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Hi there, I am trying to help a friend with clearing up their pool which currently has algae in it. The pool is a 37 year old vinyl in-ground pool, approx 18' x 36' with an 8' deep end. The pool has been meticulously cared for over its lifetime - they went over 30 years before they had to...

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Hi there. We need to replace the O-ring for our Pentair sand filter. Is there a generic one we can get from a local hardware store/home depot or canadian tire? We live in a rural area in Canada in a town with no pool supply stores and with all retail stores closed due to COVID-19 we are...

Thanks. I will try the hairnets. Preventative strategies are not really an option in our case. We live in the country surrounded by wooded areas.

Hi there. This year we have the peak of the ten year cycle for tent caterpillars. They are heading into the pool in droves faster than I can skim them out. Is there any way to keep them from entering the pool? Maybe something to spray around the pool deck? Any ideas would be appreciated. It...

HI There, This is our second year opening our pool and once again we are having trouble priming the pump. We blow the water out of the pipes to winterize. Last year it took us a week before we finally got it primed - by which point the pool was swamp. We tried so many different things last...

Great. That makes me feel better about it. We will proceed as we did last year - blow out the skimmer and return lines only (after lowering water level to below the returns and skimmer) and do nothing with the main drain.

I am trying to figure out if blowing out the water in our main drain pipe in our inground pool is really necessary. Our pool is 10 feet deep in the deep end and water would never freeze at that depth even with our harsh winters here in Northern Ontario (Canada). Our neighbour has had a pool...

Hi there, We have a combination of concrete and concrete pavers for our pool deck (roughly 16" of concrete around the edges of the pool and another 4-5 feet of patio pavers around that. The concrete was poured just over a month ago and we just finished installing the pavers a week or so ago...

Perseverance has paid off! Now seeing major improvement in pool. Started to see improvement the day after I posted. SLAM is not done yet but I estimate I am 90 to 95% of the way there. My cc is 0. FC dropped 3 overnight so not quite there for this test. Water is not yet crystal clear but very...

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Thank you for the prompt replies! We will keep plugging away with the TFP SLAM method.

Ha well if you read further you would see I have been raising to 20 and trying to keep I there since Sunday morning

Hi There, We've being trying to get our pool clear. It started as a green swamp. It is now blue but very cloudy. We can see the bottom of the shallow end but that's it. The deep end is completely cloudy. We started by using shock as recommended by our pool contractor (mistake I know) had...

Yes - he sells chemicals out of his house.

Thank you! Just to confirm: ignore TA for now, but bring up CYA?

Hi there, We just finished construction of our pool last fall - just in time to close it. It is a SWG pool but the SWG has not yet been installed. Our pool contractor is coming to install the SWG as soon as we have the pool opened and ready to go. We had a very difficult time getting the...

I think we backwashed it right before draining it? - - - Updated - - - We have the Taylor k 2006 testing kit.

Hi there, We just finished our pool build last fall (just in time to close it). Well, 90% complete, our pool guy is coming to install the SWG as soon as we have the pool opened (we're using chlorine pucks in the skimmers in the meantime). We took the cover off of the pool yesterday and are...

Thank you! I will try that.

Hi there, We just finished our brand new inground pool a few weeks ago. We have a SWG, but we have not yet hooked that up based on the recommendation of our pool contractor (he suggested it is a waste of salt since we'll be lowering the pool for to close it for the winter shortly - we will...

Hi There, We just completed our inground pool - just in time to close it for the winter!;) I want to get a test kit so we can test our own chemicals, but I understand that the chemicals have a shelf life. Given that we are going to close the pool within a couple of weeks, I'm wondering if we...

Looking for tips/advice on installing a concrete/vermiculite pool floor. After setting up string lines to mark the finished depth of the pool floor, I understand is best to start on the deep end wall, going from edge of hopper up, then side walls, then hopper, then up slope, then shallow end...

Hi there, We have started the installation of our steel wall panels in our 22x44 in ground rectangular pool. They are all up roughly except for the step. We have a half dozen bolts in each panel (loosely tightened), panel braces/frames installed but no stakes in brace/frame or rebar in panel...

The gaps are generally 1.5 to 2.5" but we do have one spot that is 3.75".

Hi there, We are installing a 22' x 44' rectangular inground swimming pool (Steel walls, vinyl liner). We have just put the walls up. To level the the walls we have used patio pavers and shims under some of panels. This has created a significant gap between the the pool shelf and the walls in...