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Hello, In the past week, the chicago area has been receiving lots of rain. Last night we must have received a deluge. Anyways my yard is on the lower end of the block and drainage from neighboring yards had eventually created a river that flowed into my pool. The pool is a mess, which that I...

I live outside the Chicago area. I too found my water level about 5 inches lower than when closed in october. We had only one real snow event this winter, little rain, and a late freeze. I believe the issue was just evaporation especially with the strange temperature changes we had this winter

Hi, One of my sons complains of blurry eyes that are watery and sometimes burn the next morning after swimming a lot in our pool. He wears goggles 90% of the time, so whatever water that gets in his eyes would be minimal. I am thinking he is very sensitive to CYA which this year I have my...

Hi, I have noticed that when measuring the pH with my Taylor kit, that after the initial reading (10seconds or so) if I let the sample sit in the tube over a minute or more, the sample darkens towards the higher Ph range. I assume this is normal and readings should be taken immediately ...

Hi I thought I would share this one. I have been a steady lurker for a while picking up many tips to maintain clear water. Lately my pump pressure has been steadily increasing and sometimes while vacuuming I would see dirty water coming back through the returns. I thought initially that my...

Hello, is this pool new to you? I am local too in the chicago area. For whatever reason, this was a "dirty" winter. My pool was hazy/cloudy on opending. It tool about 48 hours of continuous filtering with DE added and multiple backwashed to get whatever it was out. First half day I was...

Hello, Welcome to the Forum. That is a beutiful pool. I have a 70's era inground pool that one day will need the type of service you had done (re-coating of the vermiculite) with a new liner. I am in the Chicago area and it is possible your pool company may venture that far. I had a few...

Hello I have a pool close in age but vinyl walls. It had the black poly pipe you describe. It was replaced in 1990 with HDPE pipe which from a repair standpoint has similar challenges - standard PVC glues do not stick. Where they did connect this pipe to PVC they used clamps and what looked...

Hello everyone, I have an old inground pool that we inherited with a home purchase last year. We love the pool and have crystal clear water thanks to the information gained here. The previous owner had a new liner installed presumably to prepare the house for sale in May of last year. I had...

Hello, I have an older (early 2000's) jacuzzi sand filter with the DVK-7 multi port valve on top. After backwashing the filter discharges some ultra fine crud back into the pool when it is set to filter again - it not a big deal, just annoying. I have read elsewhere here that the "rinse"...

TFP to close this out. The mystery pipe was HDPE High density polyethylene used in irrigation and potable water supply systems. No idea why anyone installed this for my pool. But long story short I ripped it all out and replaced with PVC except for a 5 foot section where it goes under the...

ok the folks at INYO pools claim to have this part. I ordered it as part number 4685-14 for 9.99 in case anyone else needs this. Beats buying the whole new multi port for 130 bucks.

Hello, Briefly, last year we took ownership of a new "old" pool with our home purchase. The owner at the time did not have an eyeball on the closest jet to the pump, and the two times I heated the pool last fall i noted that the water from this "open" return was nice and warm if not a little...

Hi, I have a Jacuzzi 225L sand filter with a 7 position multiport model 39263009 tag indicates the manufacture is Jan 2000. The gasket under the diverter handle cover is shot. It started to draw in air after the pump was shut down (but did not leak under pressure) causing all kinds of...

Update to pass along I am still trying to identify what this pipe is but wanted to share what did get my pool running again to help somebody later. It seems my issue is wherever this blue slightly oval pipe was connected to PVC these joints failed or will fail It is not PVC so my quest to...

It is 1.5 inch Re piping the suction line will be the eventual solution but the suction line goes the long way around the 32 foot pool so the pipe run is easily 75 feet or more. Big project time to re pipe Meanwhile I cut a section and glued it to a PVC coupling using Oakley purple and it...

Thanks. The pipe is semi rigid but you can not bend by hand like flex PVC. It is bent around my concrete pool deck and held in place with rebar. The previous repair was somehow connected with a standard schedule 40 PVC connector with that might have been blue pool PVC glue. I would like...

Hi All, So I have struggling with a huge air leak in my suction system. Today after fighting wth the pump and cavitation in the pump I was determined to find it. The pool company wanted to pressure test and sonar etc for $$$$. I fabricated a hose connection to my skimmer inlet, closed the...

Thank you. I will just have to be patient

Hi I am really fighting with getting CYA to dissolve in my 45 degree water. I have tried the sock in skimmer approach but I am only pumping about 4 hours a day and this is going nowhere. Has anyone tried to put the sock in a tablet floater and just let it sit? Any concerns if that floater gets...

Thank you all for your answers. This very much confirms what I have learned. I am off to the store today to get stabilizer of which pool math tells me I need about 120oz for a starting target of 40. I did let the sample warm and repeated it twice. Based on my conversations with the previous...

Hello, just uncovered and started the processes of cleaning up the pool after a brutal winter. The winter was spent learning here. We are a new homeowner as of September 2013 with an old but nice in ground pool. The previous owner had a new liner put in may 2013 obviously with a total fill...

Hi - 2nd question as a new pool owner in the chicago area. Pool is a 16-32 steel frame inground unit. The pool was closed 3rd week of septermber due to issues with pool mechanics to be fixed in the spring. It was shocked prior to final winterizing. The pool was covered using a meyco mesh...

Hello - This is a great place for information. I just recently purchased a home outside of chicago with a steel frame inground pool measuring about 20 x 40 or 22,000 gallons. The pool is old, built in 1975 and does have some significant evidence of ground heaving as the sides of the pool are...