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Well, I just got off the phone with my chemical supply house. It seems that the 55 gallon drum of 12.5% chlorine that I get every year has gone up in price once again. (I'm not really surprised.) This year it is running at $248 after tax. I remember (not too long ago) it cost me $150.

I knew this was going to be the case! I usually open my pool an Easter weekend, but this year I spent it in the hospital with my wife. We just got home on the 16th of May, and I have been dealing with Hospice Care, and taking care of her. As a result, I did not get the chance to open the pool...

First for a little bit of information. We live in the "Sticks". If you go 1/2 mile from me in ANY direction, you do NOT have broadband Internet or the option for it. The only reason that I have it is that the Volunteer Fire station that is on my trunk line (DSL) requires it so lucked out in...

Thank You to all that make this site possible! TFP ROCKS! If it was not for you, this would NOT have happened! .... AGAIN!

Well, my pump motor started tripping the GFCI breaker on Monday evening, so I brought it into a friend that rebuilds motors. 4 days later, I got my pump motor back and put it back into service Friday after I got home from work. (This is Sunday for those coming late to the thread) My wife was...

I hate dealing with the typical hose clamps used for above ground pools, so I did some searching, and found my solution! I am using Hayward barbed connectors so I never have to undo a clamp unless I am changing the hose out. All I have to do to disconnect the hose from the pool is untwist the...

... Is something I hear all the time from friends that are happy to be "Pool Stored". (After all there is NO WAY I can know more about pool care than a "professional".) I just shrug and mention that mine could use the refill. My Pool, after we just received 2"+ of rain within the past 15 hours.

The water is 84.5 and feels GREAT! Come on in!

I decided to do a time lapse of the opening of the pool this year, and am pleased to report that I am on my way to another year of CLEAR, CLEAN water!! :)

The Wife Never mentioned that she wanted a deck... out loud. But once it was under construction, her first comments were... "Where are the steps!" Well, they are HERE! I am pretty proud of myself... first deck, and first set of stairs built from scratch... all done by yours truly!

Award-Winning WEISRadio.com | The Voice of Cherokee County | Local No One Injured After A Backhoe Goes Into A Swimming Pool In Sand Rock Do you think I should send a TFP link to the new pool owner, or the install company?

I am in the process of building a deck around my 24' round pool, and am stumped as to what to do for the steps going up to the deck. I know some of you have done this type of thing before, and would welcome some advice/build plans to accomplish the task. The pool is 52" tall, and the deck is...

Used the Pool as an obstacle. Under the Maple tree. Over the pool. Through the trees. DON'T HIT ANYTHING! Ohhh, and fly it BACKWARDS! Backwards flight(1) - YouTube :kim:

Another year, and I JUST opened to a CLEAN pool... not a SWAMP! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Brought it up to SLAM level, and threw the new micro mesh cover on it last fall... then did NOTHING with it through the winter. Now for the reveal! I made sure there was a time stamp on the...

This picture was taken earlier today... Now for the tricky part... trying to get the quote here right... I actually spend a lot of time on E-Bay... and came across the Stenner for $85 "New but the box had been opened" with shipping included, so I couldn't resist! Yes, I did the install...

I couldn't figure out where to put this question... so here it is. I recently switched from running my pump on low speed 24/7 to running once in the AM, and once in the PM... 12 hours apart for 4 hrs each run. Since doing this I have been noticing that there are definite hot, and cold spots in...

Let me start with a little of a back story... Last weekend, my neighbour and I were talking, as I was running tests on my pool water. He saw me testing the Ph (I had already run the FC/CC tests before he came walking up) then he watched me while I ran the rest of my tests... CYA, TA, and CH...

Just a thought... I know that adding liquid chlorine adds salt into the pool. Given that fact, would it be worth my while to look into getting a SWG once my salt levels get high enough to warrant it? How long would it take for that to happen that my pool could support a SWG with me adding 12.5%...

I have a suction side pool vac that seems to ONLY want to go around the outside edge of the bottom of the pool. I have tried shortening the hose, adding an extra section of hose, adding weights to the hose, taking weights off.... This has me stumped. It just will not go into the middle, and...

I tried using Pillows for my winter cover, and the cats decided that to gain traction, THEY had to use their claws! I guess they discovered that the winter cover was nice and warm on sunny days since it is almost black. Needless to say, that the love affair was short lived once the pillows were...

I live pretty much in the woods, and have various biting/stinging/harassing bugs that seem to like hanging out by the pool. But I have found a solution! I place 3 thermocells around the pool at equal distances, give them 5 minutes to do their magic, and not a bug to be found! :cool:

Well, like any other responsible pool owner, I am always checking the water level in my pool, so my strainer, and filter operate perfectly. I notice the level going down a bit, check the weather forecast for rain and see that they are predicting typical summer time patterns (a pop-up shower...

Well, after fighting for the past 2 weeks to get my TA down to a manageable level 90 ... (tap water is at 150). My Ph has been pretty much rock solid at 7.5 for the past couple of days. I am wanting to add borates. I have the MA that poolmath says I am going to need, but am a couple of boxes...

well, it seems that I just won a NEW Stenner 45MHP10 for $85 shipped to my house! :) what am I going to need to plumb it into my pool? ... I already have a timer that I use for my "poor man redneck pool chlorinator". what tubing should I be looking at purchasing... etc...? I'm stoked that I...

I had posted a question here... Installing replacement liner inside of Intex 18' metal frame - Page 10 Basically, I would like to know if regular PVC cleaner/glue would be the right choice to glue a patch of intex liner to another intex liner. From my research, it is actually a PVC that is...

Having chased my tail for the past couple of years of pool ownership, and Pool supply Places, I have found a solution... TFP! Upon opening my pool this year to a Green MESS and roughly 1000 tadpoles, I decided to try something different, (Which led me here). I knew there had to be a better...

My pool seems to be eating Chlorine to the tune of close to 5pmm per day... is this normal? My numbers for today were as follows... 7AM FC - 7.2 CC - 0 PH - 7.4 TA - 100 CH - 60 CYA - 50 Temp - 75f 6PM FC - 2.4 CC - 0 PH - 7.4 TA - 100 CH - 60 CYA - 50 Temp - 81f The temp is the water...

I have been noticing a dark green? brown? cloud billowing from my return when I switch the pump from low speed to high. It only lasts about 2 seconds, and seems to disappear in the pool water very quickly. My guage shows everything to be normal. I don't remember seeing this before, and have been...

I have been slamming my pool for the past week, and am seeing a VAST improvement in the water clarity... My question has to do with the CYA level... I don't see ANY CYA in my pool, however after a full day of sun, my FC only dropped 5ppm from 16 at 6am to 10.5 at 6pm. Without any measerable CYA...