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    sodium hypochlorite 5 gallon near Houston

    Where in the La Porte, Pasadena, Houston area can I get 5 gallon refillable sodium Hypochlorite. Bleach works so much better than Di chlor or Tri chlor , but it is a pain dealling with all the bottles full AND empty
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    Fixing to ditch my Hayward S244s sand filter, for Pentair 160301

    Bought the house late November, and the poolman was keeping the chlorine at 10+ppm. I am trying to keep Cl2 at 4ppm but the pool is staying dirty, as in the filter plugs before I can finish vacuuming, water gets and stays cloudy (even while vacuuming very slowly). Then when I backwash the...
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    Good swim mask and fins

    What is everybody using for a swim mask / dive mask and fins?
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    Pentair 3 way valves

    On my pool the 3 way valves have the name Pentair on them, is this different from a Jandy valve or a rebrand? they are pretty stiff, and in fact the handle is broken on the return side to the jets (pool has 7 jets one of which has no flow) I need to know what parts kit to buy for when I break...
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    Poolvergnugen The Pool Cleaner suction side cleaner

    One of the You Tubers seems to like the Hayward Poolvergnugen The Pool Cleaner. it looks to be fairly maintenance free (tires need changing), and it picks up fairly large leaves. anybody have experience with these? I will be replacing the tires with Vinyl/Fiberglass tires.
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    I know why the Chlorine is so high in the pool I am buying

    fixing to close on a house with pool I am buying, and was cleaning up from the bad storms we had. So after I finish vacuumimg the pool, the pool boy comes in the back yard with 2 big carboys, and up ends them in the shallow end. no test no nothing just dumps them. FC was already 10+. But there...
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    Total Alkalinity only goes to yellow

    Using Leslies kit goes to green, but titrates only to yellow (50 drops) does that mean TA is really low or very high and I did not hit final titration point? FC was 10+ could it be just bleaching the result?
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    Borates

    I will be switching to BBB method Have not used any Borax yet how critical is the Borate test and what does that influence beyond increasing the Total Alkilinity?
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    "Un Wrinkling a Vinyl liner

    Buying a house with a 17 x 35 x 8 Vinyl lined pool, and it has some wrinkles in the shallow end. is there a way to remove them?, or is it something to live with.
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    Need the Best solar pool cover for Unheated pool

    We are buying a house with a in ground Vinyl pool, No heater, and won't close for another 10 days. So I am looking for the Best (Yeah I Know) Solar pool cover, with the best (1) thermal efficiency e.g. heats the water up the most (2) durability/ longest lasting. Growing up we had a black...
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    Holla From Texas Gulf Coast

    Buying a House that comes with a 17 x 35 Vinyl in ground pool. Older but good condition Hayward equipment. Trying to find the best way to swim the most. I like the BBB A method.
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    Hola From Texas

    We are Buying a house with an IG, Vinyl, 17800 gal pool, not sure of the age. Sadly by the time we close on the house it will be November.