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I have a 24' round AG pool and last winter we had a 24' winter cover on it. Even though I tied milkjugs to it, the wind would billow under it and over the winter it rubbed the finish off some of the aluminum top plates. The cover barely went over the edge of the top plates in most locations...

Interesting point dschlic1. I added a 4x20 one piece panel to our pool this spring (ground level). I have a 1 hp single speed Hayward pump which pumps about 50-75gpm. The pressure on the sand filter shows a gain of about 2 lbs. The manual for the panel states the increase should be no more...

I always wondered why our pool was cooler than a friend of mine's. Today, I tossed another thermometer in the pool. The one that we had been using said it was 84. The new one said it's 92. Guess I know why our pool was cooler now. :-D

One local Walmart has the 172 oz 6% Value bleach for $1.25. In the other local stores, it's $2.28. I don't know why the difference, but I'm happy with that price.

Poolman Solar heater Has anyone bought one of these units? If so, I'd be interested in your review. I'm looking at either adding a Fafco unit (4x20) or this unit. I'm thinking a one 4x20 unit is better than 2 2x20 units since there would be less connectors. Thanks

Thanks guys, I'll keep in mind the bacteria and will raise the FC in the AM of those heavier use days.

I run my pool with a CYA of 30 and keep the FC around 3 or so. On a day like today with heavy swimmer load and lots of sun, I will check the pool at 8AM and it will have 3 FC but by 4PM it's down to 0 FC. If I load back up the clorine to 4 - 5 FC, what's the best guess of running into a...

I have 3 Walmarts within an hours drive of each other. The Ultra Bleach 174oz bottles are $2.25 at two stores. The third store has it for $1.25. Heck, on the next shelf down, they have the 3 Qt bottle for $1.19, which is the same price as the other two stores for that size. So, I've...

FWIW.. Walmart carries the Duration pucks, which think are 46% instead of the 60+% ones that had a wrapper around them.

The PB installed a Skimsaver Lid'L'Seal (Link here) on my skimmer. Due to the fit of it, they didn't put the wier in the skimmer. After looking at it tonight, I think I could get the wier to fit in the holes as the holes are partially covered by the Lid'L'Seal. Is it really worth the effort...

It was replaced with another Hayward 166T. If I had to do it over again, based on the reading here and PF, I'd probably request a larger filter for added filtration. Just curious but: Have you called Sta-Rite about it? What do they say? Do you have Zeo or Sand? Do you run it 24x7 or on a...

To give an update and closure on this issue, the PB came out and replaced the filter and put in new Zeobrite media. Later that day, I vacuumed off the dirt/zeo/whatever off the bottom of the pool. That was two days ago, and I just checked tonight and I have just a couple little spots where I...

Thanks Kurtv and Matt.. Yeah, HDTV's comments made a lot of sense to me. I have a 1HP Powerflo Matrix pump with the Hayward 166T filter that hold 100lbs of sand. I assume they added 50lbs of Zeo. Also, I can cut down the pressure by turning down the skimmer shut off valve.. I think the...

After giving it some more time, I'm calling the PB again tomorrow to look at the filter and/or replace. We lost power at the house and the filter went from 21lbs last night back to clean pressure of 18lbs when I came home. Of course, the pool bottom has junk on the bottom again. Sigh...

Thanks Jason and Matt for the replies. To followup with a question then based on what Matt wrote: Is the reason why it released was not due to the pump being shut off, but more due to me setting the filter / skimmer to OFF thereby releasing the pressure of the water in the pool? My point is...

I have a Hayward 166 Sand filter and Zeobrite as the media. I've been dealing with a problem ever since the pool was installed 2 weeks ago. I had cloudy water after the Zeobrite was backwashed, and found small white material in the bottom of the pool. After a close to a week with no...

If your well water is like mine, it may be high in metals like iron. That's the reason why I have a softener in the first place. I would think that you would be better to use softened water since most if not all of the iron content would be out of the water. Someone with a lot more experience...

Waterbear: In your opinion, is sand + a little DE as good or better than a cartridge? Also, out of curiosity, since I have Zeo installed already, can DE be added to Zeo as you've described?

I have a Hayward sand filter with Zeobrite based on the suggestion of the PB. I talked to two builders, one suggested cartridge and one suggested Sand w/Zeo. The one that suggested cartridge is known to be more of a high volume, more chemicals kind of a company. The PB suggesting sand/zeo...

Thanks for the input. I didn't drop any bleach in last night, but I'll make sure that I drop some in tonight and then measure the FC in an hour or two just to make sure they appear on the test strips. I'll get the water in to verify the CYA setting and drop more stabilizer in to get the CYA...

We just purchased a 24' round pool and I'm getting the water adjusted. We had a Intek pool before, and I always used test strips. I never had an issue with algea, but I probably put too much chlorine in it a few times. With the new pool, I've purchased the test strips and the HTH 6 way kit...