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    How to waste the algae

    Great guys ok so i have not added anything and dont intend to until thumbs up from on of you. Here are some pics that may not help. Person who told me to vacuum 1st was not a pool person so not listening to that. NO Floc used I take care of the pool only. in general i dont use Floc at all and...
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    How to waste the algae

    Here are my numbers FC - 5.0; CC - 2.0 CH - 300 TA - 80 CYA - 70 PH -7.8 when i pull water from the pool the water is clear and when i brush you can see clear again . I believe that is why they told me to vacuum to waste 1st. Kind of getting conflicting reports on when to vacuum again any words...
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    How to waste the algae

    The pool is green and I spent the time to insure water was balanced correctly. It took me a week so figured now would be the time to slam to kill the algae. What I just realized is that I need to vacuum the pool better 1st as my intex vacuum just is not cutting it. The real idiot in me vacuumed...
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    Intex Sight Glass Removal

    Thank you Brett i want to remove as i am in the process of resetting up my pool and it has algae inside and did nt want to start season that way. Again thank you
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    Intex Sight Glass Removal

    How do I get that sight glass off my Intex Sand Pump. I have not seen any answers specific to the I:geek:ntex pump
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    sight glass green

    I have noticed in last week my sight glass on my intex sand filter is greenish and looking bad. I have backwashed 2x and rinsed but that still is green. Pool is perfectly clear any have any answers about that? Is there ever an occasion to open the filter and look that way? Please
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    Heater Suggestions Needed

    I am looking for suggestion on adding a heater my Intex 18 x 52 ultra frame. Mainly for comfort and to be able to swim year round. Any and all welcome
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    Fountain Question

    Chayne I would love to see you post pics of your DIY fountain I am in the middle of trying to create one
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    If its not one thing its everything HELP

    Need some hard-core advice. Due to situations out of my control we had to move in December after building a deck and hard piping my Intex 16’ x 48 ultra frame. Due to insane weather & the move at hand the pool & sand filter I had did not make it. So, I had to go back to the drawing board. Now at...
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    Going to Start Over - Need Advice

    Hello Happy Sunday Funday Do you know what year they started making poly carbonate T-connectors vs non poly carbonated?
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    Idiot alert..Harvey related

    good thoughts and prayers to you I am in Houston and this is the craziest thing I ever saw.
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    Harvey is killing us in Houston Need Suggestions

    Well don’t really even know what today regarding Harvey and the devastation it caused. I am in Houston proper and right now have managed to avoid evacuation & getting water in my house. It has been pretty much a constant effort to divert the water from coming in. Last week I asked the question...
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    Tropical Storm Harvey coming, to cover or not?

    I need some good quick advice on whether or not to cover the pool during a tropical storm. I live in Houston TX and they are predicting Harvey will make land south West of us which leave s us on the dirty side of the storm. Not so much a wind storm as they are predicting torrential rains &...
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    Intex Ultra Frame poles leaning

    I just had to deal with same exact issue. I did exactly what you were thinking but I had someone in the pool pushing the T Joint out at the same time hammering in. I also used a 6 inch 4 x 4 to break the blow to the leg. Good luck
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    Hayward above ground pool skimmer part

    I had the same issue and went back & forth numerous times to Lowes & HD looking for the fitting. I finally found couplings that did the trick. They are picey and at first i had no use for the rest of the part. Thought I would at least throw it out there. I returned so many parts that did not...
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    Bath mat under ladder

    what kind of ladder are you using Charles?
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    I Just Cut My Intex Pool For My Upgrade :-)

    would love to see an answer to that
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    Ladder advice please

    Can anyone recommend a goo, safe & sturdy In-pool ladder ?
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    Foam under intex ultra frame

    I did the weird math by turning my 16'circle into square footage and then divided by 32 ( the square footage of the sheet. I knew from the folks at TFP that i would have extra when I cut off the squared edges. When i used that formula for your size 26' I cam up with you needing 21 sheets & some...
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    Foam under intex ultra frame

    i had to start new this year due to old intex 14 x 42 frame totally rusted out. I decided to do it correctly and was on line with all the folks from TFP constantly. I went with the foam and cut out around the foam so that my legs rested on the pavers. Its remarkable how well it is working . I...
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    Pump Cover

    I would like to see what the feed back on that pump cover is. I was going to creat one as a 3 sided with plexiglass
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    Haywood eyel not enough thread & what will fit original rubber outlets

    I wanted to install the eye inlet that came with the Hayward SP1091LX Dyna-Skim and replace the one that came with pool. Once i went through the hassle i realized that there was not enough thread to catch so that i could reinstall to my filter pump.I know there has to be a solution and it is...
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