Recent content by poolesq123

Hi All, Thanks for all the previous advice. Pool guy came on Tuesday. In the last couple of weeks, before he came, we had an algae bloom. We got rid of (most of) it, and every morning we see clusters of a few brownish spots on the stairs or on the slope of the pool as it gets deeper. Pool...

Thanks so much! Very helpful. Will spend some more time with the Pool School Chart to fix this. Have a good weekend. D

Thanks! We are still very new at this and a little confused. This morning, our FC was at 8, up from 3.5 pre-SLAM last night. Should we add more bleach to get the FC even higher? I thought the target was 5 FC. Should we shoot for elevated levels of FC at least until the issue is completely...

Hi, Thanks. I will add the tag. For reference, the pool is inground and irregularly shaped (kind of like a figure 8), about 18x32 with an average depth of 4.75 feet. In any event, the TF-100 kit came and we have started the SLAM process. Our baseline readings were 3.5 of Chlroine and 40 of...

Hi All, We are new to having a pool and are definitely experiencing growing pains. We have an inground pool. Pump is Hayward Superpump and filter is Hayward S 200 Series. After some technical difficulties, everything is up and running. However, now the pool is green (see photo below). We...

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Thanks. I will check things out when I get home. Also, not sure if this changes the answer, but after running for 24+ hours, the pool was still dirty. I noticed plenty of bugs, leaves, etc. that would typically be taken care of by the filter. I checked the skimmers and they were not full, so...

Hi All, I have an inground pool. About a week ago, a PVC pipe connected to my Hawyward Superpump became dislodged. We got the pipe repaired. Since then, we noticed that when the filter is on, lots of air bubbles come through the jets in the pool and the filter is noisier than we recall. The...

Thanks. Will call the pool company tomorrow and ask about the pump intake as well.

Hi Mark, Thanks. The entire pipe pulled out of the pump; there is no piece left in there. I have never worked with PVC plumbing before and am a bit nervous to start fidgeting in there myself.

Hi All, Pool noob here. First time post. Recently purchased a house with an in-ground pool and have been slowly getting up to speed. Pool has been great thus far but I woke up this morning to find the water levels lower by quite a few inches. I looked by the filter (Hayward, not sure of the...