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Given the rather balmy temperatures of the past few days, I went out to inspect the pool. To my horror, a plug on one of the return jets has fallen out, and the line is now full of water (I had put a gallon of antifreeze in, but as I understand it's heaver than water, and so would be at the...

So here's the multiport: And the two pieces still in the filter (the black piece did appear to be seated properly): After perusing the Hayward manual, I know know these pieces are the diffuser and the underdrain pipe connection. Are these supposed to be securely attached to the head? I...

I'm going to take the multiport off again later this afternoon, and will try to figure out how to post pictures. But if the pressure gauge is operating, and if the sight glass (or whatever it's called) is full of water when I'm backwashing and rinsing, does that mean the multiport valve is...

So after slamming for more than two weeks, the pool is still very cloudy. I realized, as was the case about six years ago, the problem was probably channelling in the filter (Hayward S310T). The sand (all 500 pounds) was replaced at the start of last season. So two days ago I took the...

As I was pondering the situation, I remembered that several years after the pool was installed, we could not get the pool clear and algae kept recurring despite hundreds of dollars at the pool store, and were ultimately getting 50% off 20(?) gallon barrels of liquid chlorine. Ultimately, the...

Pool antifreeze, rdeputy. Razorhog, I'm 99% certain there's no critters, and at this point I'm also 99% certain there's only scattered leaves--pulling the net through those areas today only came up with a few, rather than half a net full. I've noticed that floc is looked down upon--why is...

We're now approaching the beginning of week 3 of my opening SLAM--it only took about five days last year. It's 90 degrees, and I'd like to get in the pool! I didn't cover the pool over the winter, and ended up with more leaves and debris in it than I thought. Don't know if this is relevant...

No algaecide--the pool was quite green. Now, thankfully, blue...and brown. Vacuuming tomorrow. What would that affect?

On year two with TFP--last year was one of the cleanest, easiest and cheapest ever. We're now on day 2 of the opening SLAM, about 20 gallons of bleach in after adjusting pH to 7.2 (overshot a tad; TA is 90, CYA was under 30, but I added enough in the skimmers yesterday to bring it to no more...