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Got the issue resolved with a reasonable pool repair guy. It was a simple suction side leak but this is the first time I've encountered this in my 7 years of ownership and I was freaking out over a pipe being burst underground. I have had a cracked chlorinator for half a year and my logic was...

Applied JB Weld. Waiting on results. Now a potentially bigger problem. Is there any way I can keep the pool from turning further green without a way to circulate water? That may be a silly question but I'm dealing with a significant bloom while trying to get this situation resolved.

Thanks for the advice guys. Yeah I only took photos of the top of the valve and the crack is all on the inside towards the sand filter and on the bottom next to the ground. Id take another photo but am losing daylight.

If I do find some form of crack, what form of adhesive would you guys recommend to hold me over until I can get this properly repaired? Edit- Pretty sure I found the problem since I had more time to look. The black shutoff valve is cracked with it running along to the bottom as well. So that...

I'm about to give this another go but just to rule out me being pants on head dumb I'm including pictures of all the valves to make sure I haven't closed anything off. I really do not recall moving any valves before I shut the pool down. It stays on Filter and I just run the pump in freezing...

I'll try these today. How would I know if I have freezing damage to the pump? It sounds as if its cycling just air but it used to always make the same noise just briefly before it started cycling water in the past.

I didnt use any plugs. I only have 3 visible valves and I dont recall changi8ng their position at all. I tried changing them anyway and had no chance. I also let the pump run for 5 minutes with no visible cycling of water even after dumping 3 buckets of water into the pump to try and get it to...

So I have an 18000 gallon in ground pool that I imagine was installed when my house was built in 1975. I dont use it so its just a maintenance item during the summer. I'm in South Carolina and its just now getting warm enough where algae is becoming a concern. So I decided to try and run the...

Ill check to see if we have those. Yeah I forgot to mention I bought a bucket of pucks from Sams Club in case I went through this issue with liquid bleach again. I know in general those are a no no on this forum but I never use my pool and backwash so often it may take me a few seasons before I...

I'm in SC. Greenville, specifically. And every year I face the same problem. Walmart is essentially the only place I can get bleach. Both home improvement stores- HD and Lowes have gone literally insane with their pricing the past 2 years. They now want 9$ for a single gallon of bleach. The...

Online ordering from Walmart?