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We are getting ready to close on a new house. It is a foreclosure and I guess the pool was closed in Fall 2012 and never re-opened last year. We are enjoying our first 50+ degree day here so my husband & I decided to take a ride to take a look at the pool. We pulled back the winter cover and...

Came home from vacation to a crystal clear pool :-D , but the pump was making a loud screeching noise. When I turned it to low, it was still loud, but not screeching so I turned it off. Today I cleaned out baskets and backwashed filters. When I turned it on, it filled no problem but once it...

I purchased an ammonia test kit which read up to 8ppm, my test was darker than the limit so I'm not sure how high it was. I am in the process of doing a series of drain and fills. What's a workable ammonia level? Before I start the schock process, do I raise the pH and add stabilizer? I'm...

Opened up pool as per usual given pool store instructions - 4 pounds of dichlor, waited an hour, added 1 qt 3-month algaecide, added mineral pac to XL Pro. Next day, water cloudy, T/A-140ppm, F/C - 0, T/C - 5.0, CYA - 30, pH - 7.4. Pool store said chlorine was "bound up" and I needed to add 9...