I’m relatively new to pools and this board and I was just wondering what everyone was doing to maintain their pool before the advent of TFP? I assume the majority were using a pool service?
What were you doing before TFP?
- Thread starter Neemer
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Same as Woody. When I purchased a house with a pool I began a web search. Here I am.....
Somewhere I missed the Pool School article on poolside libations because I don't have a Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker, Liqour Chiller, & Drink Mixer & Party Tub..... But, I do have radio Margaritaville on my XM radio!
But, all jest aside we pick up several thousand new members here each year. I have never kept track, but I feel the vast majority were Saturday morning pool store owners. They would take a sample to the pool store every Saturday morning and buy what was suggested, go home dump it in the pool and hope it worked. many times it does for a while. When it doesn't, Google sends them here. Google almost anything pool related and they will suggest Amazon first (they have deep pockets) and TFP within the next few results. Why, thousands of folks who clean up their pool with our help.
Somewhere I missed the Pool School article on poolside libations because I don't have a Margaritaville Frozen Concoction Maker, Liqour Chiller, & Drink Mixer & Party Tub..... But, I do have radio Margaritaville on my XM radio!
But, all jest aside we pick up several thousand new members here each year. I have never kept track, but I feel the vast majority were Saturday morning pool store owners. They would take a sample to the pool store every Saturday morning and buy what was suggested, go home dump it in the pool and hope it worked. many times it does for a while. When it doesn't, Google sends them here. Google almost anything pool related and they will suggest Amazon first (they have deep pockets) and TFP within the next few results. Why, thousands of folks who clean up their pool with our help.
I have given him a Prince's ransom in concert tickets. This year is the pits because I have a trip planned for every concert within a reasonable distance.....
CJadamec
TFP Expert
Yep before I built a pool found TFP never did anything else.
All hail the Google overload.
All hail the Google overload.
pool guy (2 months) wasted about $200, then Leslies (about 7 months) wasted well over $1000, then here. To note I joined here almost right after I bought my home/pool in September (even bought a Taylor kit) but I didn't listen until June (drained my 200+ CYA water and started testing). It's been coasting ever since...
^ What he said...
(We did have the rental house we lived in the first year here that we saw what they did. Dump in two gallons of liquid chlorine every other week. Bleached out suits. Saw cloudy water, a beautiful, albeit not welcomed, sudden green one day.)
- Apr 23, 2017
- 2,400
- Pool Size
- 22000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I maintained myself and after 2 years of powders and pucks I had sky high CYA! I found TFP when a kid at the local pool store recommended baking soda to raise my TA. I didn't take his word for it and googled it and I've been here ever since!
Pool store testing and it ruined my last pool 
Husband wanted a new pool.........said okay IF you can find a way for me to keep it up without going to the pool store. He found TFP and I have been here every since!
Kim
Husband wanted a new pool.........said okay IF you can find a way for me to keep it up without going to the pool store. He found TFP and I have been here every since!Kim
EmilyOTR
Bronze Supporter
- Feb 15, 2017
- 690
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Nothing, a friend recommended TFP when we bought our house before we opened the pool.
cfherrman
TFP Guide
Had a 12'x30" the first two years I never put clorine in, never! I was using arm and Hammer clear balence tabs(probably baking soda) and thought they were clorine, test strips never worked right buy hey it was clear.
First year I took it down, second I left it up and the start of the 3rd year it was a green mess. I used a ton of Cal hypo to clean it up and some pool tonic (phosfree and clarifier) then back to no maintenance till the end if the year it built up hard water spots and went green. Cleaned it and sold it for $60.
I was looking how to level my new to me 24' x 52" and came across posts here and how pucks were bad, had to find out why.
Pic of my green pool
First year I took it down, second I left it up and the start of the 3rd year it was a green mess. I used a ton of Cal hypo to clean it up and some pool tonic (phosfree and clarifier) then back to no maintenance till the end if the year it built up hard water spots and went green. Cleaned it and sold it for $60.
I was looking how to level my new to me 24' x 52" and came across posts here and how pucks were bad, had to find out why.
Pic of my green pool
I was bleaching out my liner with shock and started googling to figure out why it was still green. Led me here!
Pool builder confused the heck out of me with a 15 minute walk thru on chemicals & equipment after they started it up. I used the pucks they left behind for a couple weeks before jumping online to find out how everything really works.
Lucky i became a homeowner, when TFP was alive. If it was before, I would be completely lost. But I wonder what people did even before the internet became mainstream!
First pool owned as an adult (hahaha) Playing yo-yo with water balances.
Honestly, 2 months in (a TINY pool), not having $$ to blow, drove me to google "affordable pool care", found TFP and will forever use it!
Honestly, 2 months in (a TINY pool), not having $$ to blow, drove me to google "affordable pool care", found TFP and will forever use it!
