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Ha ha. I've already treated myself to a few items as payment for his neglect. Storms and chillier weather expected this weekend but I'm sure we have a few more good days of summer in store to enjoy the pool.

I passed the 3 tests and let the pool go back to its normal FC levels last night. It's kind of scary after nursing it back to health for 3 weeks. This morning it still looks great and passed the 3 tests. I'll be keeping a close eye on it. And the next time I have to go out of town, I'll be...

Another question: The pool looks "crystal clear" during the day, less than .5 CC and less than 1 FC loss overnight. I can see the lines on the main drain cover. But at night when I turn on the lights, you can see the haze around the lights. Do I keep slamming until no more haze around the...

It's looking pretty good. A little hazy in the deep, but at least it's blue and not green (or even blue-green) anymore. Adding the DE to the filter seems to have been the biggest help. I'll try to get the lights out but will probably have to call my pool guy for help with that. Kiss4afrog...

My normal pressure is 21. I backwash when it gets up to 27 or 28. And since I've been adding the DE, it needs to be backwashed a couple of times per day.

Day 16: Almost there. Shallow end looks really good... barely cloudy. Deep end is still cloudy (maybe a tinge of green) but at least you can see the main drain. I've been brushing, putting in DE and backwashing a couple of times per day. Also putting in the automatic pool cleaner a couple...

My guy stopped by between jobs late this afternoon. What's baffling him is that the skimmers aren't drawing the way they should be (there's suction but stuff isn't being pulled into the basket). If you close one, the other one draws the way it should when both are open. He didn't think the...

He's a good guy... so hopefully, yes, he will be out soon. He saved me from an unscrupulous pool company who said I had to replace my filter because it was leaking. I was fortunate enough to find my new guy who fixed it with an $80 part. The same unscrupulous company said that they replaced...

I didn't see much difference in the photos with the steps as far as cloudiness. I was trying to judge the "greenness". I wish I was more encouraged.

[/URL][/IMG] Here's 4 days zooming in on same spot in each photo.

[/URL][/IMG] Left is this morning, center is yesterday, right is Tuesday. Day 8: Marginal improvement again. I have also been wondering about my equipment. Pump is OK... good flow out of returns. The filter doesn't go up unless I use DE... so I've been using DE and watching the pressure and...

Day 7: Picture on the left was this morning, center is yesterday and right is Monday. Because of the clear blue skies this morning but cloudy conditions on the other 2 days, the whole photos were hard to compare because of the variance of light. So I zoomed in on the top left corner where...

I can't get the ladder or the lights out on my own. I called my pool guy yesterday and left a message but haven't heard back from him.

[/URL][/IMG] Photo on the left is this morning, on the right is yesterday morning. FC came down from 19 at 9:00 pm last night to 16.5 (CC <.5) at 9:00 am this morning. I started to vacuum to waste since we had more rain last night and this morning but it started pouring on me.

Looking for some opinions. I think I'm turning the corner and it's marginally improving. I hope it's not wishful thinking again. I took some photos at different times today but because of differing weather conditions (dreary overcast, big white clouds, sun, etc.), the photos don't offer...