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For all of the family to enjoy the pool, I need to keep the temperature in the 88-90F range. The pool is mainly used on the weekends and some three day weekends during the summer. Is it more efficient to turn the heater off Sunday night and then turn it on 24 hours before its needed (Thursday...

When I opened the pool this season, I found that some animals (looks like raccoons) made a home under the cover, behind the rocks, beside my waterfall on the far side of my pool this past winter. They dug out a lot of dirt and pushed it over and between the rocks right into the pool. The end...

Does anyone have any experience making a "power vac"? I am looking for recommendations on what pool pump I should buy for a dedicated pool side vacuum. When I open my pool, there is a lot of dirt and debris on the bottom. Too much for my pool pump, cartridge filter and vacuum to handle. So...

I live on Long Island, NY and have gotten many differing opinions from local pool companies on water level for pool closing over the years. Some say there is no need to lower the water level. Just blow out and plug return lines, blow out main drains and blow out skimmers with gizmo. They...

My Pentair WhisperFlo WFDS-28 has been making noise all season. It makes noise like it has loose parts inside and also vibrates. Bearings maybe??? It is 10 years old. Should I repair or replace? Repair: replace bearings? Replace: just the motor (and a seal kit)? or replace the whole...

What should I do with the landscaping behind my pool? I attached one picture from August of last summer and one picture of how it looks now after the winter. I have a row of pine trees behid the pool. They have gotten too tall, they shed needles into the pool, the bottom of the trees are very...

FC levels came down over the weekend and pH has been reading 7.8 (was reading 8.2 with high FC levels). Had strong sun over the weekend followed by rain on Monday. My full set of test results are now: CL: 1 pH: 7.8 FC: 1.5 CC: .5 TC: 2 TA: 120 CH: 140 CYA: 30 I added bleach to bring FC into...

Great, I will wait for FC to drop to 10 or less to re-test pH and see where we are at.

Thanks, good advice to re-test, looking much better. Re-tested when I got home last night with the following results. This was 24 hours after adding borax and bleach with the pump running continuously: CL: > 5 (looks dark yellow while the last test was more orange) pH: 8.2 FC: 16.5 (the...

I added 4-76 oz boxes of borax and an hour later 7-121 oz 8.25% bottles of bleach as per the pool calculator. Let it circulate for another hour and re-tested to see what FC was at. pH, FC and TA were moved much more than expected. CL: > 5 pH: 8.2 FC: 32 CC: 0 TC: 32 TA: 320 CH: 180 CYA: 40...

I was half way into my last drain/refill when I read the last post and since I do not backwash (cartridge filter) I figured I would let it complete. Now my test results are as follows: CL: 0 pH: 6.8 FC: 0 CC: 0 TC: 0 TA: 110 CH: 180 CYA: 50 I picked up bleach, borax and baking soda this...

Since yesterday, I did my estimate of a 1/3 water drain and refill. Then let the pump circulate the water and re-tested CYA (twice). Both readings show a CYA of 60. Making progress. Since we are shooting for 50, I just started a second drain and refill.

I tested using 50% pool and 50% tap water in the CYA mixing bottle. I was able to completely empty the CYA bottle into the testing tube, filling it to the top and still see the black dot. Was not sure what to make of this? This made me second guess my first CYA test, so I re-tested the CYA...

Thanks for all of the quick replies. I am going to bite the bullet and start draining. Sure beats buying, transporting and carrying 19 jugs of bleach. So I should do a series of drains. Is there a risk to doing one massive drain? If yes, what is a safe level, lets say inches below the...

Just opened the pool yesterday and the good news is the water is clear and I can see to the bottom at the deep end. After reading through pool school, I made the decision to switch from running back and forth to the pool store with water samples and blindly following advice and using the stores...