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I opened my pool and picked up 16 bottles of what I thought was shock only to find out after I put two gallons in my pool it is clarifier. My pool (~40,000 gallons inground) usually starts pretty green and takes me about a week to get it swimming ready. The bottles looked exactly like the...

I was opening my pool and it was really bad algae as usual, so I ran the filter and after I got things fairly cleaned I did a backwash. I got lazy and didn't turn the pump off and just switched from backwash to rinse one or twice near the end. After that I started leaking water fairly...

Throughout the year, my pool is crystal clear, I constantly get comments that it is the cleanest pool they have ever seen. Every year when I open it, it is Crayola Asparagus green. I make sure there is absolutely nothing in the pool when I close it. I close it when the water is below 60...

I just had a Supermax VS 1.5HP professionally installed to replace my Hayward 1HP of 15 or so years (bought the house 5 years ago no idea of real age). The new pump keeps tripping the dual 20A breaker every few hours. I called the company who installed it and they said I have to hire an...

Between my AC and my pool my electrical bill doubles this time of year to just over $300. I know my pump doesn’t have much life left, has been loud for 5+ years. This year I had to help it start. I can probably get the rest of the season and potentially one or two more. But if the savings...

The psi is dropping to 0 and then going back to normal. I’m getting leakage in waste even though set to filter. I replaced the spider gasket last year and had the multi port key assembly rebuilt this year as it was leaking. It is not now. the motor had to be hand started this year for the...

I have a Hayward 1HP Motor which came with the pool when I bought my house about 4-5 years ago. It was loud and was told it doesn't have much left to it. It has run great (but very loud) for that time, not a single problem. This year the motor wouldn't start and just hummed. I took the back...

I’ve been using the troublefree method for 3 years now and I love it. But closing never works for me. Every time I open it is dark green. I can recover it in about 4-5 days but is forest green crayon green. Is there any way to prevent this or is this just what to expect in New England. I...

I'm looking for a Wireless Pool Thermometer, anyone have one they use that works well? I'd like one solar but haven't seen any options for it but suspect the battery life is pretty good.

What is the verdict on this? I've been using it to close (Leslie's brand) and it is so much easier than 20 bottles of liquid chlorine every few weeks. Is it as good as liquid if it doesn't include stabilizer? It is so much easier to stock up on and carry around, but it is more difficult to...

I've asked about this before but I didn't get a clear answer. We had a new liner installed last year and there are lots of rocks under the liner. I'm guessing 10+. Most of them are not sharp but I did find at least one that is fairly pointy. The ones I refer to range from 1" round and half...

What's the consensus on this? I've been using D.E. but cellulose fiber looks very attractive due to light weight and "better filtering" but my gut tells me it's not as good and just marketing bs.

I was thinking about on getting the Hasa Liquidator this year. Is it easy to self install? Is it worth it?

How do I clean the staining on the steps?

My 001 stopped responding and now I'm not sure I can trust my powder (both from last year stored in cool dry place). I am in middle of slam so I ran to Leslie's and they have 001 but no powder but they have liquid 002.

I had brought chlorine to SLAM levels and used algae prevention (only non-TFP chemical I used all year). How could I have prevented this? I'm removing the cover and going to start a SLAM. The process I am going to do: Reinstall plugs to pump basket and filter Remove plugs from jets and...

I used TFP last year with our new pool and it worked great. I took a peek under the cover and I can see the water is green. Not a dark green but more of a light green but hard to tell until I take the cover off. We are leaving for five days on Friday and I am not sure if I should try to open...

I already started to blow out lines. This has been an on going processes as many things didn't work. Ended up going the cyclone route after testing compressor and shop vac and blow out plugs. This has been done over two weeks and I've been maintaining high FC so it will be ready. I...

What is the difference between the two drain plugs on a Hayward Super Pump? Are they both drains? If you were hooking up a compressor to blow out the lines, does it matter which one you use?

This closing is becoming a nightmare. I didn't have much luck with a shop vac so I got a home depot 150 psi 6g compressor. I set it to about 10 psi and left it running. About 5-10m later I smell burning look over and I can see sparking in the engine and can smell the motor burning. Didn't...

I'm trying to losen the safety cover bolts so we can put the cover on when done closing and they so tight they bent the Allen wrench tool.

They don't seem to be draining. I'm worried about cracked cement when I open. This is the first time closing the pool myself.

In the guide, it says to slam the pool, then let it come down to normal levels. I also read other people saying they close the pool at slam levels.

I pulled my ladder out and the two holes filled up with water. Is there anything I need to do to prevent them from freezing and cracking the cement?

I have a 20.6" x 42.6" pool that has one skimmer, one main drain and two returns. There is a third pipe run that used to be for some cleaner or something but it is currently closed off. I was thinking about making this another return and piping it into the existing returns. This will be...

I've watched a lot of videos and printed out the Pool School "Closing an in ground pool" guide. I want to do the closing tomorrow. I am comfortable with most of it, but the blowing out the lines is my biggest concern. I've seen many different ways to do it, and want to be sure I do this...

I just did my first backwash a few days ago and I noticed DE in the edges around the pool. I have read it is normal will show up in the pool but how much is considered ok? I added 8lbs to a Hayward DE7200. I noticed quite a bit in the edges and in the divots but if I was to guess i would say...

We got our first pool when we purchased our new house last year. When we opened it this year and replaced the failed liner, the company who did the maintenance gave us some advice how to maintain the pool. I never followed his advice as I learned about TFP and have been doing it since. The...

I need to slam my pool, can I continue using my M400 during this or should I keep it out?

This is our first year with this pool and on the memory weekend in May we had a new liner put on our pool. Since then, there has been at least one spot where the liner has popped out at least 2-3" wide, and currently we have 6-7 pop outs one being over a foot long. The installer has been back...