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Here's my current situation...

Oh, I forgot to mention....I think that white sediment is DE. My thought is that with as fine of a powder it is, a certain amount of that I would think would be able to enter through the slots in the laterals. Yes or No?

Ok, I busted rear last night after work. Unfortunately I ordered the wrong lateral assembly, but got lucky once I got my current one out. The crack I fixed last year is still doing just fine, and none of the laterals were damaged, so I took the assembly apart and cleaned all of the sand out of...

Thanks for the link. I will read that over at 'work' today. hehe.......yesterday I was in golf mode, so I didnt do a single thing to the pool besides hang a sock full of stabilizer, backwash and add DE. Didn't add a single ounce of bleach. We had a day mixed of sun, clouds, and rain. Here's...

Yep, sounds good. I have been searching for parts for the filter....SP714T Valve, and S220 Lateral Assembly....thinking about just buying them both and be done with it. Anything to watch out for or is there anything else I need to get? I'm assuming when I buy the valve assembly, it's just simply...

Ok, since we've been backwashing more than normal, we've been putting in more fresh water, and we've also had a little help from the sky(rain). Just retested CYA, and the dot is more visible than last time. Safe to add stabilizer?

Im beginning to think there's a new issue, or it's a bigger issue now...because I'm starting to see some sand settling in the bottom of the low end right where the return jet is. I've always had a little sand in the sight glass when I backwash. Last year when we had the liner put in, I replaced...

Ok, still only loosing 1 ppm of FC overnight. Here's a picture of the low end, and one of the deep end. Should I be able to see the deepend as clear as the lowend? Trying to get an idea as to when I'm officially TFP clear. You can see down the walls of the deepend and where they meet the floor...

Well, the DE is working it's magic. I am starting to see the floor drain in the deep end and the shallow end is nearly back to it's clear state. Before I went to bed last night, I checked the FC. It was at 15, and it called for 3 qts. to bring it up to 18. I just put the whole jug in and...

Oh, one other question. My clean gauge pressure was 16 before I added the DE, and 17 after the DE, can someone just confirm with me what pressure I want to backwash at? Im sitting at 20 right now......I think I will backwash and replenish to be safe for the evening...don't need anymore unwanted...

Ah, ok......that's good info to have. It did seem like a potent powder since I only needed to add 20-24oz(I forget) to bring it from 7.0 to 7.4ish. Thanks for the input Dave.

It seems at this point, I need to add more stabilizer because I lose so much FC during the day. Yay or Nay?

Ok, so we expelled some water and replaced it with fresh....it's nothing much at all...only about an inch worth. I put in 1 cup of DE that brought our clean PSI up from 16 to 17. Today is Day 4 after our CYA broadcast(just enough to bump it 10-15ppm), and it's still reading less than 30. The...

No, we didnt get a chance to grab the DE yet....I will do that tomorrow after work.

Is it safe to say that if I were to pass an OCLT right now that it would be alright to swim in even though it's cloudy? Using the Taylor Watergram wheel, when I hold the 500 CH at 90 TA, and turn the arrow to 7.4 for pH, the saturation index reads 0.1 for 78* water....I just measured the temp...