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Hey there! We had pool installed and we have someone that takes care of it but it’s a new person and I’m pretty sure he switched it and it’s not in the correct position. This is regular not being vacuumed mode / runs about 8 hours a day Can anyone tell me if this is how it’s supposed to look...

I've always torn down and stored my Intex or now Coleman (Bestway) AGPs in the past, but I see so many people here saying they just winterize, so think I'm going to go that route starting this year. Found this blog post on here...

I have rapidly reach the limits of my competence. I’m a new pool and hot tub owner (both came with the house I purchased in April). I have not touched the hot tub until the last several days. The previous owner said something was wrong with some of the jets but didn’t know and didn’t want to fix...

Hello, I have a problem pool on my hands. here are the chemical levels. 10ppm cl 7.6ph 120cya 120alk 0 phosphates Pool is clear where you can see the bottom. There is no algae as nothing brushes off the walls or floors. The filter is clean everytime i go to clean it. But the pool water is...

Hey, been lurking for quite awhile. I'm familiar with the method. I've used it with success In the past, but now not so much. Here are my test results FC 2 TA 200 PH 7.0 CYA 30 CH 40 I let the FC back down to take these tests. I've been keeping it at about 12 FC per pool math. I can tend to...

Hey all - I was getting a hang of the pool stuff but I think I need help… the past week chlorine FC levels have been dropping fast. 9:30am on 6/13, zero FC chlorine 10:30am on 6/13, added 3 gallons of liquid chorine at 10% bleach. Sand filter backwashed Noon on 6/15, zero FC chlorine, 0.5...

Upgrading this old pool a little at a time, as we get enough money for each phase. And well, we've finally reached electrical. My pool subcontractor just installed the new variable speed 3hp Black & Decker pump, and now he's telling me my old timer might not have enough power for it? I'm...

Hi All, First time pool owner here. The pool was opened mid May and we installed a new pump, DE filter, heat pump and SWG. I read just about every pool school post and started the slam process. The pH was off the charts low so I followed pool math to bring it up with soda ash before adding...

Hey all, just bought a new house with a large pool. It was going okay until today when I noticed it was cloudy and the sand filter pressure was high. Uh oh! I open up the chlorinator which was empty and backwashed the filter+cleaned basket. I used my TF-Pro test kit and found out I have ZERO...

Edit: thanks for feedback, raised concerns with contractor and hes updating it all

Hi all, We recently moved into a house and this is our second season with the pool. I was hoping to get some guidance on our concrete pool walkway. Pics added. I think these have been here for about 20 years. How would I go about repairing these? I think water is getting into these areas...

I have Pentair automation easy touch. Starting with the IC40 at minimum. 16,500 gal in ground plaster. I have few questions of course and any other insights you can offer. 1. My initial thought is removing the inline chlorinator which i don't use anyway. That is only 20 inches from behind...

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The cost of a new PL display board is over $500 and the cheaper one is $225. I lost my job recently and this is put me in a tough bind. The display just displays "Communication Error". I tried to see if it was the board or transformer but both seem to be working. After I tried to diagnose the...

Hey TFP, Long time reader first time poster here. I'm hoping to try and get some help figuring out what the heck is in my skimmer. I've got Chlorine and PH in a good place and I recently shocked my salt water pool. I've attached a picture of what I'm seeing every morning I get out to check the...

I have a gunite pool around 45,000 gallons. My CH was sitting around 225-240 for a week or so. I added around 40 lbs of calcium chloride. Chlorine was at a 6 (CYA 50). This was tested & added when the sun was setting. The next morning chlorine was completely gone. This has also happened once...

Hey all, after troubleshooting - I believe my thermistor needs to be replaced. Our Aquatrol system (AQ-TROL-RJ) suddenly stopped producing chlorine, showed 0 ppm salt, 0 sanity and 0 amps. This thread was so helpful! Aquarite - Diagnose & Troubleshoot your own Main Board Upon further...

Our AquaRite system was working fine on Saturday (reading 3200 ppm). On Monday, salt level read 200 ppm with the check salt and inspect cell lights illuminated. Since, it has been reading 0 ppm with both lights illuminated. No chlorine is being generated. I tried a reset with no luck. The cell...

New pool owner. Have been lurking a while. First post! We purchased an Intex 18x52” round XRT pool. We are having a hard time with our set up, mostly getting the bottom of the liner to lay in a circle & smooth bottom wrinkles out. My son noticed the stitching in the seam of top sleeve support...

I just had our pool opened up for the year by the company which made the pool originally 12 years ago, and who has always done our major pool service (opening and closing). This year, we had them to open the pool, and they got it up, primed, and running successfully. Water is green and cloudy...

My parents just bought a new house with a pool so I have been helping them set up.. As you can see their deck is almost a foot above the pool! The ladder that was left with the poop is ridiculously low to get into the pool or out of.. From the bottom of the pool to the top of the entry deck...

My father-in-law rigged his own solar heating system using PVC pipe on his garage roof. Thought I'd take the same concept but used 3/4"garden hose - about 900 ft. The first year I tested with an independent 1/2 hp pump. Worked well so I hooked it up to my pool pump – new 1hp Hayward super pump –...

I am a new convert to the TFP methodology. And in converting i have done a ton of work on the plumbing and learned a alot along the way. But i cannot for the life of me figure out what this valve does! I have a 23k gallon pool/spa combo. Air blower. Polaris 360 cleaner (therefore no booster...

Hi all, Moved into a house in 2020 with a nice pool at the front. The light installed has recently been flickering and I thought that I would change it, I have done this in the past with other pools and it is normally quite easy and painless. This time however I saw that it wasn't a normal...

Hi. I've been advised a few times about using Taylor tests instead of the clorox test strips that I have. I was on Amazon trying to shop for them but there was alot, they all had their specifics so i am lost. I don't have anything fancy, just an above pool from bestway size 14x42. So I'm pretty...

We are selecting the stone to cover the face of our spa. The stone will be partially submerged in the water as well as have a waterfall effect rolling over it. We picked out a reddish Quartz but want to make sure it won’t stain from the iron. Any experience or suggestions?

Hi, We decided to go the owner/builder route on our pool/spa and we are feeling completely overwhelmed. We are in Henderson, NV (suburb of Las Vegas) and are currently at a standstill. Excavation was completed in May and since then we have stared at a giant hole waiting for backordered pool...

Hi. We are in the middle of a new build. Our pool is designed to have a deck that extends directly from our patio and is supposed to be level with our existing patio concrete (no step). Just found out today when tile and coping crew came out, that the excavation crew and gunite crew did not...

My Pentair Intellichem had been working fine for close to a year, Now it is saying my orp is low, it is showing it at 250, and then when I go to my ORP settings, the Dosing line that is usually at the top doesn't even show up, and the middle line where it shows the gauge level just doesn't show...