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Heres a shot of the handle. There are no more labels on the tank, its like 21 yrs old, original parts, I think its a hayward 48 because I put 6 lbs of DE in it. In the exploded diagram you have up there its part #25. I'm attaching a photo. The piece that is broken is inside under that handle...

I have a hayward Filter with a bump handle that I have to replace the Spider gasket in every couple of years because it will leak and the backwash hose will fill with dripping water. I replaced it this year and notice that the "seat" for laymans lack of the accurate part name, where the gasket...

We have an IG grecian style pool with the stairs outside. The two metal mounts for the single rail that goes into the pool has, after 21 yrs cracked and will not hold the railing in place. Those familiar with the part is it is a small wedged piece of metal threaded onto a bolt that I use my...

I was just researching an alarm, new grandkids. I saw one that had an underwater sensor but now I cannot find the link again. We have 2 gates, what kind of locks do people use? To prevent little ones from opening them. I have the push down rod kind that releases the latch over 54” high. I may...

Just out of curiosity I did that last night. Only .5 drop. Wifey thinks I’m obsessive. Gonna do like the frozen movie says, “let it go” thanks for the support TFP Members. Swim on.

solid cover is off. Water crystal clear. Liner and steps brushed. Ran filter for 48 hrs. Tested water. FC 4.5 CC 0 CYA 50 PH 7.4 TA 70 CH 100 Borates 0 Temp is 60. I’m not a noob but feel weird that no SLAM is needed. Been doing TFP method for 3 yrs. I can hear my fathers voice, “if it ain’t...

There needs to be more said to the members about Amazon Smile. It’s a great way to give back for all the help we as pool owners receive. Two things I like about it is I can see how much I’ve given, and how much in total TFP has received. My wife and I both use it. The queen has a serious...

Have to close early this year, mid September in NJ. I forgot last year to add polyquat 60 to pool. It still opened crystal clear. Solid cover and closed mid October then. I’m wondering how important is the addition of polyquat to the process? BTW just a thanks to all that make this site...

Using Amazon Smile to support the site is so simple. I even have other family members using it and they make TFP the recipients. 2yrs on the site and great results for me and my pool. Thanks TFP members and staff, I’ve learned a lot.

The pool is clean and clear. Will be sure to keep up brushing. Just worried we weren’t being aggressive enough on the target level. Thanks.

Working on my son in laws AGP 18' round, 10,000 gallon, Sand filter, Taylor 2006c test kit, Ammonia strip test kit. We live in Central New Jersey. then closed it using the TFP method but we left the stairs in. Found out there were 3 60lb sandbags holding the stairs down, the pool was a mess on...

Thanks for the info

Retook the overnight FC test. Was 4.0 at 8:30pm and at 5:15am it is 3.6 I think that’s winning:kim:

When backwashing does the DE get expelled out of the filter? I realize the debris comes out of the filter but do I need to add a 6lb charge after each backwash?