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So had to get a new pump. Have it all connected and it runs but can't get the pump basket to fill completely. Even if we use the air release it will not fill 100%. It is a 1.5 hp pump and on low everything functions mostly but on high we have issues. We can't seem to use it to vacuum at all...

Our winter cover fell into pool in January, needless to say pool is a bit of a mess and green water. So opening early and taking care of it. Went to get equipment ready and lip on the basket before the pump broke. So replacing it mandatory. Anyone have any good recommendations? The...

I need to replace my above ground pool liner. We had a leak at the end of the season last year. Could not figure out where but lost a foot of water overnight. The winter cover did not even get put on so the pool is gross and liner getting replaced. It is a much older above ground pool. We...

pool has dropped two feet in last week or two so have a large leak. I don’t have time or knowledge to replace the liner now. 18x30 oval Any change we can leave as is for the winter and deal with in spring. The pool was neglected this fall as just never home. Not sure if it is still...

In IL and been open for several weeks . My water is already 80-85 degrees. Have a clear solar cover. My pool sits in direct sun no shade. I know in a few weeks it will fill like bath water if I leave the cover on... even without it seems to get too warm. I like the cover to help keep...

Hope to add borates this year to help with PH and possibly reduce chlorine usage. PH always seems to run high on our pool. Probably just order boric acid as figured out it was about the same price to order from duda than buying borax and muratic acid at Walmart/Rural King. Would I order the...

So ended up starting SLAM on pool because water slightly cloudy and was passing OLCT at that time but no longer. We have to leave town and SLAM not done. What is the best advice? Current levels -- CYA was 45 but had to add more water a few days ago and just tested and now showing under 40...

So my pool went from crystal clear to cloudy. My daughter did have a large party -- about 20 people in the pool. It was in the evening so sunscreen was not slathered on. Our temps this week have been so hot and my pool is in direct sunlight all day and water temp is over 90. Would love a...

So last night numbers were CYA - 50 TA - 140 PH 8.2 plus The highest the PH measure goes up is 8.2 but looked about like the right shade. We added chlorine and muratic acid. We put in the muratic acid based pool math to bring ph down to 7.2 and bring TA down a little bit. Today the...

Water is crystal clear. Was staying pretty well balanced but chlorine dropped during day in sun but we typically brought it back up each evening. Last night the CC level was 1 and ph jumped to 8.2. Already put muratic acid in and ph back to 7.5. CC before was always 0 or .5. Should I be...

We noticed our pump basket/filter is leaking from the lid when the pump is not running. If the pump is running there is no leak. The lid is on tight. This thing fits so tight I can't ever remove it and my husband has a hard time removing it when he tries..... so it doesn't get emptied/opened...

Bought house with pool last fall and kept pool up for a month. Was miserable trying to clear the water with "help" from 2 different pool stores until I found TTP. Opened this spring and all is great after a few hiccups. One of those hiccups was accidentally pulling the laterals out of the...

So I have a really hard time distinguishing the reds on the pH test. Hoping there is some other type of test out there I could do? Have a hard time with the yellow shadings on the chlorine test to and usually end up doing drop test unless in hurry then just look to see if tube fairly yellow or...

Any ideas on how on permanent solution for a fine grit that is not caught by sand filter? We constantly have a fine layer of dirt that settles on bottom of the pool and gathers in spots especially where liner not perfectly flat. If you come near it with a vacuum or step near it just clouds...

Trying to come up with ways to warm my 18x33x4 above ground IL pool -cheaply. Just invested in a clear solar cover to help and hubby thinking of making his own solar heater. Has anyone had much luck with a DIY solar heater? Current plan is to put it on garage roof (west facing) would use a...

Just came back from vacation in Florida and brought some warm weather back with me so anxious to get the ugly winter cover off my pool that has alage blooms growing on it. I know the pool wasn't closed properly so will take some work so anxious to get started but know swimming weather in IL is...

We had sump pump running to drain our above ground pool to get down below the water return lines about 4 inches based on closing instructions here. This is our first year with a pool so forgive us... Somehow we thought it was unplugged last night an it wasn't... it now has less than a foot of...

I have been in SLAM process for over a week with little results. Pool still not clear at all. 4 ft pool 14000 gallons and can only see down about 2 feet but it is blue, not green. Combined chlorine has always come up .5 or less. Today I did the test and put in R-0003 from the TFT-100 test...

I am trying to rewrite my budget so that I make sure I save enough back all winter to cover the extra expenses for the pool in the summer. I live in IL so the pool is only operating not even 4 months. I need to figure out how much maintenance/chemicals will cost me. I know I will have the...

We just bought the house with a pool and only have a couple usable weeks left and have been fighting cloudy water and now and turned green overnight. Test kit was ordered so still waiting no it to arrive and figure we are going to have to start a SLAM as soon as it does but my kids will want to...

We just bought the house and they had the pool going. We moved in Saturday and have been fighting with it all week. Water is slight cloudy and very slight green tint (sometimes it looks green against white ladder but otherwise it look fine). 3 weeks ago when we had come over to learn what they...