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This one is an inside twist, I have seen outside twist poles which are cheaper. I was told by the pool store that the cheaper one breaks easily. ( so why sell It) Anyway, any thoughts?

I have a blue telescoping pole for connection to brushes and it will not twist open to telescope. I have even gently used a pipe wrench to twist it and it will not budge. Any thoughts?

I live in Houston, TX and was wondering what I should do before a freeze. Do you just keep the pump running 24/7?

FC 5.5, CC 0, pH 7.8 TA 120, CH 340, CYA 40, Temp 90, Prior to party. So I added 6 cups of 6% chlorine and 4 cups of acid 4 hours prior to party and ran the pump and cleaner until party started. Usual daily pump run is 8 hours, daily cleaner is 3 hours. It just occured to me that debris...

My chemistry is checked daily and the water is crystal clear prior to a party. I have an in floor cleaning system which appears to be working quite well. After a party for 15 little girl scouts (age 11) the pool is cloudy. Is this just dust that the cleaner is not getting? Any thoughts?

Get the TFT test kit. you will fix things more quickly having accurate test. Do you have access to bleach. I think you have used enough powder. Switch to bleach. Once you get control you will never let anyone touch your pool, including your wife!

My waterfall is about 7 tons of moss rock, so the water flows over a lot of flat surface and gets pretty well aerated. If I lower pH to 7.0, how long would I have to aerate to bring the pH back up?

I have a 17000 gal pool with spill over spa, ozonator, jug dumping, 50ppm of borate. The pool looks great, perfectly clear but my pH keeps drifting to 7.8. I have some iron staining so am trying to keep pH a little closer to 7.5. I am having to add about a quart of acid every week to get the...

I am getting a tremendous amount of pine needles in the pool. I scoop alot out but still have a bunch in the skimmer. Could this increase pH? Any other problems? Are pine needles bad for the landscaping

Oh the pool is great, numbers are fine. I just don't know what to do with these pucks that are not dissolving. I add liquid chlorine everyday. I'll try looking at the o rings, thanks.

My pH seems to want to be around 7.8. I do not have SWG. Just doing the BBB. todays result FC 4, CC 0, pH 7.8 TA 150, CH 360, CYA 70. I added 1 gal of chlorine and 1q 2cups of MA. I added a similar amount of MA last week. Chlorine use is about 3q a day. I do have a nice waterfall that...

I have recently switched to BBB method but 3 weeks ago the feeder was half full. I turned it all the way up and expected all of the tabs to dissolve. I checked it today and I see no appreciable change. Any ideas?

Is OK flagstone hard enough to use with Salt systems in Houston TX? How about AZ flagstone?

Zea3, I am an Anesthesiologist and about once a week I am gone for 24+ hours, about once a month I am gone for 72 hours. My pad is pretty full but I have crushed granite around it so I think I have room for other equipment. I currently have a ozonator which I would probably no longer use( what...

I just built a beautiful pool with an ozonator and puck chlorine feeder. For the last couple of monthe I've had 2 algae blooms. I have switched to BBB now but was considering Liquidator or a SWG any comments?

I live in Houston where it is hot and sunny. I'm using about 2 qts of 10% bleach per day. The water is beautiful. This usage is pretty consistent because yesterday I was out of town for a day and calculated the amount to last 2 days. This morning when I got home the FC was 3 (below my min of...

My pool builder gave me some Hayward lens covers for the pools lights but they don't fit. The lights don't have a name on them. Does anyone use lens covers for there lights?

I have poured it in the stream that come out of the spa, which I am sure is 50-60 gpm and I don't pour too slowly just slow enough not to have splash up. I know it is more dense that water but why would you need to pour so slowly?

I recently added borates with Borax and Muriatic acid in a pool of 17000 gal. The most time consuming part was finding the Borax. I had to go to a couple of stores to get enough. Once home though it took about an hour to add in everthing according to the instructions. I spent about $50. Now...

These spots are in the deep end. How long do I hold the different substances to the spot?

OK here are the results. FC 7.5 put in 2 quarts at 4pm. CC 0.5 pH 7.5 T/A 130 CH 320 CYA 50 Temp 91 degrees The spots don't appear to be raised. I haven't used any copper based algaecides but I am not aware of metal in my water but I guess they could be metal. How can I tell?

I'm a recent pool owner and I went with in line chlorinator and ozonator. I did not have the advantage of finding this site prior to building my pool. If I could do it over I would have gone with the salt water chlorine generator and followed the BBB method right off the bat. It would have...

My pool is crystal clear and the overnight FC does not change. All drop test are normal except CH is 360 In the deep end I see a couple of spots that are brownish/yellow. These spots do not change when I brush them with a wire brush and do not appear to be growing or changing. How do I...

Actually I do have the intellitouch system not the easy touch

My in-floor pool cleaner has a main drain and 90 degrees out from that has two pop ups that shoot water back towards the main drain. I also have a VS pump. I have noticed that these two pop ups pop up all the time while the pool is filtering not just when the cleaner is working (which is when...

I have an intelliflo with easy touch panel. There is an app for the iphone but I have'nt tried it yet. Anybody use the iPhone for control?

I have been running my pool pump for 10 hours a day and currently have crystal clear water. I am running at 3000 rpm, which currently gives me 1.9 turnovers/day. I am thinking of running at 1500 rpm for 16 hours which would be 1.4 turnovers/day. Does this sound reasonable? What do I watch for?

How long should I run the in-floor system, what is the end point?

My cartridge filter is also a couple of months old and I have not cleaned it. I don't know what the starting psi level was but now it is 20 psi with the pump running 3000 rpm. Does that sound reasonable? I just started charting it today.

I was convinced by my pool builder that salt water would be harmful to my flagstone, I went with ozonator and puck feeder. If I had known then what I know now I would have gone with SW. I am out of town frequently so just liquid chlorine is going to be tough to maintain. Once the puck feeder...