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I began using a Chlorinator dispenser last summer. (3 inch tabs) Pool is 57,000 gallons. I monitored CYA levels routinely thru the season and metered the dispenser back when I saw the CYA getting in the 40 ppm range. At the end of the season I closed the pool with all levels balanced. I opened...

This past winter I replaced the sand in my Hayward filter, 300 pounds of a name brand pool sand. At that time I removed, inspected and cleaned the laterals and they appeared to be in good condition. I waited until it was time to open the pool this past week before turning on the pump and...

#4 copper and splits bolts are standing by

Thanks to all. I have a welded anchor grid (jig) with 4 - 1/2" x 8", stainless bolts (12" on center). By exposing 2 inches of thread the anchor will be 6" deep. The slab I will cut out will be 8.5' square, 3" thick. I will cut old concrete back from pool edge about 12", leaving the part that is...

Getting ready to remove and replace a section of cracked concrete around our diving board stand. Current board is mounted on bolts that are epoxied into the concrete. I would like to install a new "jig" in the fresh concrete. Can't find much info out there on what is recommended. Can't seem to...

Thanks for this... color match is not important. After cutting a line near the pool edge, then breaking/removing the outside concrete, can I expect the concrete that is against/under the "half-pipe" aluminum edge break away without it damaging the edging? If the edging does take some hurt, is...

I have a crack in the pool deck. It has gotten to the point where it has intersected with the diving platform anchor bolts. We are not using the board at this time but we want to repair the concrete to make the board usable again. Note: original builder installed the board platform mounting...

I have a leak between the Century High Pressure pump connection in the pool house and the in-wall connection in the pool (for Polaris 380 vac). It has been capped/sealed off. Previous owner routed a heavy duty, rather stiff, plastic hose/tube from the pump output, up overhead in the pool...

Are you saying that if the water level rises to the point where its above the lower level of the skimmer enclosure I should let it be and allow it to freeze within that enclosure?

Thanks for the input. I did think of putting a hose thru the skimmer hole and into the pool. The problem is here in Wisconsin it is cold enough to freeze the top layer of the pool water. I would have to somehow break thru the ice to get a pump hose into the water. I thought of temporarily...