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Hey guys, I was in a bind and needed to fix this quickly as we had a pool party so I replaced with flex hose (not with schedule 40 pvc) but with the same flex hose. It's been about 4 weeks and for some reason it has twisted again like the photo above. Obviously I need to replace with PVC...

Okay, thank you. So I'm guessing this hose is probably original and old? I'm not sure how old the pool is, but we've only been at the house for 3-4 years.

Hi guys, my pool has been running fine for the past few years and I'm a relatively new pool owner. A few mornings ago the hoses going from my heater to the sand filter started leaking. One of them had previously had a very small drip, but it seemed to resolve itself and I figured maybe the...

Okay perfect, thanks! I was away the other day and didn't test so my FC was low today... but the previous day it dropped from 3 ppm to 1.2 ppm in appx a 24hr period.

Looks like you were correct. Checked PH today and it seems to be around 7.8 to 8.0 now. So what you're suggesting is that if I lower it with acid, TA will go down and it shouldn't rise as quickly at that point as it has now? I also found we lost a fair amount of FC during the day the past...

:) Thanks. That's what I figured, but wasn't sure if some genius who built these fancy looking machines just knew something I didn't. I've discovered some other weird things with our pool setup, such as having a light but no actual switch for it... Seems to have to just be manually plugged in...

I'm a brand new pool owner, so maybe this is a stupid question (or maybe the setup is stupid)? I've got a pool with a little built in spa that spills over into the pool. My heater (Raypak Gas) has separate temperature settings for both the pool and for the spa, but I don't really understand...

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strangiato, thanks for the tips on the heater! (it's a nice heater btw!) I found the drain plugs as you mentioned and they were all in, so that was good. I had a few hiccups opening the pool, but managed to figure everything out eventually. First everything looked good, but then realized...

That link is actually the first thing I found because I looked up the test kit too when I didn't see the dot. It must have fallen off or defective as you said. I imagine the FC has been zero for quite awhile now since it was covered all winter. Are you saying ASAP because it's uncovered now...

Here are my numbers... first time testing so I've tried to be as accurate as possible. One weird thing... my CYA comparator tube has no black dot on the bottom... ??? It's clear below so I tried using the stopper and a black dot on a piece of paper underneath it - would that work?? Why...

Thanks for all your feedback! The cleaner is just a plastic hose that attaches to a vacuum head which is nothing but a brush with a hole in the top. It looks like the most basic cleaner you could have. The plate is in the center hole right now, directly across from the skimmer. Plug from...

I put together and setup as much as I could today with some time constraints, but managed to get the cover off, rinse it all off get it put away. Those cover clips just needed to be pulled down really hard with the claw of a hammer to get them to slide out, if anyone reading this thread ever...

Good point for sure. I can take some of it off and then just drape it back over for now. From what I've seen right now it's pretty clean. I did a really good vacuum last fall and the cover doesn't let anything in.

Okay thanks! I'm not circulating yet as I figure I'm going to wait for the test kit, then pull the cover off just to avoid any more junk on the bottom as I think we have a storm coming tomorrow ad the wind will probably make a mess of things off the trees. I'm topping up the water right now...

I did a quick test with one of the cheapie test kits the old owner left... not even sure how old/accurate it is, it's OTO and Phenol Red. I got no color change for chlorine and PH said it was about 7.8. Not sure if I should do anything just yet, or wait for the real test kit?

I'm still waiting on my test kit... should arrive this week, but not sure when. Is there anything I should do beforehand to speed the process along. Obviously I can't dump chlorine in with no way to monitor, but should i run the pump, clean it out/vacuum, backwash or anything like that...

I was going to order a replacement gauge from tfteskits but it looks like they don't ship to Canada? Another question I thought of when checking out the site.... I see there are refills for the K-2006 kit - what reagents will I be going through the most or should I get more of? I noticed...

JVTrain, thanks so much for all your answers. I did some more poking around and here's what I found. 2. I was wondering if those returns were for the spa... maybe it will become obvious once I remove the cover. We're away over the weekend so I figured I'd just get all my stuff ready and then...

Hey guys, we just bought a house with a pool last fall and closed it about a week after moving in since it was getting cold already and a million leaves come down around our pool. We just had the pool guys close it. Spring has rolled around and now it's time to open. I'd like to do this myself...

Hey everyone, I'm from southern Ontario and we just bought a house with a pool last fall. We closed it about a week or two after moving in since it was getting cold already. I had written a big long post asking about opening, but just realized that will probably be better in the "pool opening"...