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Closing the pool today. Everything is going well except one return. The top of the eyeball comes off, but the threaded portion that screws into the wall does not. I've tried pliers, channel locks, a pipe wrench everything. Isn't budging. What are my options here? I'm afraid of torqueing it...

I put in a new Raypak 266 heater this spring. The heater works great. I noticed something strange, it seems the thermometer built into the heater is about two degrees warmer than the water temperature itself. I've been checking the water temps with a very high quality digital thermometer and...

I have a Triton II sand filter, with an old Pentair PacFab multi-port. The multi-port is 1.5", but when I had my pool redone they went with 2" piping everywhere. The plumbing stepped down to connect to the multi-port. I'm putting in a new heater and this morning in preparation to plumb I...

I wanted to run this past the forum and see if this is a good idea. My brother-in-law purchased a new heater and plumbed in a bypass valve. He said when he's not heating the pool he drains the water from the heater to extend its life. His theory is without any chlorinated water the heater...

I have the TF-100 kit, it has worked well all summer. I have an issue that I'm puzzled about. My chlorine testing tube has gradually acquired black residue on the sides, and my chlorine power itself has turned black. I've been obsessive about trying to keep the powder dry, so I don't think...

On one of my daily running routes I pass a nearby swim club. Today I noticed club members relaxing and swimming in a beautiful emerald green pool, I couldn't believe it. The diving pool was extremely cloudy and the main pool outright green. Maybe they liked the Rio look and were trying to...

Have a 2001 Hayward H200 heater that came with the house. It didn't work when we opened the pool, but since we'd lived here less than a year the warranty covered it. Received a new pilot generator assembly and gas valve. I used the heater twice, the first time to warm the water from 74 to 84...

We've had some friends come over and swim a few times with kids the same age as ours. On two occasions their boys came down with a stomach bug after swimming here. The accusation has been that we don't have enough chlorine in our pool because "we can't smell it in the water." Now I'm...

Hi, I have a question regarding lighting the patio area around our pool. We have an outdoor GFCI breaker that feeds two GFCI outlets on our back patio. The setup is pool, 7ft of concrete, river rock trench (that the outlets are in) and a wall behind them. I'll attach pictures to this thread...

Hi, First time poster here, have been lurking for about six months. We purchased a house in Pittsburgh last summer. The house came with a pool, it wasn't something we sought out, but my wife had one growing up, liked it and so now we have a pool. We have three boys so it should be well used...