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Plaster and water hardness

We have a customer who is having problems with water hardness. She plastered her pool over a year ago and her water hardness has gone from 450 to 580 in approximately 3 months. She is convinced that it is the new plaster. The water at the tap is 80pp

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best pump to use on a well point during liner install

hello all, i am going to bid a vinyl liner install in a area of north florida that is adjacent to river and huge aquifer underground. There is a well point system in place per owners advise and last liner install (recently) ground water was not a pro

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Zero alk. acid bath

I would like to thank all of you pool pros for the info i have read from your threads on this procedure. Ive got a black pebble finish that has ghosted on me Ph issue ... so in a few weeks when owners are out of town going to get started on clean up.

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white sand in salt pools

Hi,

Recently I have experienced what appears to be white sand in some of the salt pools I look after. It is dense like sand. This year is the first time I have had an issue. I thought maybe construction near by but there doesn't appear to be any in cl

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Saving $

I just have to praise and share my excitement about PoolRx. I am not in any way a distributor, just another pool pro using this awesome device and I am amazed. Everything I have heard about this handy gadget is so true. The guys at my store where I g

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How many pool companies are there in the U.S.? How many poolboys?

If you were to develop or invent a product that increases the efficiency or productivity of someone servicing pools....what would be your potential number of customers? I was thinking about designing a carrying case that a poolboy could carry everyth

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Patching a Plaster Pool

Hey Pool Geniuses,

I have had some people who have asked me how to best patch a plaster pool. This is not in my wheelhouse, so I am hoping I can get some ideas to pass along to help them.

Most of them are "do it yourselfers", so simple would probably b

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Cloudy pool when everything is correct?

I am struggling with a cloudy pool. I have never run into this and I hope some of you have. I service a 37,000 gallon therapy pool at 91 degrees F. It has cartridge filters at 580 sq in filter area. The water is cloudy and has not improved in 9 days,

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Pool Vacuum

I am looking at getting a new vacuum system for a fairly large city pool.  I am leaning toward a Jet Max Turbo, any thoughts on this?  I see by the specs that it can be used manually as well as automatically.  I was wondering if anyone had used one o

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Tough stains

Anyone have advice on getting rid of some really tough stains on the vertical face of a waterfall?

I know that "elbow grease" is the most effective...but check out the attached pic.  That wall has already been treated with full-strength muriatic acid,

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Different models for running a pool service business

I've worked for 5 different pool companies over the last 20 years and each one had a different business model. The first one charged a flat $40 per visit plus chemicals...but charged outrageous amounts for chems...sometimes up to $800 a month. The se

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Going Commercial

For the past few years we have only done weekly service on residential pools. This year we would like to take on a few commercial pools. I have been certified for years and have serviced commercial pools when I worked for another company. So my quest

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Bag problem on a Polaris 3900 Sport

I currently have a situation with the bag for the 3900 getting wedged in between the wheel and shell. I have adjusted and tuned it up and works like a champ when I drop it in, but when I come back the next week the pool floor is dirty and the bag is

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Filter sand

I own a residential/commercial pool   construction business in Ohio.

We have had issues on three different residential systems, where the

pool filter sand is "clumping" inside the pool filter. All three are the same:

less than 30 days into operation, hi

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Repainting a sprayed fiberglass pool witch has two layers of paint .

I'am trying to redo a fiberglass pool which is a sprayed shell. it had set 1/2 full for seven years. We cleaned it out and have scraped and popped all the bubbles there was water between the paint layers. The pool body has lots of dimples because it

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Chlorine not registering

Any suggestions on why chlorine doesn't register? No Phosphates, No Nitrates, Tabs dissolving, Cyanuric Acid at 50, PH & Alkalinity is in range, Shock the pool frequently and no reading? (Disappearing Chlorine)

Any Idea?

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My new pool forum website

I set up a discussion forum website for folks like us in the pool business. It's just out there to get folks to interact and hopefully help each other from time to time with friendly advice, tips or to get your question answered.

I need some more memb

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Zodiac iAqualink system startups

My first wireless system.  Installed by outside contractor:  Pentair Intelliflo pump, Jandy Aqualink RS panel, Jandy iAqualink wireless - using the customer's iPhone, with no panel in house - completly wireless.

 

After installation we find that the 10

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Portable Vacuums

What type of cleaners is everyone using to service weekly maintenance on vinyl & gunite pools? Where is the best place to get a trailer hitch if that is what everyone is using? Any recommendations ...

We put together a pump and cartridge filter on a h

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Question: Conversion and Costs - Chlorine Liquid vs. Solid

Anyone have the answer already?

I realize there are many other factors (impact of type of chlorine on pH, etc.) but... if you have a pool (big one - about 660,000 gallons) that uses solid chlorine, and you want to convert it to liquid chlorine, what i

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