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Thankfully the main drain took up the slack, but this seems like a lot of substance! In June I took a sample to our pool store and the CYA was within range. I was concerned the chlorine wasn't knocking out the algae, so they told me to brush and hyper chlorinate, then clean my filters after the...

It immediately turned yellow with phenol red drops. Thank you so much 😊

If the pH indicator is phenol red I actually have some at home. What with the covid distance learning we were doing labs at home

I need to get a Taylor kit. But yeah I really am starting to realize the person that should take care of your pool is you.

Yeah, not super happy with them either. Haven't been able to use the pool all summer from algae

I'll have to try that and see!

I noticed my skimmer was not working, went to clear the basket and found this. It has no odor, so any help is appreciated

Curious if you ever got a resolution on this. Our pool guy turned on the pumps and filters after they dumped tons of floculent in the pool

2 weeks ago, we found a front wheel from our 280 on a chair. The net day our pool service people texted my husband that the cleaner was broken and wanted to know if we wanted them to fix it. He said "Can you give me an estimate?" and we haven't had a text reply back. But that Friday we had some...

Also, it's not an open and close thing, it's just maintained year round, I suppose if you're a polar bear you could swim in the late fall through early spring, but that's not my bag.

Yes, exactly that James. Last year there was definitely runoff and the pool overflowed on to deck, we had record rainfall last year, so I was more understanding. i also give a lot of buffer for the up-charges on Phosphate treatments because our neighbor has a large pine that drops loads of...

I started a thread in "Introduce yourself" I know nothing about the mechanical end of the pool, I have a in-ground, I'm assuming plaster as that is what they called it when they refinished it four years ago. Since the start up after that, we also replaced the sand with a cartridge filter, it has...

Hello from Roseville California! We are close to Sacramento. We've had this hole in the ground since we bought this house 4 years ago, and we've gotten some enjoyment out of it, but a lot of aggravation as well. I would love some help creating my "signature" I have an inground pool, we had it...