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    Help with a skimmer door problem

    I inherited the pool when I bought the house. I have no ideal what the brand is. The problem is the skimmer door. It doesn't have pins. The pins are on the skimmer and the door snaps into the pins. The problem is when we a swimming in the pool the door comes off. Which in turns all the...
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    Should I be concern

    I have somewhat of a dilemma. This spring I had a contractor install a new liner. After draining as much water as he could he used a shovel and made a trench so all the water and debris would flow out the back of the pool. Before installing he covered back the whole and smooth all the sand and...
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    above ground top rail cap

    quick question. One of my top rail caps is missing, and can't find it anywhere. I inherited the pool when I bought the house and have no idea who made the pool. The pool is probably 7 years old. Anybody know where I could find a generic cap or some way to cover the sharp edges and screws that...
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    help with a new intex sweg

    Hello All! I just bought a new intex sweg, got it hooked up put in 250 lbs of salt, had the kids swim and ran the filter for 1 1/2 days. I have the salt test strips that were recommended on this board. Tested the water it was 2700. Started the sweg ran it for 2 hours stopped it started it...
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    intex swg model confusion

    Hi All I am thinking of buying a intex swg. I have been doing the BBB for 3 years and I want to covert to a salt pool. The question I have is there are 3 models out there 56601E, 54601EG, and 54605EG. Does anybody know what the difference of those are? Thanks in advance!!
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    My first big mistake of the year

    :oops: I messed up real bad :oops: ....I put in about 1 lb of cya, and using my test kit TF-100 I got no results for over a week (the water was in the 60's), So I added more. Now the test reads 90. I only use bleach, and except for leaving town for over a week. I don't plan on using anything...
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    new TF-100 test label

    I have used up all the blocks on my TF-100 test kit label and have erased them but it is hard to write the numbers on it now. Does anybody a have a downloadable label that we can d/l and print out, or is there some other source to get them, or do we have to just make our own? Can someone help...
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    should I be concerned

    Hey everybody, a great day to be a pool owner!! With temps at 102 HOT HOT HOT!!!! Any way I have a question. Every day I have some stuff at the bottom of the pool. I have to vacum almost everyday, but must ever other day. At first I was thinking it was algae, my wife says it looks green...
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    can I keep my baracuda ranger going while on a 4 day weekend

    I am leaving on thurs comming back Sunday, maybe Monday. Can I leave the barracuda vacume going while I am gone I have it connected to the pump with a timer. I will shock it before I leave. We will leave in the morning, tommow. Thanks!
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    quick question about solar covers

    We have a blue solar cover, we used it when it was too hot, but know its getting in the upper 90,s and today 100 do I still use it. I don't like the water too hot, and during the day the water can be 90. Also when going on vacaction for a week should I use it. I am thinking the hotter the...
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    I am confused

    My pool numbers are as follows using a TF 100 fc 7 cc 0 DC 7 PH 7.5 TA 130 cya 5.0 Leslies says FC 6 cc 0 ph 7.8 cya 100 I am pretty confident My tests are more reliable than leslies. The real problem is I had clear and good water when I left home{fc was at 6...
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    Hi from Oklahoma

    I'm born and raised in Rochester, NY. I left and never came back (too cold). I have lived in El Paso, Texas for 22 years. I retired from the Army, then I have been working as a army generator mechanic as a civilian. Now the brac (base realignment)moved me, So Now I work at Ft sill. Got a...