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Good morning! My pentair booster pump has been making a loud noise for quite some time now. I asked a tech at my local pool store about it and he said it might be the bearings and that it's ok to keep running it, but that it will eventually need replacing. My question: Is this a fairly simple...

I did it! Got it done just this afternoon! Nowhere near as bad as I imagined it to be. I had to have my husband help me out with some muscle, but other than that it was no big deal. Thanks so much for all your help! The pool seems much happier now and the spillway/hot tub jets are back to...

Thanks for the advice! I'll watch some youtube videos...don't know why I didn't even think of that! I'll wait until it's a bit warmer later this afternoon and see what I can do.

I noticed that the jets in our hot tub don't seem to have as strong of a flow as they used to have and the spillway has slowed down. Could this be because I need to clean my filter? How often should those get cleaned? Pool was just installed in March and we have a Pentair Clean and Clear Plus...

Good Morning, Last night I noticed lots of debris/bugs floating in my pool. Skimmed as best as I could and my first reaction was to freak out because I had no clue what it was. This morning my husband mentioned that it's probably ash from the wildfires a few hours away from us. Anybody else...

My CYA is sitting at about 75 right now. If we plan on heading out of town for about a week, is it better to use the pucks or pour enough chlorine in the pool to account for daily loss throughout that week? I don't want to add pucks if it will make my CYA go up too much. Temps here will...

Thanks! Will shoot for that when we have everyone over.

Good Morning! Do you recommend adding more chlorine than recommended on the chart when more swimmers than normal are expected? We are expecting about 20 or so tomorrow for the 4th and I was just wondering if the target FC is good, or if we should add extra chlorine to account for the extra...

Here is the link to PoolMath: http://www.troublefreepool.com/calc.html Scroll to the bottom and it will walk you through how to estimate your pool volume. You will then use that and your test results to calculate what you need to add to your pool. What kind of test kit are you using right now?

I don't remember the brand, but you will find it in the pool section at walmart. It will say liquid pool chlorine on the label.

Do you have a Walmart nearby? They sell 10% liquid chlorine for $2.50 a gallon. Save a little money there per gallon plus it's a higher concentration.

I use liquid Chlorine, 10%. pH held steady today right around 7.4 or so after adding some MA last night.

I was able to bring TA down to 90 just by turning on the waterfall for a few on Friday and Saturday. Should I continue to actively try to bring it down to 80? I figure that I'll be adding some MA in the next few days which will bring it down eventually anyway... Also, I went to Lowe's and...

Is there a max amount of muriatic acid that should be added in a day? Or can I add as much as I need to maintain pH at desired levels? I thought about it, my husband didn't mind it so much and honestly we wanted the PB out asap so we didn't push the issue even though he offered.

Awesome, thanks all for the advice! Will aerate like crazy until I get TA down. Is TA just naturally high maybe because of water source? We do have bad water quality here. I do try to give it a brush daily now that we no longer have pool service, usually about twice a day because I want to...

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Another question...do I lower pH, let it sit for awhile and then aerate? Or should I start aerating asap?

Ok, so I need to lower pH down to between 7.0 to 7.2 and then aerate. I figure just run my waterfall and the spillway to aerate? How long should I aerate? Few hours a day? Just a little bit at a time? You say to stay on top of it...does that mean just once daily checks or should I check it...

This morning's test numbers: FC 7 CC 0 pH 7.8 CH 275 TA 140 CYA 75 How do these numbers look? Is it normal for pH to need adjusting pretty often? I find myself adding a little MA every day as the pH tends to keep creeping up. What would cause that? We do have a waterfall, kids have been...

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Hello, We have a hot tub with spillway so water flows out to the pool. Spillway is on for an hour each day to cycle the water through. Do I need to be testing my hot tub or is it ok since the water from the pool cycles through anyway? Thanks!

Ha! Well, I am curious now. Why are pool store tests inconsistent? Is it because the water isn't being tested right away? Or are their tests designed so that their is always a recommendation? They have always been nice and they seem very helpful...but even with one test on my own kit I...

Ah, it makes complete sense when you put it that way. I though it meant the water was going back...to I don't know where, haha. Thanks again for all your help!

Thanks everyone, for all the help! I'm already feeling more confident and will test once more this evening now that I've read all your advice. I feel so much more confident with my own test results rather than waiting to make a trip to the pool store, which I don't trust anymore after just 3...

Don't laugh at me, but I am completely clueless. Is a return jet where I can feel the water come out when the pump is running? Or are the return jets the ones at the bottom of the pool?

Does it matter where I add chemicals? In front of jets? Near the skimmer? Shallow end or deep end? Or just spread it around evenly?

So then it's just a matter of cost, right?