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    Closing in ground pool by draining it

    who said I didn't have a cover?
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    Closing in ground pool by draining it

    First off let me explain why this is even an option. The pool is located on sandy soil, on a hillside, 80 feet above the water table. The pool is only 2300 gallons which only takes a few hours to fill from our well. The only cost is electricity. The pool can drain itself in less than 30 minutes...
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    Trouble with new cartridge filter

    I looked and yes there were air bubbles under the lid, and I noticed the knob on the jandy valve was loose. I tightened it up and the bubbles appear to have stopped. The knob will not tighten down though. I just replaced all the guts. Can the knob be removed and the opening sealed somehow?
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    Trouble with new cartridge filter

    I recently replaced my ten year old original sand filter with a Doheny's 150 sq ft cartridge filter. My pools is in a screened room and really small, 2300 gallons, so as infrequent as they were, the backwash process took a lot of water. I did some research here and purchased a unit that was...
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    Considering changing from sand filter to cartridge filter.

    I got my refund. All is well. If I had returned the original filter, rather than buying a second, I would have been without a usable pool for 10 days. This would have been the result of buying a defective filter.
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    Considering changing from sand filter to cartridge filter.

    So I receive my second filter and am able to replace the defective part and keep my pool running. I receive a reply to my support email saying... "Thank you for contacting Doheny's. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience. Kindly state the pictures of the original box from all six sides...
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    Considering changing from sand filter to cartridge filter.

    So I got the filter installed. I noticed a couple leaks, one on the face of the removable top part, and at the seam of the two pieces. There was no papers in the box. No users manual or anything. I noticed there is a single o-ring on the base, but there appears to be a place for two of them. I...