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Happy spring to all!! Opened our pool today (little early for east coast) but want to enjoy more of pool time than screen time for kids :swim:. Unfortunately, the sand filter is leaking from the top. Tried the lube to seal and the o ring was bought 2 years back. What could be the reason...

No change in water. The water is light green and cloudy now. on the shallow side i can see the algae settled dwn but still water is not at all clear on deep side. The filter has been running for 7 days no. non sto[p, just off for few hours in between. For the skimmer you had suggest to...

Good morning, Sorry was really busy last two days so couldnt do the small test you suggested. I didnt now and found two things.:cool: . The water does go through the inlet to the skimmer as I saw movement in it. second thing, I tried the reverse of what you had told. I put the garden hose in...

:cool: Good morning. Thank you for taking out time to reply in detail. Yes we do have a main drain at the bottom of the pool (deep side). There is no movement in the skimmer when I change the knobs. I will backwash today. I was hoping to vacuum out some algae from the bottom and wall of the pool...

I think I have some problem, as I mentioned if the knob is in middle the water in the basket near the pump doest flow. Its been more than 12 hours and I see no chnage in the water. pool - Album on Imgur. Only the outlets on the wall are working the skimmer doesnt seems to be working at all. I...

Following are my first test results:- CH= 0 BR= 0 pH= 7.2 Ca= 200 Alkalinity test= 100 CYA <20 Please advise what should I do? Should I add more chlorine, should I brush the floor and water? Thanks

Thanks clearing so much. I still have some questions and concerns:- 1) Should I start brushing the chemical they put on the liner. You can see in the picture the white stuff, some of it is clouds reflections and some of the chemicals. 2) Can I start cleaning the walls of the pool with the...

Thanks for the quick reply Texas Splash. I had bought a test kit TF-100 in 08/2015 and kept it in the basement ever since. Do you think that will be still good. I did change the know to right side. I see water coming from the oulets in the pool walls. Also just to mention my pool has only one...

Hey all, Happy summer. I really need guidance from you all. We had new pool in 2015 (renovated from old pool), new water, new liner, new plaster. Last year because of some reasons we couldnt open the pool but yet close it by calling some pool services. Now we opened the pool today. Attached are...

Happy Autumn to all!! We didnt open our pool this year and want to take necessary steps to keep the pipes from cracking. We have a lot of water in the skimmer. Is that normal? How can we empty that? We didnt open the pool at all this summer. So the motor is disconnected. We tried using the our...

Happy summer to all!! I was looking for some advise from you experts. Due to family emergency we couldnt open our pool this year and we still wouldnot be able to. I have few concerns:- 1) The algae on top of it.(Imgur: The most awesome images on the Internet) 2) Any treatmeant I should do to...