Swimming pools blog

Our salt generator used to run at 7% for 8 hours a day and keep the
chlorine level above 1.0 ppm. I took a sample to the pool store a
couple weeks ago, and they said the Total Alkalinity was too low and
sold me some “Total A” to bring it up. (I wish I had read the […]

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Greetings everyone,
I’ve been away from this group since we closed our pool last fall,
but we have been busy getting it ready for this season. All we need
now is a few more degrees!
At the close of last season we accepted that we’d need to repaint
the pool - a major and costly […]

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OK…it seems strange to be asking about this, but here goes…
I have been buying muriatic acid at Home Depot for a while now, and the
color of the acid has always been a pale yellow. Yesterday I opened a
new box. When I pulled out one of the gallon containers I noticed that
the acid was more of […]

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I am not a dealer or anything, and have nothing to gain, but wanted
to pass on a really neat product I recently bought. Some of you may
find it interesting.
I saw an ad somewhere for the Poolbuster Plus pool vac and recently
bought one. It’s really cool. It’s a rechargeable electric sweeper
that […]

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I need to hire someone to clean my inground pool. I was sold the
wrong cover last year and leaves got into the pool. I have gotten
most of it out, but it is too much for me. I really need someone to
do it for me. Please email me to set up a time to give me […]

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I am new to this group out of necessity…. Yesterday, my pool was
crystal clear… Perfect…. I checked the water and the PH was very
low (like it stayed clear when I put in the red drop)…. So I dumped
in some P-plus. Within 5 minutes, the whole pool looked like milk!
What happened? When I check the PH […]

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Hello all,
I’ve got a question regarding keeping my pH down in the proper range.
I have a fairly new (completed in December 2006) gunite/white plaster
inground pool, which is approximately 12,000 gallons. Currently the
TA is around 90. What I’ve noticed is that I’m adding muriatic acid
every week to the pool to keep […]

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Hi all you helpful and expert people. I am a newbie. I installed our
15′ AG pool this past summer. We chose a liner with the J-hook design
because the salesperson said it would ease replacement later. Well a
couple of times over the summer the liner came off the J-hook in couple
of spots. Winter came and we […]

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Would like a website(s) which can help make decisions on planning a new
pool.
Open questions I have include:
1) salt system vs chemical - pros and cons?
2) filter type pros and cons?
3) robot cleaner vs built in water jets that spray dirt to the main
drain?
4) any websites that give plans for raised flower beds / benches around
pools
5) […]

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Hi all you helpful and expert people. I am a newbie. I installed our
15′ AG pool this past summer. We chose a liner with the J-hook design
because the salesperson said it would ease replacement later. Well a
couple of times over the summer the liner came off the J-hook in couple
of spots. Winter came and we […]

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