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I've noticed significant rust in the combustion chamber housing of our 2007 pool heater, particularly where it connects to the manifold. We've had the pool for three years, but this is the first time I've inspected the heater's interior. I managed to clean up the rust and temporarily fixed the...

Having gotten a handle on water chemistry thanks to TFP, I'm ready to take on opening the pool on my own this year. My setup has two skimmers, each with a tall skimmer plug("Gizzmo"). Additionally, one skimmer houses a blue, two-pronged "plug" at the bottom, and the other has what appears to be...

Resurrecting an old question posted here on whether or not to add CYA to a hot tub. The reasons given for adding CYA conditioner to a covered hot tub in older posts seemed to be comfort-only. Without CYA, the reasoning goes, having the extra hypochlorous acid floating about at the necessary...

So I converted my hot tub to salt last year, thinking I'd start with that, and move to the pool this year. I love my salt water spa! I still have to add liquid chlorine during heavy use but the salt generator keeps a base line going when not being used. So nice, so natural. But, then... we are...

Man oh man, I wouldn't believe it, if I didn't see it. This is my second year of owning a 22-thousand-gallon pool and the CYA mysteriously "disappeared". About a month after opening, in June, the CYA level tested at 40ppm and the pool chlorine demand seemed normal. I have been using liquid...

OK, as a new pool owner, I'm trying to manage pool chlorination while balancing pool chemistry and my own availability. Right now the pool is balanced: CYA is around 50, PH 7.5, Alk 100. I'm using liquid chlorine (sodium hypo) so CYA doesn't get out of hand. So I'm reading never to mix Trichlor...