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Thank you! I was worried that would be the only option. Yea, I’ve taken it off and removed it many times over the years (pump replacements, annual deep cleaning etc) and never had issues. Because of the alignment I tightened it to exactly the same point I always have (any tighter would...

I think this is the correct forum for this, if not let me know and I’ll fix it. Last summer I installed a SWG on my return line after my sand filter. The filter and multiport valve are both pretty old (2008) but in perfect working order except apparently the plastic on the output had gotten...

This makes me feel better, I was “promoted” at work and while the money will be nice I definitely don’t have the time to do this project any longer. To be fair, the install wasn’t too daunting but I was very scared of mismeasuring. This way someone else has to deal with it all. I drained the...

It’s an in-ground pool.

Oh, one other thing. I don’t live in a high water table area, is it safe for me to drain the water out if it is going to sit empty for a week or two? The side walls are plastic not steel if that matters. It is about 35% full now between drainage from the rip and evaporation so clearly isn’t...

This past winter my vinyl liner ripped badly during a round of extreme cold. It’s finally time to replace it, I’ve called around and the going rate seems to be about $3500 including new fixtures etc. I can order a new liner for under $1000 and I’m pretty handy so I’ve decided to replace it...

Thanks for the advice guys. I’ll try the gorilla glue solution until the weather warms, but I don’t know how much it would even help there is so much water behind the liner already that the edges are quite far apart and my pool level dropped about 5 inches overnight.

My pool came with my house and I estimate it is about 15-20 years old and probably has the original vinyl liner. It’s a little faded but looks good overall. Today it has finally thawed after a month in the deep freeze and a massive rip had appeared at the water level on the deep end. I don’t...

The Atwoods we have in northwest Arkansas kept it stocked all last year and randomly put it on massive sales where a case of 4 gal of 10% was like $8. They would restock the pallets right after the sale. I don't know if any of ours are stocking it yet, but will find out this weekend when I try...

It honestly won't do what you hope even with the extra capacity. It will heat it more during the day, but it will cool more each night due to increased evaporative losses and radiation. The blanket eliminates the vast majority of both and leaves only mostly convective losses. The shortening...

Atwood's in the Arkansas and Oklahoma area has 10% for $2.99 a gal or $9.99 for a case of four. Periodically it will drop to around $8 a case for a week.

This may be obvious, but it may not so I'll say it anyway. Your flow rate will drop as water level drops, especially if the end of the hose isn't substantially below pool bottom level. It may be worth your while to drain with several hoses to multiple places then when the flow rate drops too...

I got in mine this past March to fish out rocks and several branches that had sank. Wasn't my pool last year, long story. Temp was 50 but I was only in it for about 15 minutes and mid chest deep...I was very determined that day and took a hot shower quickly after. I don't know how the polar...

I've used clarifier but just the junk at Lowes, I'll get a floculant and try. At this point I really wish I had just drained it and started fresh. Our water is really cheap and I should have followed my gut instead of advice of a friend in California that probably pays 50x what I do for water...

My initial thoughts after eliminating 99% of possibilities is they may have added the calcium and dry acid together causing calcium sulfate crystals to precipitate but that should settle out too, right? I'm a biologist not a chemist. :) - - - Updated - - - Oh yea, I've deep cleaned it three...

CYA 50 (water is hazy enough that it might be closer to 40 in reality) TA 70 CH 100 PH 7.4 FC 9 CC 0 - - - Updated - - - Pictures are difficult, the liner is blue and I can see the vacuum head in three feet of water but just barely. In a glass it is hazy to the eye but a picture is not...

I moved into a new house this past winter and gained a pool with it. At the time it was a swamp with several inches of leaves and dirt in the bottom, 11 bull frogs, and countless earthworms. A long process and many gallons of chlorine later I have gotten the water from green to blue but there...

Atwoods has liquid pool shock $7.99 for 4 gallons. I'll check it out and post concentration tomorrow.

As someone in the same boat as you in regards to the pool itself (no paint issue for me), one piece of advice I can give is to deep clean by our filter. Our pool had been neglected by the previous owner for an unknown time and there was no cover in place. I was able to get to the cloudy water...

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Quick update on my progress. After searching and searching I decided to deep clean my filter, glad I did. Even after a 4 minute backeash so much stuff was coming out with a hose I setup a siphon system to catch the water upon discharge. Basically fresh water in by hose towards bottom of the...

I think there was a misunderstanding, I already did that. The only dirt in there now is microscopic dust. I got all of the tangible dirt out. I can vacuum the entire pull and not pull up any dirt now, I was explained that the dust on the step and the color on the second step, while.probably...

I don't know any further history. I bought the house on foreclosure in December , I only lived a few miles away prior so I know the weather history but that is it. I can't imagine it wasn't flooded that day, everything was. The people that lived here prior to us neglected everything, possibly...

In the picture of the step, you can see a fine dust that settles on the steps very quickly whether the pump is running or not. I have vacuumed it up countless times and it quickly resettles. I'm sure there is a large quantity of it throughout the pool, but obviously I can't see it. This area...

I couldn't at first because I was backwashing every hour or so, but once it got to where I could leave it overnight I did until this past week when I just kind of gave up. It doesn't look 2/3 full, there is 9 inches from the top of standpipe to the top of the sand level then 6 inches to the...

Whenever I attempt to upload photos, it states upload failed. Here are some Google drive pics. The second step is stained that color, it isn't representative of the water color. Thank you immensely for the help and quick responses...

Yea, that is pretty representative of my chemistry for the last few weeks. Adding enough DE to raise backpressure 1PSI (about half a cup, maybe a bit more) cause the pressure to go from 8-9 to 20 in minutes. The filter with just sand will rise to 10 or so but no higher even if on for 24+ hours...

FC 10 (slowly dwindling down over the last week with no additions since Sunday) was at 24 at that time CYA 50 TA 70 CH 100 PH 7.2 CC 0 I maintained shock levels in the pool for nearly two weeks straight at first dropped below the level at night then catching back up the next morning. Went from...

I've cleared my pond into a grey pool like thing following the excellent advice here. Problem is it hasn't gotten any less grey in a few weeks. FC loss is very low and tied to sunlight, CC is 0, and nothing is visible in the pool at all.. Just grey water. Filter can run 24+ hours without an...