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  1. Coonspool

    Moles damage...finally ripped my liner..

    Well the moles have brought the demise of my pool. Pool is 9 years old, and they started burrowing the first year I put it up, so..It lasted 8 years with their trails in the liner. Guess that is not too bad. Seems like something from the moles or possibly other rodents damaged the foam cove. Is...
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    New filter and pump, tricks...tips....or advice for install

    So....just got new filter and pump. Hayward Power-Flo Matrix SP15922S 2 Speed 1 HP bought off amazon for 229 shipped. Hayward Pro-Series S244T 24" bought off ebay for 199 shipped. I thought those were some excellent prices, of course I bought them in January when prices were at a seasonal...
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    Chlorine and pH relationships. Chem experts knowledge?

    OK, so I am a newbie. But, I’m ignorant of pH within Chlorine relationships. I can find very much data here on Chlorine/CYA, but what about pH? Basically without getting too technical……haha, (I’ve read Chem Geeks articles) I am trying to figure out the effectiveness of Chlorine at different pH...
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    18 Dollar Shut off valves on my AGP

    I'd been searching threads looking how to install shut off valves on my filter and return. Seems like everybody went the way of hard plumbing everything. I thought I'd do a cheap and easy way. Maybe one day I'll hard plumb, but these are pretty nice for me, I love em already. Took me about an...
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    Another swamp, is it worth it? Drain or gain?

    Hello all, newbie here. First year of trying to open pool...and this is what I got. At the moment I can tell you I have done nothing to it. You'll have to forget the "How did you ever let it get like that!" questions. I had knee replacement surgery in December, didn't go well....and we'll leave...
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    Newbie from the Indiana LOOSIERS area

    Don't get me wrong...I love the HOOSIERS! Oh and before you ask...the user name is from the little critters I kept finding in our pool. Ok, had the intex 18' x 48" ring pool for 3 years, absolutely loved it, so did our neighbors cat, and their neighbors cat...and so...and so on...you get the...