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Howdy all, had some serious staining on my walls last year, they would wipe off with the ol vitamin c trick, and when I pulled my light for the winter, a bunch of bright orange rust came out with it. Called the pool company, they haven’t been out yet. I managed to drain the pool enough to get a...

Just opened in west Michigan, thanks to TFP the pool was CRYSTAL clear when I took the cover off. Still had FC upon test! One question: Is there any reason for me to SLAM? Thanks y’all!

Hello everyone, having a bit of a problem. I had another thread about cya not registering, with no reply but it seems my issue is a little bigger. Long story short I started with a fresh fill, and couldn’t get CYA to register. Maybe the water was too cold, plus I didn’t know about the sock...

Moderator comment: This post was separated from another thread Not op, just following. I am having this same problem. Opened to a fresh fill, water was too cold for stabilizer to dissolve, FC fell to 0, now I can’t get any chlorine. I just put 4 jugs of 10% in and 40 minutes later I’m at...

Hey all, so I filled the pool this year with fresh water, it was 58 degrees and I couldn't get any of the stabilizer to disolve. Since then, I've continued to maintain the bleach, ph, TA. With the water getting warmer, (80 now) I did the sock method (as much as I could fit in at once), it took...

Hello, my intermatic timer model t103 finally stopped spinning. I’m replacing it with an exact model, but my old timer, the spot where the ground wire goes has nothing hooked up. What am I missing here?

Ph 7.5 TA 130 FC .5 Cc .5 Tc 1.0 CH 140? (Out of the tap?) Cya 0 Freshly painted! Haven’t added anything yet, the water is almost to the skimmer after 29 hours, so I can start running the filter soon. I’ve bought dry stabilizer, dry calcium chloride and liquid bleach. What’s first? Slam and...

Hey folks, I am going to be painting my concrete pool in West MI within the next few weeks. I know paint is not recommended and that I should have it plastered, but that’s not an option At the moment, and it’s been 10 years since the pools seen some fresh paint I’m guessing. So I have a crack...

So my old cover from last year is not going to cut it, intheswim just so happens to have a big sale on winter covers. There is the Super polar plus 2 which I believe is the same cover I've had for years, but there is also the micro mesh cover for 20 bucks more. Does anyone know if this is a...

Thought I'd share this with you all! My neighbors house got foreclosed before winter last year, pool was neither winterized nor covered. Here it is present day. Check those vines out :( Half tempted to swish around some bleach in there! The frogs that were peaceful at first are now an all...

72 degrees! Couldn't resist, just vacuumed and she was a sparklin' 84 outside here in west Michigan! Little too cold for Brutus yet :) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk v.

Hello, I have a hayward EC-65 (DE Filter) which only contains a "backwash valve" that I open on the back of the filter when I want to backwash. I have a lot of vacuuming to do. Basically I am wondering if I can close the main drain valve (leaving skimmer open), open the backwash valve and just...

Hey everyone I am in the process of closing my pool, while draining on backwash mode, when the water got close to the skimmer line I closed the skimmer valve, there then was a significant increase in the amount of bubbles seen through my pump too. Is there a leak in my return from the main...

Hey all, about to get things in order to close my pool but I've kind of slacked on it in the past few weeks as it has been to cold to swim. FC 1.5 Cc .5 Tc 2 Ph 8+ Ta 70 Ch 170 Cya 60 Obviously my chemicals are off! Any suggestions on wether to add soda first and then handle the ph after? Or...

Hey just a quick question, closing real soon here in michigan.. My 3rd year closing but I am confused on how blowing my main drain keeps water out of it? I never really thought about it, just followed instructions from the previous home owner, but anyways.. I use a shop vac and when bubbles...

So I just noticed this crack in my pool wall. I've known about the one on the white boarder but didn't really think Anything of it. Well now as you can see the crack is in the actual pool wall and I put goggles on and te crack gets thinner and thinner but goes to almost the bottom (shallow end)...

Hey guys! got my kit and my pumps been operating for about a week now. :whoot: Had a few questions regarding the colors, and my FC. FC 11 CC 0 TC 11 TA 130 PH 7.5 CYA 50 CH 300 So, is this "red" for my alk? and is this blue for my CH? or am i looking for darker shades :? Also I am...

So just installed a new Hayward EC-65 DE Filter. It's the same model I had in there. Towards the end of the year, the old filter was getting really loud, making a gurgling noise like there was always bubbles sloshing around in there, and there was bubbles coming out of 2 out of the 3 jets. I've...

Welp, I have to do it! Opening the pool today in west Michigan, It's about 64 degrees out. Tired of waiting, and I have a busy schedule coming up, so its either a little early or way late! Got my TF-100 a few weeks ago and I'm excited to get some numbers going. I just purchased the house but I...

Hello everyone, howdy from the north =) I am currently in the process of purchasing this house from my grandmother. It's got this great pool that I have swam in since I was a kid, and now it has become my responsibility, woohoo! First year was a real balancing act with not understanding...

Hello all, first time posting on this site, second year as a pool owner. I have browsed the forums as a guest and solved a few problems. I must say that everyone here is great with all the helping and knowledge! However, I have a problem with my pump. Today I noticed that my jets were not on...