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My TA was 90 and pH 8.0/8.1, so I added muriatic acid per pool math to lower TA. How long do I aerate to bring up pH after lowering ? Thanks in advance for any tips.

So my levels are here below. My CH actually went down from the last time I checked it. Previously I was told that there was no need to add any CH as by end of summer it will go up on it’s own, but my levels have stayed between 225-250 since Feb when I added the CH initially given that my first...

almost everything that could have gone wrong on my pool seems to have happened. My autofill still isn’t fixed but at least the PB thinks they know what is wrong. Said they need to add an extender on the float or the thing it is attached to or something like that. And now today my plumbing...

So awhile back I adjusted my skimmer so it had more suction, but it still isn’t skimming as well as I would like. Can someone recommend how I should adjust my levers? There are 2 vacuum and skimmer. There isn’t a separate one for main drain. It could also be partly due to my water level. Auto...

Someone told me for Calcium Hardness to keep adding drops until the color doesn’t change anymore. Is that the same for Alkalinty? I will have the color from green to a clear, slightly pink and tinged color, but then with another drop it turns pink pink, then even more pink with one more drop. At...

So I think my paralevel automatic water leveler has problems and isn’t working right. A month or so ago my pool water seemed like it was lower than it should be and I felt debris wasn’t skimming well because of the water level. So I adjusted the paralevel and turned it counter clockwise in the...

So pool company added salt to my pool today. 3 big bags and set the SWCG to run from 7:30-3:30. But there is a water flow flowsensor that has to be replaced tomorrow that pool company cut when they added plugged in the salt cell last week. Not sure if the salt cell is working or not. Any...

Is it fairly normal to need to add muriatic acid to a new plaster pool on a biweekly basis and liquid chlorine on a weekly basis? My SWCG should be up and running soon, so hoping I won’t need to add too much if any additional chlorine for a while . And is Hasachlor 12.5% just a 12.5% bleach...

For those who have suction side cleaners (with dedicated port) as their pool cleaners, how many hours per day do you run your cleaner. Since too cold to swim for another couple of months, mine just lives in my pool. The PB even recommended to Leave it in all the time and when pump is on high or...

So I have a Hayward Tri-Star 1.85 HP VS pump model SP3202VSPND. My pool quote said I was to have the Tristar 900 VSP 1.85 HP pump. Anyone know if what I was supposed to have and have are the same pump? When I looked up the Tristar 900, it had a model number of SP3200VSP. 2nd issue, I currently...

So my new pool bottom seems fine. No debris, but leaves are collecting on the top of pool . Nothing seems to be going into the skimmer basket. Little leaves are especially attracted to the sides of my suction side cleaner . Any ideas why the leaves aren’t going in skimmer basket? Is it normal...

So in my new pool I have the Hayward Colorlogic LED light. In changing the lights through the app (seemed to work fine directly from box itself) they colors are wrong. Say I choose one fixed color, it gives me the wrong color or sometimes it cycles every few seconds to a new color. Anyone know...

So my pool finally is finished but pool builder didn’t supply me with enough info in pool crash course to properly run my pool. I am supposed to check the levels days 2-4 (pH, calcium and chlorine) and adjust accordingly. For calcium it doesn’t specify what level is good and what level I do if...

Sometime in the next year I am planning to add an electric heater/chiller unit to my new pool to cool it down a little when it’s a million degrees outside in Phoenix summers and extend pool season so we can swim during some of the spring and fall months too. It wasn’t in the budget for this...

Any Phoenix area members have recommendations for landscape/hardscape companies? Shocrete was done today on my pool so I am getting closer to the end and need rock, plants/trees, backyard irrigation zone and some pavers.

This isn’t pool related per se, but I am considering getting solar panels for my roof since I have a new roof and will soon have my pool. There are so many solar companies it is hard to know who to choose. Any Arizona or other Southwest people on here who have gotten solar installed in recent...

Hi TFP community. Needing advice and feedback as my new pool project has hit its first problem. While I would have loved to have gone the Owner Builder route, I work outside of the home and I am not home enough to manage all that and stay on top of subs. So I went the pool builder route...

I am trying to decide on a pool builder and only 2 of 4 pool builders I have contacted will do a salt water pool. I have heard from this forum of Pentair products which people seem to like, but one of the pool builders doesn’t seem to have Pentair products. Here is the pump, cleaner, filter, and...

I am in the process of trying to decide on my pool build. It’s a pretty small pool (limited by my tiny backyard size) 75’ linear permitter, 3-5.5 Ft depth, only about 8k gallons. I think I am going to with a SWG. The proposed salt water generator the pool builder I am leaning towards put in my...

I live near Phoenix . Moved from Illinois. Putting in a new pool and planning on using a pool builder as I am too busy and not knowledgeable enough to be my own general contractor/owner builder. Wondering if I will regret not putting in a pool heater/chiller in my new pool. Sadly it isn’t in the...

Hi there! New to the forum and hoping for some advice from other people who have built/owned homes with pools. I know very little about pools having never owned or lived in a house with a pool l, so in getting bids from a few local pool builders in Phoenix area , I am somewhat overwhelmed. Most...