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resolved!! Hard to believe, but both diaphragms in the 2 cleaners were damaged. They both were working fine a few days ago? Hard to understand - The only theory is with the heavy rains we have recently had and the debris it came with it, they both must of got damaged when it cleaned up after...

Well that never worked? In fact, I just cleaned the cartridge again, pump running without the cleaner attached is still running at psi 13 however when I attach the cleaner, the psi it is now suddenly at 4? No idea what is going on here

I use a regular cartridge for my Hayward pump but just turned the valves (which would drain water out of my spa into my pool) and I noticed a big clunk if brown stuff (never seen that before?)appearing in the glass of the pump skimmer) and then disappeared a few seconds later. Not sure what this...

A few months I had an issue where my pump psi was jumping up and down around 10 and when the suction cleaner was connected, was around 4 and basically hardly working. I had a pool company out who found a crack on the pump skimmer lid, we replaced it and all has been great since. Forward 3...

Thank you for all your guidance Rancho. Much appreciated. I just put in some stain remover a few hours ago and don’t see my change but I guess this is more of a process and will have to apply it regularly over the next few weeks. One of my challenges is these are not new stains so it may be...

Never used dry acid In my pool - only used muriatic acid. I only added muriatic acid today because I was adding the stain remover and we have to bring the ph level down before applying the stain remover.

I agree. One of the things they said to me today is to get a good stain remover (which I just got) apply the full bottle initially around the pool with the focus on where the stains are and then apply a little of it each week. I am not a huge fan of using acid in my pool either but when you have...

Ok just got a call from the pool company that was just out there. They think it is scale from the plaster that was installed when they did the resurfacing. They did recommend to add acid weekly when they completed the resurface and I did that but I have not been adding any acid over the last few...

We got a new heat pump when we had the resurfacing done. We had no heater before that. Can the heat pump cause iron/copper issues with your pool water? Last night I tested chlorine, ph, alkalinity using my test kit and the results were fine. I’m not sure if these would test for metals. Based on...

Will do. I can do that this evening. What exactly am I testing with the test kit? I ran tests last evening with my kit and everything seemed ok.

No, they run from or near the main drain for about 4 or 5 feet but they not on the walls where the returns are. The pool company that did the resurfacing are coming out today to have a look. They had recommended to put 3 gallons of acid and brush and brush. I put one gallon of acid in the pool...

Video of pool stains/lines

There was definitely nothing for at least 6 months after the resurface. I think initially they may have just been 1 or 2 streaks now their are about 4 or 5. They are light so some people would not even notice if you were not aware of it. I will take some updated pics in a few minutes when it get...

Thank you Rancho. Where I am mystified is how can these lines/stains be so structured. I will take a pic in an hour or so when it gets dark. It almost looks like a spider web all originating from the main drain. I do have a test kit, I will run some tests. I just tested the ph level. Now it very...

I did just speak to the company that did the resurfacing. He does not believe it is rebar stains. I did run a chemical test and my ph level was high so I just went to the pool store and got some muraitic acid (the company thinks the stains have something to do with high ph level?) so I just put...