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So I am opening the pool and one of my return plugs got stuck and I made a bit of a mess of things... The plug would not unscrew and I ended up cracking it and the top broke off. I removed the return fitting so I can better grab the plug to get some leverage. That was a mistake because now the...

This will be my first time closing my in-ground pool and I am having one line that I'm not able to blow out with my shop vac. This line is one of the two pipes that are at the bottom of my skimmer (there is only one skimmer). I have drained the pool below the returns and I blew out all return...

I recently moved into a house with a vinyl pool liner and after doing some troubleshooting, it seems I have a leak. I did the bucket test and taped the waterline on the skimmer to see the water loss and it seems that I'm loosing about an inch of water a day. Today I tried some dye tests but no...

So I just completed a partial drain and refill because of a very high CYA level. I drained about 45% of the pool. I want to make sure I will get things right this time to avoid getting a high stabilizer level again as it's a real pain to get it back down. So the pool is still blue, it has...

I have been doing a partial drain and I just noticed that in my deep end the liner has moved significantly. I am not sure if this is normal and when I refill it will go back to normal. I have stopped draining the water and have just started to refill the water. I have attached a photo, is this...

I am in the process of doing a partial drain to lower my stabilizer levels and I'm thinking this is a great opportunity to cover up some nasty staining that I have on my plastic stair entry to the pool. I have attached a photo showing this yellowish discolouration. I have tried to clean this...

Recently bought a house with a pool and the heater needed work. I had a guy come to add a new pressure switch and on/off for the heater. He also mentioned that I need to make sure to turn the heater off at least 5 minutes before turning the pump off. So I'm confused because I have an...

FC = 13ppm CC = 0.5 PH = 7.4 TA = 180 CH = 290 CYA = 150 For some reason my FC is a bit off the charts, I guess the pool store sold me to much shock... Probably need to get that down before swimming. Any advice on how everything else looks and how I should bring down my FC? Thanks!

Can K-2006 be used for spas as well as pools? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I recently bought a house with a pool and there is a Laars Lite 2 heater. I just opened the pool today and tried to follow the instructions but I can't get the pilot light to light. The igniter is sparking and I smell gas so not sure why it's not lighting. Just looking through an online manual...

I just moved into a new house with an existing pool and I want to try to open it myself as I am generally a DIY kinda guy. I see that pool shops have pool opening kits for around $50 (Canadian$). Is that a good way to start? One of the shops gave me a testing bottle so that I can bring in a...

I'm trying to learn about a spa that exists at a house I recently bought and I'm trying to understand when one would use the Sleep Mode. It's a Balboa topside control panel and I read that it will heat to 20 degrees F of the set temperature during filter cycles. So I generally keep it at 104...

I new to this particular spa with a Balboa control panel and I want to be clear on what exactly the various filter cycles mean for my spa. The options seem to be F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7 or F8. I think that the numbers represent hours but I am unclear as to whether F2 for example means the filter...

I bought a house that includes an outdoor spa and I have been having nothing but problems opening it. I tested it last fall before buying the house and it seemed to be working fine. When I first started opening it last week the jets weren't circulating water at all, I thought it was an air lock...