort of pool related but I think this belongs in the Coffee Bar. I'm fairly new to this site so I've been busy reading a lot of threads and had a lot of help getting the pool looking fantastic (and the pump running properly, for those following my thread). Every now and then I would...

This is my first proper post after my “Hello from Barcelona” so please let me know if I'm doing anything wrong. The problem I'm having is that the pressure in my sand filter goes up too quickly. Before I go into what is happening I’d better give you a bit of background. About 7 years ago the...

Hi Guys Really finding the site useful, still got a lot to learn but my pool is looking good and I'm now on a mission to get it crystal clear. I've managed to get it looking good without a proper test kit (which I'm still hunting for) and I just posted in another thread about Europe that it's...