Author: Dillon

Muriatic acid is how most pools get their pH back down, and it's about 31.45% hydrochloric acid. What it does in the water, how to add it, and the handling, storage and first aid rules from the SDS and CDC.

Most pool skimmer problems are a basket, a weir or the water level. Here's how to sort those from a clogged line, an air leak at the pump, or a cracked skimmer body that needs real repair.

A good robotic cleaner can out-vacuum most people with a pole. It still can't test the water, add chlorine, empty baskets or check the pump. Here's where a pool vacuum fits next to a weekly service.

Most iAqualink problems are Wi-Fi, not pool equipment. How to read the lights on the iQ20 or iQ30, reconnect after a new router or power outage, and tell when it's an RS485 or board problem.

Pool shock dosing is arithmetic: raise free chlorine to about 10 times combined chlorine, then convert ppm to ounces using the product's strength. Doses for liquid chlorine and cal hypo, worked out.

Pool foam usually comes from body oils and lotions, a foaming algaecide, low calcium hardness, or air leaking into the pump. Here's how to tell which one you have and what fixes it.

A buyer's guide to pool covers in Ventura County: what solar, liquid, safety and automatic covers save on heat and water, what they cost, and why the one you'll actually use is the right one.

Fall leaves use up chlorine, stain plaster with tannins, add phosphorus and pack the skimmer and pump baskets until the pump runs short of water. Here's what happens and what to do.

A pool pump cover can keep sprinkler spray off the motor, or it can trap heat and moisture. Here's what Pentair and Hayward say about covers, ventilation and flooding at the pad.