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Guys, any thoughts on fixing a leak at the filter ? It's not the hose connections. It's where the control valve assembly fits into the top of the filter body. There seems to be a gasket there -- does it just need replacing ? Not even sure how you'd get that off and back on. I tried some...

I always feel funny buying 8 big jugs of bleach at Walmart or Target. I don't need those volumes now that you guys have helped me clean up my pool. But early on, I was buying it like it was going off the market. I kept wondering what the clerk was thinking, or other customers. Can you make...

Guys, with a lot of your help, I just got my pool cleaned up and swimmable. Many thanks. This is my first time owning a pool though so I'm trying to find a routine. I want to test my water late in the evening each day for the FC/CC levels and then add chlorine as needed. The other tests...

Now that my pool is no longer green, I really don't have much trouble with the sand filter clogging up. Before the pressure would go up noticeably and the water flow would drop to almost nothing in the pool. And you could see what you were washing out during the backwash and rinse steps...

Guys, I have a CYA of 60 so my shock level is 18. I'm trying to keep the pool above that level so I added chlorine last night. The test showed FC of 23. This morning I tested and got a reading of 23 again. My first time of having no loss overnight so I was certainly encouraged. I added no...

Hey guys, just some basic questions to make sure my methodology is right here. Actually saw my chlorine hold overnight for the first time so maybe I'm making progress. I went through a bottle of R-0871 in 5 days ! I'm keeping my pool at shock levels so I'm using a lot of drops each time in...

Got my FAS/DPD test kit on Wednesday so I've been recording the numbers since then. Friday night I changed how I was handling the chlorine -- before I was getting it to shock level each time it would drift down. Now I'm trying to keep it above shock level so when it drifts down it never gets...

Hey guys. Yup, the end result, I'm just that dense. The CYA level readings are around the other side of the comparator tube in the Taylor kit. I thought I'd searched it all over for markings but somehow missed that. Story of my life. I can mix the two chemicals and do the test and then...

Guys, I posted this in someone else's thread but thought I'd post it again here instead of hijacking their conversation. I have a decent test kit from a local pool place. It'll test FC, TC, TA, Ph, CYA and CH. But the chlorine readings don't go any higher than 5.0. When I'm shocking...

Guys, any feedback on how to stop leaks for flexible hose ? I just replace the hose to the pump and the return back to the pool from the filter. There were cheaper black hoses there and one was cracked so I "upgraded" to a much thicker-walled white hose. But now no matter how tight I get the...