maintenance

Hi everyone. Total novice here, albeit a motivated one! I just moved into a new home which has an IG pool (not salt), having never owned a pool before I’m now learning the ins and outs of pool chemistry. I read various threads that talk about potential issues with one chemical/balance due to...

Third year of using my Precision 7 Hot Tub. This forum helped me move from using the Frog Ease Ball and onto the Bleach method. Made my hot tub maintenance so much simpler. We only use our hot tub during the Fall/Winter/Spring time, and it is covered when we are not using it. My questions...

Hi everyone I need some help, I don’t understand the instructions I’ve been given at my pool store. It says that if it is this way it means the valve is completely open. But seems like my valve is different from that one of the picture from the store. Are all valves the same? Also, I don’t...

Hi TFP family, Several years ago I learned so much from this group to maintain my above ground pool. We are getting a Endless Pool swim spa in a month and I know better than going to a pool shop. Is the method and the maintenance same as treating a pool? I need to get the test kit and...

Opened my pool today, and the filter was at the usual 5 psi / 116 gpm. After a few hours it jumped to 25psi and down to 60gpm. I cleaned the filter and it went all back to normal numbers again. Within 30 minutes the psi spiked back up and gpm dropped once again! The pool is cloudy, don’t know if...

I have a Caldera Makena Salt Spa being delivered for a home that I won't be at very much for the next year. It will be outdoors and covered. We might visit and use the spa every other month or so for a few days at a time. Once we are living there full time I plan to take care of it myself but...

I dove (NO DIVING - Max Depth 5ft) jumped into pool ownership in Oct 2021 when I bought my house in AZ. I pool stored myself for a year and paid a service for 6 months but have finally found the light that is the TFP method! Truthfully I read a few things here back in 2021 but didn’t read the...

Hi everyone! I live in Orlando and just bought my first home, which came with a pool! It was a nasty swampy green before, but I've been doing a crash course this week and the rehab is going well. I have a company coming Friday just for good measure. I am noticing these white spots on the...

My IC60 went out quite some time ago and I haven't been able to get a replacement. I have to admit I haven't tried consistently since I have been working from home more and just maintained it with liquid chlorine and MA. I figured I could just wait out the supply shortage. But now I'm going...

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...

Hello all, We are going on vacation soon and are trying to prepare our Inground pool for 14 days away. The pool chemicals are great and no problems so far this summer. It’s heated to 88deg normally and our hot summer days (86deg) and cool summer nights (59deg) have made evaporation a real...

Hi Everyone! We just bought our house about a year ago with a 17yr old gunite inground pool. Recently noticed there are quite a few spots with fallen tiles & most likely bond beam cracks, so we're thinking of doing some research and try to patch these up ourselves. This might be a very silly...

Hello TFP members, I recently took over an 11500g saltwater pool, which is 1.5 years old and has less than subpar parameters (I mean almost zero for everything but NaCl, Ca, Alk, TA and TDS @5000 with pH well over 8). Today, I already maintain several marine reef aquariums and after many years...

First timer here. Put up our free to us above ground pool in April, 16'X48" and bought a nice 2 bag sand filter to keep it clean. Decided on using the AquaSilk system. I also added a solar cover and a solar panel. I am in Oregon and we only get about 3 months of swimming weather if we are lucky...

We just purchased the Costco Bestway Power Steel 22' x 12' x 48" Above Ground Pool Set. It will arrive this week. We have never owned a pool and I would truly appreciate if you can help me with some questions I have. 1- The location we will put the pool is concrete. But there are gaps between...

Do any pool company out there use equipment to get the sand out of the filter that's reliable

I bought an Anchor Industries 5 Star solid safety cover, and I want to make sure it gets properly maintained before stowing it away in my basement. I don’t see any guidance on that in any articles for Pool School. Anyone have recommendations on a awesome vinyl pool cover cleaner? Should any...