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I wanted umbrella's but my husband didn't want to have holes in the concrete so he came up with this idea. It works great! We still get the shade in the pool without the holes in the concrete.

Thanks all. That is pretty much what we are doing. Backwash, vacuum on waste, keep filter going 24/7, backwash some more. I really just wanted to make sure we were doing everything we can. I guess it is just a slow process. Thanks again!

We have cleaned the dirt and leaves out as best we can. We have yet to see the bottom of the pool yet though. When vacuuming the mass amounts of dirt we were always using waste so we have added A LOT of new water to it. Again part of the problem with getting the chemicals right. Ack sorry...

Super long story short our retaining wall fell this winter washing tons of dirt into our pool. Pool full of dirt leaves and algae. After spending hundreds at the pool store with little to no improvement I remembered this site. I have been to pool school, read the green to clean thread and...