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    Cracked Top Fiberglass step

    Just moved into new house and last owner did patch job on top pool step, he put bondo over crack, apparently held for few years but cracked and came off, probley with bondo is no flex, what im thinking trying is sanding step down around cracked areas, then filling cracks and around cracks with...
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    Buying New pool automatic cleaner, want some opinions

    buying a automatic pool cleaner, and looking at few options and like know if anyone knows about any of them, doesnt have due perfect job, pool is 24 foot by 14 foot, 3 deep on shallow, 6 feet on deep, the drop from shallow to deep is fairly steep, but as said not looking for something that do...
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    Small Amount of sand in pool

    yes id backwash it for 2 min or so and rinse for 40-60 secs, till the sight glass was clear, first time i backwashed after replacing sand i got a lot sand out backwash hose, but after first time was fine
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    went ahead and posted under filter forum, so disregard this
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    Small Amount of sand in pool

    I just moved into current house and it has a 10k gallon pool, i emptied the sand out filter since was 4 years old or so and thoroughly rinsed everything out before adding new sand, going on 2 weeks since added new sand and having to vacuum pool daily and always small amount sand, using a vac...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    size of sand is US Sieve Size 20-40 Particle size (0.85-0.425 mm) so is it probley just that the sand is new and rly fine and a little is passing though and as get dirty and not to course, it will stop?
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    chlorine was at 10+ for a week due to bring it to shock levels after everything fell in off cover, and it stayed there for a week, but also temps outside was at 60-70 and water temp was at 60 or under, earlier this week we had 4 days of 80+ and got water temp up to 72 and chlorine has dropped to...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    Figure give quick follow up, the day i posted on the forum, we jumped in the pool for a little bit, and im guessing just from stirring everything up, came out next day and water was crystal clear and blue, and got kit Wednesday and everything is is exactly where suppose to be outside alkaline...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    yes i read SLAM, till i get test kit wont be able do it competly, the test strips put cya at about 40, all i know with the FC is that its at least 10, wont know how high till get new test kit, also i added some DE to sand filter till it raised 1 psi. and from picture i posted, does it look to...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    and when say shock pool, poured bag of powder chlorine shock into the pool and let it circulate, that brought the free chlorine and total chlorine level to 10, and been there for 5 days, but weather been in 60s, so pool temp has been under 60 the entire time, and then balanced the ph and...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    i went ahead and bought the TAYLOR TECHNOLOGIES INC K-2006 kit, be a few days and when have the money ill invest in a automatic cleaner, right now have a battery vac that does good job, so least dont have hook vac to skimmer. Also there is a automatic chlorinator for the pool, i have it off atm...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    Free chlorine is currently at 10(highest strip will read), and do have a liquid chlorine test kit and it reads same, i shocked the pool twice after vacuum all debrey and filter been running 24/7 for over week now, alkaline and PH is at ideal range, maybe it will just take a few more weeks since...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    Unforntly i dont have a deep end return, just a single return at the shallow end, pool is 25 feet long, and return is maybe 6 inches from the one edge at shallow end,so far as i can tell water at bottom deep end has very little circulation, and no automatic cleaner atm but looking to invest into...
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    No Bottom Drain, how to circulate water at bottom of deep end

    i have a 10k gallon ingroundpool, vinyl liner, just before spring the pool cover got blow off some and all stuff on top went into the pool, i finally got pool clean and chemicals balanced outside of chlorine being high but is dropping to normal levels slowly, shocked pool twice, but problem i...