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Hi, I called to install an SWG and the pool guy said watch out for high calcium and copper piping. The question is what sort of calcium level should I look out for. Also how can I tell whether the piping is copper? Do I just dig a little bit at the ground where the piping is and just hope it...

DE pump. For some reason especially at night it will still be on but have no flow or suction. When I look at the pressure gauge its around 15 -20 but the pressure needle is jittering. What could be wrong?

Hi, I haven't been adding anything to the pool except liquid chlorine. When I last measured it the pH was 8.4 or thereabouts. I thought liquid chlorine pH changes were supposed to be temporary and balance out at the end. Will I have to add muriatic acid? At what chlorine level is it safe to swim...

Hi, there is a leak in the backwash and I am trying to get it out to possibly replace the orings but it seems to be rammed in really tight. It looks like this... With all the screws removed of course. Is there a n effective way to get it out? I tried some tricks I saw in youtube but it...

Hi, have a pentair filter, water is leaking out of the backwash and I think it is an issue with the push pull backwash valve. Unfortunately I'm not sure what type of valve/orings to get. AMazon has a couple that look identical. The valve is just sitting there with no obvious way to tell which...

hi, so water is leaking out through the backwash, I suppose through the valve. I don't have time to do a replacement job at the moment so would it still be okay to add DE to the filter or would that eventually all go into the backwash as well?

I was messing with the backwash push pull valve and I mistakenly left the pump on for a few seconds when it was set to backwash. The pump pushed the water out the backwash for a little bit and then it stopped. I hoped a few seconds wouldn't be a big deal but it won't turn on anymore. No sounds...

Hi, I bought an NS 36 replacement filter for my Pentair DE stainless steel pool filter off amazon. When it shipped I got a new filter that looked like the one I'm going to replae but also a tube that I haven't seen before. It looks like this. There is no obvious place to put it on the new...

I'm thinking about getting a saltwater chlorinator for the 18K pool. Of the ones on amazon people seem to like the Pentair Intellichlor and the hayward goldline ones the most. Are these the favorites on here too? What about the Solaxx CLG10A? Around the cheapest I could find the intellichlor...

Trying to decide whether to get a nautilus robotic cleaner or another zodiac for half the price. Had the zodiac for years and it mostly did its job even though it had intermittent problems. It finally quit working though. The nautilus seems to be just as well reviewed even though it is much more...

Hi, what is the best type of salt should I use for a SWG? Home Depot sells water softening salt in 40lb bags but I'm not sure if thats the best or the cheapest. Also how much should I add for a 18000 gallon pool at 0ppm?

Is there any gadget available that can automatically meter out liquid chlorine every so often?

Hi, I heard that if algaecide is to be used polyquat is the one to use. Are there any disadvantages or possible health hazards from it? Does it stay in the water for good, break down into something bad or go away? What do you guys think of the Kem-Tek KTK-50-0006 Pool and Spa 60-Percent...

Hi, I just killed a bunch of algae and the water is cloudy. What do you guys think of pooltime sink and sweep and pooltime natural water clarifier?

Hi, anyone have any idea on ballpark chlorine loss for 100, 90, 80 etc down to 50 CYA? Pool surface is approx 390sq ft for around 18000gal. Pool is basically uncovered so sunlight around as much as in the day. So it typically starts up around 8ish to 7pm in summer and 9 to 5pm in winter.

okay so I decided to do a half drain of the pool. Haven't found documentation for the pump so I'm not sure what the settings on the second and fourth picture are. Usually when its been drained before we'd simply hook a hose into the skimmer hole shown above, twisted the plug on the filter...

30000 gal DE filtered pool with trichlor pucks was fine for awhile. Over the summer started using about 6 pucks instead of 4 every week. After a few days of not replacing the pucks on the usual date. Algae started growing. I filled up the pucks to the usual level but the algae kept growing. I...