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    A little bit of sand.

    I keep getting a little bit of sand in the bottom corner of the pool. I vacuum it up and with no one swimming a few days later it is back. Usually a line about 1/2" wide bu about 18" long. Any ideas where this may come from? Any how to fix it? It has done it from day one and we have had the pool...
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    Opened today

    Cleaned off the top of the cover, pushed the button to open the automatic cover, replaced the plugs with eyeball jets, had the DW get a few leaves out of the pool, replaced the pump and filter plugs, turned on the pump did a little priming and everything came on and I was Happy, Happy, Happy...
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    Anybody using one of these?

    http://www.amazon.com/Jandy-Ei-Chlorine ... +for+pools The installation looks like a breeze.
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    Jandy SWG

    I have been looking at Jandy aquapure EI units. I like the installation and they seem like a fair price. Any comments? http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/poolsupp ... PURE35.htm
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    Any regrets?

    I am researching adding a SWG to my pool and was wondering if anyone was sorry they had one. If you google it there are some people that are really kind of down on them. Thanks in advance. All opinions welcome.
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    Proper Placement Of Return Jets

    I put the jets on last spring and didn't pay much attention to the direction they were aimed. I was wondering is there a certain way they should aim? Down, up, ccw, cw?
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    Blow out problem

    First time closing. I have an in ground vinyl pool with a Paramount floor cleaning system. Took all the gearing assembly out of the cleaner control, put the lid back on. Hooked up the air compressor to the pump. Blew out skimmer line, put in gizmo, turned off skimmer valve. Air started coming...
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    N00B here looking for guidance

    Got her open and circulating for the first time. First test results TF100 test kit: FC 24 CC 1.0 TC 25 PH 7.2 T/A doesn't register after 100 drops CYA There's no black dot in my test tube??
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    Kinda wondering....

    I'm probably a month or so away from opening my pool for the first time and am ready to go chemical shopping. I'm going to do the BBB method this year and am looking for an idea of how much of each chemical I should start the season with. I have storage available and don't want to be going to...
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    To heat or not to heat

    We finished our pool late last year (September) and did not get a heater. We have an automatic cover and I'm kinda cheep so I didn't buy a heater. The wife wants to add a heater to warm up in the spring and keep the water around 80-85 degrees. I am saying with the cover, we will have warm water...
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    "Free closing"

    Just got our pool a month or so ago and included in the price was a free pool closing, All I do is by chemicals. Hmmmm, seems like a good deal. I received a letter saying I need to buy 47 gallons of antifreeze prior to closing. I was like whoa wait a minute. Does this sound right?
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    Hey everybody

    :wave: Just signing in as a noob. We had a 16 x 32 vinyl pool put in last month and are getting te final stages of landscaping done. I'm sureto have a lot of questons because this is our first pool and we are old people. From what I've read so far I may need a degree in chemistry....