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It is five years later and the pool saga continues. After sitting and evaporating for a few years and leaving the deep end with water, the city discovered my greenness and I have spent several days removing the water and scraping the sludge. Pool saga - Google Photos It appears that the pool...

I visited the pool supply/service place that came by and put my filter together. I brought a water sample in addition to testing my water before I went. The pool guy is worried about the high alkalinity. Seems like the answer is replace water (if the replacement water has low enough TA or...

I found a parts diagram for the pool vac. I'm guessing that the turbine bearings are shot. From the diagram, it looks pretty safe to disassemble further. At least I can vacuum up most of the cloudiness and get back to algae on the walls. I still don't have an accurate CYA level, but I think...

OK. Called a pool service guy and he came out and he was more successful than I was although I tried the same method. Perhaps it's one of the "requires the strength of a male" things combined with lots of experience. It was a Mom and Pop shop and the guy was really nice and helpful. He...

That manual looks like the manual for the older model that I have. The newer model (or perhaps it the Plus) is different. The older model had a poor design. The new design (the manufacture date on the unit says 2003 even though I purchased it on 2007) is like this | |...

The lid has nothing inside. It took me at least 30 minutes to get the lid off. The top is sitting evenly on the oring. If I start pushing down, one side will go down and the oring on the other side will stick out even more. I've tried using my weight to push down evenly on the top without...

I have my muriatic acid. I decided to open my DE filter to see what it looked like since my pool vac has decided it doesn't really want to move. Not good. So I open it up and yes, you guessed it: excessive amount of DE and lots of it is dried up chunks. The screens were in good shape and...

I have measurements for my fill water. pH: 7.5-7.6 TA: 260 ppm CH: 200 I think the city claims water is well water. Please don't flame me, but the Leslie's site says that to fight algae you should keep the pH between 7.8 and 8.0. Of course, that may depend on what chemical stew they want to...

Well, I read the numbers on the incorrect side of the tester. The CYA level is well over 100, which seems way high. The pool people add "conditioner" once a year, usually in February. I'll test the hose water in the morning.

I've been paying the monthly fee to let someone else worry about the chemicals. But this year, something happened and I now have algae on the walls. Not much on the bottom. With diligent care, I had it to a minimum, but the filter clogged and after a couple of days of no vacuum movement, the...