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We are putting a retaining wall on the north side of our pool where it is a foot roughly below grade. Question is we will be installing 4" perforated drain pipe on the pool side. Is it necessary to also install drain pipe behind the retaining wall? The wall will be about 14" high at the highest...

Thank you for the response. I've learned so much from this forum & pool school. I've had trouble keeping my PH in the normal range. The pool supply just wants to sell me PH decreaser. Hopefully I can get the TA down, and be able to manage the PH easier. I'm on my way to a trouble free pool!

I'm on round 2 of trying to lower my TA. I'm using my eye return pointed up to aerate. It only took a few hours after I added the muratic acid the first time for the PH to rise back up to 7.8. My TA was around 230 & only dropped to 210 with the first treatment. My question is should I only add...

Thanks everyone! I wish I would have known about this site before getting the pool. It seems like the pool supply stores just want to take your money. I spent so much on products for the algae problem last year that didn't work that they told me to use. I had to go back & buy more products they...

As far as the stabilizer being low does that mean I need to add more Initiator? Is there something else I can use that will work the same that's not made by Omni? The chemicals are very expensive & I have to order them from Leisure Living because no pool supply stores anywhere around me carry...

I have a 24x48 above ground pool. It has a Hayward Power-Flo Matrix 1 1/2hp pump with Sandmaster SM2106T sand filter. The pool & equipment is new as of Aug 2010. We have had problems every year! I'm new to pool ownership & operation. Last year I had an algae problem due to using cheap chlorine &...