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What we are adding, and why

New sheets as they land, notes on what we get wrong and fix, and the occasional piece about printing and record keeping. Shorter and more timely than the guides, which are the standing reference.

  1. A Gap in the Data Is Not Always a Gap on the Site

    Two of this week's five measured keyword gaps already had a page. Here is the test that caught it, and the three that survived.

    How we work
  2. When the Roadmap Runs Out, Measure Instead of Guessing

    The 200-sheet roadmap this site started with is finished. Here is what we built instead of guessing, and why four of five sheets came from one measured gap.

    How we work
  3. When a New Sheet Earns Its Own Page

    Five sheets this week could easily have been three. Here is the test we use to tell a genuinely different record from the same one wearing a new title.

    How we work
  4. How to Rebuild a Service History You Have Lost

    The folder is gone and the car is going up for sale. Here is how to reconstruct a service history that a buyer can actually trust.

    How we work
  5. A Checklist and a Log Are Not the Same Sheet

    Pool maintenance splits into two different kinds of record. Printing both on one table is why so many free pool sheets are hard to keep up.

    How we work
  6. A4 and US Letter Are Different Shapes, and Printables Ignore It

    Letter is wider and shorter than A4. Almost every free printable is laid out for one of them, and the other one silently gets shrunk. Here is the fix we use.

    Notes on printing
  7. What We Refuse to Print, and Why It Costs Us Traffic

    People search for safe pool levels, service intervals and what the law requires. We will not publish those pages. Here is the reasoning, and what it costs.

    How we work
  8. Why This Library Exists

    Most free printables are laid out for one paper size, cannot be typed into, and have whatever fields somebody guessed at. This is an attempt at the opposite.

    First post

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