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I have a Hayward sand filter and someone gave me a new lay flat hose for back washing. The catch is it's 2". I purchased a 2" fitting but it won't thread onto the discharge. Does anyone know what size and more importantly thread pitch I need to make this work? Thanks

With our new hot tub we were given the @Ease system (silver/blue ball). I'm not sure if I love it or hate it yet, any comments on this system are appreciated. When I test FC and add R-0871 until the water sample is clear it'll begin to turn pink after about 5 seconds. I'll add drops again...

We are in search of a new hot tub and are down to two models. I'm looking for opinions on the two. Mira M600L and Viking Royale ETS Looking at their website they are similar in features, dimensions and price. Here are our priorities: 1. Anticipated maintenance, if it breaks I'm the one that...

This pump is only three weeks old, I hope whatever is going on is an easy fix. We had high winds last night and this morning the pump was quite loud like it was working hard to move water. The basket in the pump was packed full of leaves. After I cleared the basket the pump never seemed to...

I just replaced my pump and the fitting on the top of the pump leaks. I searched the forum and see that Teflon tape is not the way to go. In one thread I read about a blue, aerosol based product but couldn't find a name for this product. I also read that some people use Permatex #2 to seal...

I'm planning a solar heater and also a stenner pump upgrade for next year and have the following questions. Currently I have a single speed pump and liquidator, it runs 4 hours throughout the night and 2 hours in the afternoon. To accommodate the heater and stenner pump is there a way I can...

Yep, it happened. No need to go into details, what's done is done. I see that the chlorine settles nicely into the bottom of the chlorinator, refusing to mix with the water on it's own. What is the remedy? Thanks

Our current pump, a pentair pinnacle 1.5hp, is sacked. It's noisy and started leaking in August. I'm not interested in rebuilding it any more. I would like to replace it with another single speed pump for the following reasons: we chlorinate with a liquidator and I have read that variable speed...

Last summer I switched to the TFP method and purchased a liquidator. I'm so happy I did but I'm having one minor issue and it's related to metering the chlorine. Right now I am metering with a plastic, quarter turn, ball valve and it won't allow me to fine tune how much chlorine is flowing...

Calcium hardness is in the 70ish range and cya is 30 or less. I've already added the stabilizer, I'm just wondering if there would be any issue with adding calcium at the same time. Side question, the stabilizer bag says I need to run the pump continuously for 48 hours, is this consensus of...

Pool season is winding down here in Cinci, my pool is doing great and pool expenses are way down. As I ponder the important things in life I keep coming back to a question about CYA levels and I'm curious what the levels are in the pools owned by the experts here. I know the ideal range is...

So our hot tub has an aroma that is a combination of the vinyl cover and mustyness. Chemically the hot tub is balanced and when I replace the water the smell comes back after a day or so. We cover our hot tub 24/7 except when we're in it. Are there any remedies, potions, elixirs, etc. that...

I've had high ph the last 2 weeks. The range is generally 7.8 - 8.0 which isn't terrible but I'm trying to get down to 7.4. I've added a steady dose muriatic acid (31.4%), about 6-10oz each day the last week but I can't get below 7.7. Here are tonight's measurements: FC 7 CC 0 PH 7.7 TA100...

Still chugging along with much better test results, still trying to dial in my liquidator but I'll post questions about that in another post. Since I'm plugging my numbers into Pool Math do I really need to keep the acid and base demand reagants? Thanks

Things are going very well now that I have control of water testing, thank you again. I'm out of r0013 and running through 871 fairly quickly. Suggestions on ordering more of these two? Can I order a 2oz bottle and refill the .75 oz bottle that fits in the kit? I know I can order a .75oz...

Perhaps this should be in the advanced section. I'm thinking ahead and one of my chief complaints is the harshness of our pool water. Understandably the numbers were out of whack and I'm on the verge of good numbers and clear, algae free water. Last night I hopped into the pool for a cool off...

My next step towards a low maintenance pool is adjusting the pump timer. When we bought the house the timer was set to run from 8a to 8p, algae set in and I was advised to let them pump run 24/7. Not surprisingly the electrical bill went up. Now that I'm becoming better educated about the...

I've been lurking as a guest for a year or so. This is my third season owning a pool and what got me here was growing tired of fighting CYA and pouring hundreds of dollars into the pool trying to keep the values in the acceptable range. Nothing new here. I replaced the broken tablet...