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Pressure is now 14 on high and 2 or 3 on low. No wonder I could not get more than 5 on high and 0 on low the last 4 months. I had no idea they would screw up the most important thing, but I knew nothing about pools until a few weeks ago. They just kept saying pressure is different in all...

What damage could it have done to my filter running 4 months like this?

You're gonna love this one. I took the valve off and everything looks good, even the gasket. I started going over everything, hoses, etc., and found out when they installed my pool 4 months ago, they hooked the return up to the pump and the pump to the return. That is probably 99% of all of...

I am draining some water out and while it is on waste out, water is also going through the return. I have not changed the gasket yet, just figured I would start draining while I go up and get the gasket. Even though the gasket looks good, could this also be caused by a bad gasket?

FL- 8.5, CC -.5 - 1, TA-100, CH - 1000, CYA - 35. This is why I ask you guys. Looks like the CH is way out of line. I will correct this, change the gasket and go from there. Thanks again.

Yes, I shut the pump off and depress the handle all the way before changing positions. I just took the valve off and the spider gasket looks O.K. I did change the sand after converting from Baquacil to Chlorine but was careful when I cleaned it out and replaced the sand. I guess I could have...

A lot of sand comes out on the rinse cycle, not just a little. My FL was 6 and I increased it to 16 for the last few days since I thought it was my water and nothing changed. I just bought the pool, filter, etc. 3 months ago, but I guess the gaskets could be bad. Maybe tomm. I will replace...

Also, while my pump is on high it has been leaking a little out of the exit port, if that points to anything.

My pool has been very clear since I switched from Baquacil to Chlorine a couple of weeks ago, until about 3 days ago. All at once my pool got cloudy. My FL, CC, CYA, and PH levels are good. Even though my pressure was only 6, I back washed anyway. On the rinse cycle not the backwash a lot of...

Changed sand yesterday and added CYA. FL 16.5 at 10:00pm last night and 16 at 6:30am this morning. CC's .5 this am and .5 now. CYA at 30 now. 7 psi. FL is 13 now and just raised to 17. Pool is not quite crystal clear but looks great. I want to thank everyone very much for their help with...

I just put the new gauge on and it is still at 7 psi. I think everything is O.K. It might drop more than 1 tonight because I am going to climb in and scrub every sq. inch again. I am glad I got the extra 870 and 871 from you because I ran out of the 871 last night. I am going to give it...

My PSI has not gone up 25%. Even though my filter is only 2 months old I bought another gauge and will put it on this afternoon to make sure the pressure is correct. It always stays between 6 and 8. Turn it off it goes to 0. Believe it or not can see the bottom clearly now and it only...

I just got in the pool and scrubbed everything. I did find a little bit underneath the bottom of the last two steps. I can just barley see the bottom now. The inside of the steps that fill up with water was most likely full of that mess and just took a while to get it out. I could e-mail the...

Yes, brushing the walls and using my pool rover. I had to take off, but when I get back I will try flicker.

Water is getting clearer. Almost can see the bottom. My psi has not increased by 25% since the first day. Stays between 6 and 7. I backwashed this morning just to see if there was anything in it and there wasn't. I will not backwash anymore. I do have CYA ready.