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Hi, I have a leak in the water return line to my pool that has the jet system on the floor. I have an inground gunite pool. The pool repair person said I have to drain the whole pool in order to repair the leak in that pipe that is up near the pump. He indicated that even with the pump off and...

I added pool info to signature. I will get a pool testing kit and see what's going on. Thank you!

Oh....right. I saw the items in that test when I scrolled down this time! I didn't realize there was more to that page. Are you familiar with the cartridge pump that I have? If so, do I stay away from calcium shock? Initially, I used lithium hypochlorite as directed by the company that...

Store 2 uses 'fancy equipment' where they syringe water into a disc and it is put into a machine and takes 3 hours to analyze if there is a 'chlorine lock'. The equipment they use to analyze water samples is from BioGuard which has decent products but who knows. I looked at the test kits at...

Draining 1/3 of my pool was what pool store 2 said...that is 10K gallons. Not an option I prefer. It's pathetic that the pool stores are so incompetent. I am still uncertain why my pool balanced just fine for 17 years and lately it's been uncooperative. Nothing has really changed.

Thanks for welcome and quick response! Yes...tested yesterday: CYA 92, pH 6.7, TA 83, FC 0 - - - Updated - - - Thanks for the info. I have had this pool for 20 years and had no trouble balancing the chemistry until 3 years ago. I can't figure out why all of a sudden it won't hold the...

I live near Cincinnati and apparently have an atypical pool so the pool stores have no idea how to help me. I have a 20 year old gunite pool, Diamond Bright finish, StaRite 3 pump with cartridges and Turbo Clean caretaker system. I never had trouble balancing my water until 3 years ago. I...