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I was just standing here measuring CYA and the thought hit me. Does an easier manual method exist? Rather than a sight tube with a dot, I was envisioning a wedge shaped vessel. A vertical back, flat sides, and a slanted front. There would be a black line down the middle of the back. You fill...

I'm asking this here because we have quite a few automation / tech minded people and maybe somebody can answer. I had a Nest thermostat installed (by my HVAC guy, he was was here anyway, so why not - so this was installed by somebody who knows what they are doing) sometime over the summer...

I am in the market for a new ABG. I am going back and forth between an ALL resin (Saltwater Aurora) or a resin everything except for the wall (Saltwater 8000). With a Aurora, you bond nothing on the pool structure, since it is all resin. On a pool like I have now, you bond the uprights in 4...

I decided to get rid of my unions and replace them with camlock fittings. Also upgraded to decent valves while I was at it. So far really liking the camlocks. Yes, I know the sweep 90 on the basket is not Schedule 40. It is on the suction side, and it has been like that for 5 years now without...

I was thinking about hot tubs and freezing temps last night (we a due for a 3 - 4 day stretch of below freezing temps) and I started wondering how they manage hot tubs in Iceland. I was in Iceland in 2019, and they place were I was staying had outdoor hot tubs. But they way the managed these...

I have been using Ahh Some for quite some time now, and I know it is designed to foam. I just started using Aqua Clarity after my last water change, and there was some foaming - is this normal ? Nothing too crazy, and after a day it no longer foams, just wondering. Thanks

A friend of my ordered a hot tub. It was due to be delivered two weeks ago - however it has not. Apparently the truck it was in, was involved in a fatal auto accident and is now impounded pending resolution of the case. While that is in and of itself a crazy situation, what would you do about...

I have a Bullfrog A6. Recently the interior lights have started turning off mid soak I know the jet pumps will turn off after 30 minutes on their own. However my interior lights have been turning off after 10 to 15 minutes. The are off when I open the tub. I get in and turn on the lights...

I had started talking about adding an Echo dot to my Bullfrog spa in an other thread. I figured I would start a new one, because this is becoming a bit of a project. I bought a Echo Dot to see if I could hook it up to my Bullfrog A6. I also bought a can of conformal coating. My plan was to...

@Ahhsomeguy I saw you mention Aqua Clarity in an other thread and I went to look at the product on your website. One question, and one comment You state that you use 3 oz of mixed Aqua Clarity to purge and 1 oz for maintenance. Does this replace the Ahhsome Hot Tub product for purging then...

Does anybody still make a gravity drain for above ground pools? Are they just all out of stock, or does nobody make this product anymore. I am looking for a kit to convert an existing cover. This is the kind of cover drain that drains out via your return line. Last season I saw them in a...

Is there anything I should know about adding wireless control to a Bullfrog A6 Spa with a Gecko in.stream 2 controller, it is as really as simple as it looks. 1) Plug one module into the CO port on the controller (and place the module somewhere appropriate in the equipment bay 2) Plug the other...

I'm no stranger to ABG pool care - been using TFP methods on mine for 8 seasons now. However, hot tubs are a different story. We are now starting the process of buying one. Question 1 - We are leaning to a Bullfrog spa. I know they are pricey, but I don't mind paying if the quality is there...

I have a set of stairs in my ABG. Splash Easy Above Ground Pool Step - NE113 Not promoting that site, I forget where I bought them. They have bases or skids that go on the bottom. Basically, the edge of the stairs are about two inches wide and the skids are about 4" and go under the...

I have been using TFP methods on my pool for a number of seasons now. I have decided to go to salt and a SWG this year. I am using an Hayward AquaTrol (return jet model if that makes any difference) I just opened on Sat (to clear water with a FC of 1.5 and a CC of 0.5 or less) The pool was...

I have an outside audio set up. Wired speakers to a tuner/amp that is inside the house. I feed multiple sources through that tuner/amp - FM Stations, DVD player, FiOS music channels, and audio off of an old PC (iTunes, RadioParadise, local stations feeds etc). Right now everthing is manual. If...

Once again I bought the expensive, "super tough" cover for my pool (27' ABG) Once again, 2 season later it turns to swiss cheese. (and let a load of debris into my pool at opening) So, I will have to buy a new cover once again, for this years closing. Does anybody have any luck with a solid...

So, I closed my pool this weekend. I had mentioned before that birds like to live in one of my uprights. They do pack a pretty good nest in there. This is the third season they have done so People have been asking how to take care of hard plumbed pipes. This is what I do, they are self...

I searched, and found many threads where people complain of birds using their pool as a toilet. I don't have that problem. The birds instead live in my pool. Specifically they build nests under the caps on the uprights. For the last two years there has been a bird that builds a nest under...

Does anybody have any experience with this thing Heat Recovery Pool Heater | Compare To Solar Pool Heater | HotSpot Energy LLC Essentially it hooks up to your AC compressor, and instead of your AC using a fan to dump waste heat to the air, the unit circulates your pool water. So, the waste...

I am doing some work on my 27' round AGP this spring. I will be draining, removing the liner, leveling some of the uprights, applying wall foam, compacting the sand base, adding foam cove, and installing a new liner. Clearly that is a bit of work to do. I am thinking of draining the pool down...

Best is in quotes, because I know there is no "best" - it is all trade offs. Anyway I would like to get some opinions from the people here. My 27' AGP is going to get a fairly large facelift this spring. It needs a new liner - that's a given. The current bottom is - I assume - sand. It is...

What does everyone who has stairs in an above ground pool do to prevent algae - specifically under the stairs. I have stairs in my above ground pool, and I use a mat underneath them. Last season I had no problems. However this year, when I pulled the stairs when I closed the pool I found algae...

Just throwing this out there. Clearly I have too much free time and money to burn (not really on both counts), but there is a online company that is selling deck jets at a pretty decent price. I have a deck that goes over a 1/4 of the way around my 27' ABG. I was thinking, why can't I mount...

Next season we will be putting a new liner in our 27' ABG. The current one is dirty, not to mention my cove runs from about 4" in one spot to about 14" in another, and the bottom has all kinds of footprints in it. I am looking for advice on a couple of topics 1) I am already planning on...

Over the winter my pool ended up leaking (we had a bad winter, and it froze deep enough to pull the plug out of my return). I ended up having to add much more water than I had to in previous years. Amyway, my CYA is now below 30. My pool is now burning through belach like it's going out of...

My wife is no longer happy with the pool ladder - she wants wedding cake type steps. These things range wildly in price and style. Any general recommendations? Styles or brands I should look for or stay away from? Any particulary good places to order from? Thanks

I have a Pentair Aqualuminator - which will shortly be hard plumbed. I just hard plumbed the skimmer line and half the return but I did not realize I needed a special adaptor to hard plumb the Aqualuminator, so that is on order. However the increase in flow from just hard plumbing what I did so...

Opened the pool this past weekend Last year when I closed it I ran the CL up to 13.5 ppm Opened it 8 months later, at it was at 11.00 ppm! Clear and sparkly. Of course then it rained buckets and that threw any kind of chemistry off. It's sitting at shock levels right now - passed the OCLT...

I have a Haward Perflex EC-40 that came with this house. This is the first year having to witerize this pool. All season the pressure gage was acting up (you had to tap it to get it to read) so I knew I would be changing it. I broke down and cleaned out the filter yesterday, and took out the...