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I've lived in my house with an in-ground pool since 2010. I paid a pool company to open it the first year and I watched them and took notes. I've opened it every year since. About five or six years ago, I started closing it myself. So far no issues! Today I went to close it and my compressor is...

I've got an old Polaris After Dark fiber system (that I literally never use) and, of course, it's causing my pool to drop about an inch a day. The dye test shows it sucking the dye in around the front edge of the lens, not the side of the fitting... literally right into the edge where the lens...

Anyone know if this particular valve requires the entire top half of the valve to be replaced or can I just replace the gasket? Does replacement require glue? Lube? Appreciate it, as always!

Went to the backyard today and discovered about a four inch crack on the front of my Waterways sand filter's body and a small stream of water shooting out the front... lovely. My pool guy is recommending a cartridge system for the replacement but I've had no issues with the sand filter at all...

Opened the pool today and everything with off without a hitch (thank you TFP), so naturally I NEED to find something to work on. My pool was installed with the pump controlled by a normal on/off switch inside a box next to my Autopilot. I have no idea why the Autopilot isn't controlling it but...

With the mild winter we've had, it looks like year two of my pool ownership may start earlier than I planned so Id like to run some ideas and changes by you that I'd like to make. Can someone tell me if these are viable or find any holes in my theory. 1. Replace single speed 1HP Mustang pump...

I'm flirting with the idea of doing the boric acid thing instead of the Mule Team route as muriatic acid scares the bejeezus out of me... I simply do not care about the additional cost (if any). That having been said, I assume my 17.5K vinyl lined in ground is currently sitting a big fat 0...

My salt cell( SC-48) has had a low amps warning since I opened the pool around May 1 when it was reading 1.9 amps. I tested my water today (it's been two days since last test which was a 5 on chlorine) and chlorine had dropped to 1. I ran the test on the Autopilot and now it says the cell is at...

Just went and checked my FC after pumping out 1000+- gallons of rain water that came over the last couple days. I'm sitting at 1.5 FC which brings to mind two questions. 1. Why is my salt generator called an Autopilot system? If I have to constantly raise and lower the percentage based on any...

My chlorine levels are holding with only maybe a point drop overnight, so I've decided to jump into the next phase. No worries, I'm keeping shock levels until the drop is zero but in the meantime, I've turned on my Autopilot and.... low flow. Not a problem, my new $22 channel lock pliers make...

I have an in ground pool and am looking for a solar cover. I found this one that is close enough to my size but it says in the description that it's an above ground type. I can't for the life of me figure out how there could be two types but i bet somewhere here can help me. Also, should the...

I'm putting all of my test results into a Google Doc so you can see the history as well as any notes I've made. Any chemical additions in the Notes section were done immediately AFTER that particular test was taken so the results of that addition would be seen in the following line. Google Doc...

Only two dumb questions on this rainy night... :hammer: 1. I just did a rough measurement of my in ground oval for a solar cover. It's 13'9" wide by about 34' long. Not totally positive on the length as I only had a 25' measuring tape but if its off then its only by inches, not feet. I took...

So I've been out of town for a few days and came home today to my new test kit and rushed out to give it a try. A few background items (other than what's in my sig below)... - Pool was opened last week by pool company (cover put away, plugs taken off, etc.) - Pool company dropped six bags of...

I'm in the process of adding my pool pump to my home automation system. The technology I use is called Insteon and they have two options for switches. One is normally open and the other normally closed. Which version would I need?

Now that I'm vacuuming my way to a clean pool, it's time to start with water treatment. I've been reading the Pool School, but it never mentions salt water pool applications in the tutorials and why is there no section on opening an in ground pool? Anyway, I'm trying to figure a plan forward...

Hi all! New to the forum and new to pools (in my backyard). My new house has a three year old salt water pool and i had the builders come out yesterday to open it. All went well and it went from green to crystal clear in a few hours but today there was a bunch of dirt on the pool floor. Im not...