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We’re going on vacation for a week … usually my husband stays home but this year he’s going with us (yay!) Estimated 30k gal free form in-ground How do I know how many tablets to float while we’re gone? Multiple floaters? Help!

I havent done a full run since I've been back. Not sure what that has to do with what seems to be air in the system ...

Chemical levels high - slam level husband dumped liquid chlorine in - can’t find tablets anywhere local here

Water level is good Skimmer pulling water just fine

Went on vacation … came back to a green pool … filter making whooshing sound … returns are full flow and spitting water at the same time … had the discharge line replaced while I was gone (just rerouted a different direction) … took apart the multi port and checked connection … took apart the...

Unfortunately here in small town IN we have very minimal choices in the pool maintenance department right now ... I'm buying what I can find.

Can anyone tell me how to calculate? how much to use for maintenance? Granule Shock says 55% chlorine (stabilized) /lb Liquid is 10%/gallon I was going to bring my FC down and trial and error to see how much I need to use but 2nd thought is "that's super wasteful and time consuming" TIA!

Ours has to run constantly already

I'm guessing it's a 40k pool - Free Form & 10 Feet Deep - No CLUE how to even measure it's gallons.

So we are a chlorine pool currently ... We are thinking of switching to an SWG to take the headache out for me. I've been told by a fellow pool owner that yes it isn't expensive up front for the equipment but after that the only thing I have to buy is annual salt and then MA if my PH spikes...

We can't drain our pool bc our water table is too high and it will heave out of the ground. We're also on a well so we don't have a water meter LOL!

In his defense, he doesn't get in the pool or sit next to it. He works outside so has ZERO interest in being outside anymore than he has to be lol But thanks for the support! LOL

Just had a thought brought to light from another thread. I've been advised to add a sock to my skimmer to keep the stupid helicopters out of my impeller. How they're making it to the impeller after passing 2 baskets is beyond me but also irrelevant for this post LOL! My secondary skimmer...

They sink once they get past the first skimmer and get sucked in through the main drain, I think? Honestly, not sure how they get in there because they go through 2 baskets before hitting the impeller .... Interesting. I'll add a sock to help with that issue, thanks!

Perfect, thank you.

Oh I like that! I love my friends, but sometimes I just need to breath and enjoy silence or kids giggling. Perhaps I should make Saturday visitor day and Sunday MY day?

As you can see in my profile pic, I have a free form pool. How in the world do I measure to get a round-about guesstimate on how many GALLONS my pool is?

I personally don't get to get in often as I'm too busy catering to everyone else who DOES get to get in. We will have to do the plastering ourselves as I've yet to find a company who will come out. I can't even find a company to come out and clean the pool and add chemicals while we're on...

I'm having an internal issue - please tell me I'm not alone in this! To put it simply, I am feeling used because I have a pool. People invite themselves over. Eat my food, drink my booze. Ask if they can hang poolside when I'm not home. Clearly I have issues telling people no because this...

How hard would it be for one to switch from a chlorine to salt water pool? What all is entailed, is it pricey, etc? Is the upkeep for an SWG less maintenance and cost in the long run? Are the chemicals easier to balance? Tell me all you know!

Hi! Been a while since I've needed any advice! Yay Me? Update: still hate my pool and being a pool owner. This will never change until I'm living surfside in an Airstream with my cats! Anywho! I have an issue and I need advice! The paint in my free-form pain the in the @$$ pool is...

So because this year hasn't been hard enough on my family ... I am now dealing with a burnt up pump. A little history: came home from a trip a couple weeks ago to water so low it wasn't pulling into the skimmers and 0 pressure. Noticed a few week prior to that that the pump was leaking in...

Thanks for the advice guys! Makes me feel better!

Sooooo we have a concrete free form in-ground 10 ft at the deep end ... was going to drain, power wash and have water trucked in before starting up for the season this year. Can't get rid of the black spots on the bottom of the pool floor, thinking maybe bc the existing paint is chipping...

Liquid Shock - Added MA to bring PH down really low to build back up during shock process - cleared right up (no foam - not color of water) - 2 days later foam overgrowth - Don't use algaecide per this site Will get test results this evening. Added 2 gallons last night - 1 gallon this morning...

Exactly what my thread is titled? What? In all my years at my home I've never experienced this nor know where to start. Left for vacation 3 weeks ago for a week. Came back to a green pool. No amount of chlorine is touching it. The foam was LITERALLY crawling out of my skimmer this morning...

Need advice on where to start. Algae is dying/dead - go to vacuum and it doesn't suck it off the bottom but floats away when the vac head is down there. So it isn't STUCK to the pool floor. Suction is good at the skimmer. What do I do? No pool company will come out to test their own equipment...

Water is in the sight glass always on filter .... Rick states that it shouldn't be. Completely lost. Also can't find where to bleed the air from the filter.

No pressure reading in any position I feel like in previous years there's been water in the sight glass - maybe I'm just stressed Pools are for the birds (and in my case, frogs)

FINALLY got pressure from the pump due to a severely clogged impeller. Now have ciruclation and pressure, HOWEVER, no reading on the pressure gauge and no water in the MPV sight glass when on FILTER. Any clue? It's a new problem every year!