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We're getting some significant rain and I'm looking at having to drain some water out of the pool this evening. I haven't backwashed in a while and the pressure isn't super high but it's high enough that I figure I might as well take this opportunity to backwash rather than just wasting the...

So, my pool cleaner got its tail stuck in an interesting position overnight and sprayed a constant jet of water out of the pool for a while. When I got up this morning, the water level was about an inch below the skimmers rather than halfway up the tile. The baskets still have some water in...

I know I've seen this information around here somewhere but I can't seem to find it so... yet another stupid newbie question. What should the wait time be between adding chlorine/muriatic acid/borax/baking soda and swimming? Also, if you have to add more than one thing to adjust the water, how...

First, a confession: Over the winter I wasn't diligently brushing my pool. With that out of the way, when I got my pool brush out of the plastic storage hutch outside that it'd been living in, the metal parts of the brush were covered in a kind of chalky substance, like it had oxidized or...

Hi everyone! I got my K-2006 today and did my first test. I think my levels are pretty good for everything except chlorine, from what I've read here on the forums. Here's what I've got: FC = 0-1 (it was hard to tell if the sample turned pink at all, but it was at least kind of cloudy and maybe...

Hi everyone! I'd like to introduce you to Christine: We inherited Christine from the previous owners of our home/pool. We think she is a Polaris (she has a Polaris booster pump) but all of her identifying features have been aged right off of her. Like her namesake, she's an oldie but a...

I hope this is an OK place to post this question. I'm not quite sure where it best fits. Last year, a couple of months after I became a pool owner, I had a service tech come out to look at my DE filter because I was having a lot of trouble with algae and debris in the pool. He discovered that...

Hi everyone! I've done quite a bit of browsing the forums but decided to go ahead and become part of the community. I have a couple of questions I'll post in the appropriate places, for now... a little about me! I am a relatively new pool owner; we bought our first home (and first pool!) in...