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We've been doing our own closings but I was curious on the cost. When we built our pool in 2015 the cost to close was $300...now it's $1299! That includes 1 whole gallon of antifreeze. I've never seen a pool company warranty any closing issues and I guess the demand is so high they charge...

I have two sets of DE grids from my S7D75 sta-rite 3 filter and it's cleaning time for set that's been running all summer. I'm reading about TSP and about ahh-some. I have both on hand but seems like using ahh-some would be a better/easier choice as long as it removes oils. Pool is used by a...

I bought a salt cell from InyoPools 2/2021 and installed 5/2021. This year it's consistently reading low and flashing. I tested my salt level and it's 3070. Sometimes the cell reads 600, sometimes 1900 and occasionally it'll read 3100. It must be generating because FC is hovering around 3-5...

We're on our 3rd pool pump motor in 7 years. The motor sits in shade until the heat of the day starts and then it's in full sun until evening, it'll start just fine after it's cooled off. When I placed an umbrella over the motor it stayed running all day. We can't continue to use the umbrella...

I found a parts catalog for my coverstar cover but I'm not understanding if my pool deck is right or left. The part I need is A0164 or A0165 depending on right or left. Automatic Pool Cover Parts. To me the pool deck is to the left and the pool is to the right.

Our Coverstar auto cover roll up tube corroded and fell apart (6 years old). The regional parts supplier said this is common with salt pools and recommended extruded aluminum for the next roller tube. I'm hoping this one lasts longer! Should I be hosing the mechanism off with fresh water or...

With the pandemic apparently everyone wanted a pool built last year. Our pool guys are unable to get parts for our auto cover. Our roller drum corroded on our Coverstar auto cover and we need a new one. I heard from the electrical sub that some of the pool builders are having to bribe the...

We have a Rheem P-M206A-EN-C and serial number starts with 1508 so I assume it was made in 2015 when the pool was built. The display has been janky for the entire time we've had it, mostly it's just unreadable but still there. Now the display is blank and the heater is not working at all. I...

Our aluminum roll-up tube is corroded and parts are hard to come by right now and we'd like to use the pool. How can we manually remove the cover ourselves so we can use the pool (our cover is encapsulated if that makes a difference)? We realize we'd have to leave it off until a new drum came...

I leave my cover on when the pool is not in use and run the pump at night in these hot temperatures. The water is well over 100 degrees in the top layer under the cover. Is this bad for the liner? The water showed 108 after circulating for about 10 minutes, 20 minutes after that it was 92. I...

As you can see from the picture I have ports to use for winterizing. I have gizmos for the two skimmers and black plugs for the four returns. I drain the pool just below the skimmer since I have an autocover. Blue S1/S2 = skimmers (valves purple) and MD=main drain (also valve purple) Green =...

I use "lil green" to dump the water out and prevent the bead from dropping down the drain. Culinary Elements 6-inch Mini Colander with Double Handles and Deep Bowl

Liner is 3 years old, is this excessive fading?

I don't know what's in the HTH DE filter "aid" but it's not like traditional DE powder, it doesn't stick to the grids. I've had issue with pressure rising too fast and when I take the filter lid off (I do this instead of backwashing) the "DE" isn't on the grids, it's just sitting at the bottom...

I removed and hosed out my T-9 salt cell and it looks like it's brown on the side where the water was coming from the heater, the other side looked normal. Does the heated water damage the cell? I'm wondering if I should use a dummy cell at the beginning of the season when we run the heater...

My grids are 2 summers old and were hosed off at the beginning of the season (May) but NOT soaked in TSP. My pressure is normally 10 and has been going up to 15 fast, within a few minutes after backwash. Pool is clear and so I figured it must be something with the DE filter. Last night we...

What position should the multi port valve be when I'm going to clean the filter? We took apart the filter this weekend and DE and debris went back into the pool when we started it back up (after it was all cleaned off and put back together) so it must have been in the lines. thanks

We have a lot of air in the pump basket and returns, I tried lubing up the gasket with silicone based lube. We also lubed up the o-rings and made sure they were in correctly. Skimmers are running fine, no vortex, water level is up a little higher than normal as part of my troubleshooting and...

This is our first year with new pool. About a month ago the pipe shown in the picture started dripping. Is it possible this is what is causing the large air bubbles coming out of the returns and in the pump basket? We also have a hard time getting it to prime after cleaning the DE filter. I...

This is our first year with a pool. The PB hasn't pool schooled us and has been dropping by once in a while to check on things. They normally backwash and throw 5 pucks in the skimmers. I wait till they leave and pull the pucks out. My FC is 9.5 with the swg at 10% so I'm trying to find the...

We have a new pool, was put in fall of 2015. I just dosed with MA to bring PH and TA down, and I will add stabilizer tomorrow to continue to bring CYA up. I have a Taylor k2006 test kit. Results are: FC 14 (PB had swg set at 50%, I put it to 0%for now) CC 0 PH 7.4 (was 8.0, added MA this...