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    Best Birthday Present

    A little over a month ago we purchased our first pool (Intex 22 x52). I asked my husband to order a test kit and to my dismay he ordered a generic kit from Amazon (the least expensive). When I asked him to oder the TF 100 his exact words were , " You get what you get now don't throw a fit" (We...
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    Need help with the Intex Skimmer

    I am having a very difficult time trying to install the Intex Skimmer to my pool. I know it should be very simple but for some reason I cannot get it up and running:(. I attempted to attach the blue cap over the intake valve but it does not fit. I have tried everything to get the piece to fit...
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    Rain making it harder to keep pool balanced

    After weeks of what seems like constant rain, and with more rain to come, I am having a hard time keeping my pool water balanced. I am running the filter pump 24/7 and the swg 7 hrs (I have the Intex 22 x52 pool). I am doing my own testing and this morning I got the following numbers: FC 7...
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    Help needed asap

    I live in Houston and we are being hit with another round of rain storms and flooding. My pool is to the brink of overflowing. I have tried using a water hose to drain the pool ( I only accomplished getting a massive headache from sucking on the other end) without success. I tried draining the...
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    Need help. Failed pool school

    Hello, I really need help getting my new Intex 22x52 round pool up and running with SWG. I shocked the pool this morning (worried about all the rain water) and tool a sample to my local pool store. FC=3 TAC=3 SALT=300 (I have not added any) CH=200 CYA=30 (purchased HTH from Walmart) TA=220...