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Glass filter media

Any service professionals have experience with Vitro glass filter media for sand filters? I have run into this at Myrtle Beach, SC and was wondering how effective the product was. I was told by a service company that the price-point is higher but is

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Pool dolly cart

I just want to recommend the use of a pool dolly cart, I have been seeing them on the back of other trucks for sometime now and thought about getting one. Well, we did about 3 months back and have never regretted it, they save your back, save you tim

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Rough Diamondbrite Surface

i have a client who has allowed his water chemistry to ruin his finish.  His LSI was so bad, that the calcium attached itself to the walls of the pool and was very sharp and rough.  We have removed most of that calcium, however the surface is not as

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Who says the pool industry in Cleveland Ohio is a seasonal business

We had a client with a large commercial pool inform us that they were getting water in one of the pumps in the pump room on Friday.  We visited the site and realized that one of the plugs in the main drain must have given way(this particular pool wit

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Service Route Management Programs?

Anybody out there have any suggestions?

 

Looking for a computerized program that sets and tracks service route visits (2 service trucks/techs - cleaning and maintaining pools and salt gen pools) as well as Tech Ticket jobs (6 techs that drive around a

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BAQUACIL

any one like the stuff? I don't for the most part. i was just wondering if any one swears by it.

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Raypak heater surging

Has anyone else ran into a Raypak/Rehm low NOx heater that surges when it is running? (The flame surges up nice and blue, then dies down, then surges up again, over and over.) 

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season over?

mine is done
boy do i miss working
anybody have anything i could do?
i dont need much
food and a place to rest my head
and high speed internets

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winterizing full tile steps

Lets try this again.

I have a customer in CT who wants his 20' long 4 tread concrete steps fully tiled.  Any suggestion on winterizing to protect the tile.

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winterizing full tile steps

 

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Caulking

I have tried Vulchem 116 and it bread loafed in response to moisture in the subgrade.

I have tried 100% silicone and it did not stand the test of time.

I have tired two part polysulfide and a bulk gun. It went down in 2008 and is now showing signs of s

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any one need a service guy

i got to work this winter any one need help?

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bleeding rebar

Is there a non invasive method to treat rusty rebar ends showing through gunite walls?

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Closing pools with a paramount self cleaning system or other systems

Hello everyone,

Look forward to seeing some of you in Vegas.  However, before I close up shop here in MA I was wondering if any of you could tell me how to close a pool with a self cleaning system like paramount. I find my self turning a lot of busin

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aluminum pool coping

I am trying to find a match to some cr coping that is similar to Imerial's white ridged bull nose.  It is not Imperial's.  Total hight is 2.5".  Imperial sugested that it might be made by Pacific.  Any thoughts?  I have tried to attach a picture.

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Hiring the right people

How come when I call other pool service companies from New Jersey to Florida to get information on a person who is applying for a job and has past experience with other pool companies, no one wants to discuss the persons work ethic? I thought all poo

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Winterization

What is the best approach when winterizing an inground pool? Do you blow out the lines closest to the filter first and so on...? Or does it not matter? What combination of chemicals would you use to get the best results throughout the winter months?

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Plast-Aid and SCP

I've been using SCP as my main supplier.  As of last year I've been having trouble getting plast-aid through them; they can't seem to get anymore stock.  Has anyone else ran into this trouble or know of another supplier that has stock?

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resurface

I have a costomer that did not like his pebble tec, so he had it painted.  The paint and the pepples ae flaking off.  What are his options to resurface the pool.

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resurface

 

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