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Good evening. This morning, around 2AM a buck decided to take a swim in my pool. Managed to get him out. He had made his way down to the shallow end. My guess is he was about 3 or 4 years old. Any suggestions on temporary repairs?

Good afternoon everyone. Last night the "T" in the attached picture sprung a leak. I know have to cut it out and replace the plumbing. I have just a couple questions. 1. Does anyone know the purpose of this T? Pool came with the house and has had it's share of weird set-ups. 2. As you can see...

Morning everyone. I am looking to buy an automatic pool sweeper this year. Any suggestions on what is good out there? I have a kidney shaped in-ground gunite pool. 30 feet long and 18ft at it's widest point. 15,500 gallons. 3 steps into the pool in the shallow end. Max depth is about 6ft. I'd...

Morning - the plan this year is to replace the whole lighting unit in my pool. I doubt the light I removed is even manufactured anymore. Any good cross-reference resources out there? I am replacing a Purex 6425. Pool was built in 1991 and I am assuming the light is from the original installation.

Hey everyone. Should I drain this out? Or will the SLAM process clean this up?

Hi everyone. I need to replace the breaker for my pool pump but all of the info on the breaker has been rubbed off. Here is a picture of the nameplate on the motor. Thanks for the help! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I have been battling this for a few days now. I can't seem to get a FC reading. Could it be my chlorinator? I unhooked the line that goes into the return to see if anything came out and there was nothing. I had a pretty strong flow the the actual return to the pool. Could this be preventing any...

Does anyone have experience with products that keep mice, chipmunks, etc. from drowning in the pool? Every once in a while and more often once we get further into summer there is a surprise under the skimmer lid...generally camouflaged by the leaves that may be in there. :poke:

I think this is the right sub-forum for this.... I am testing my water level [emoji35] Currently doing the bucket test with the pump on and the water seems to be dropping on the pool side. Also my psi seems a bit low at 9. It was in the 12 range a few days ago. Turned off the pump and put...

Hello TFP...just tested my water. I keep getting pretty high CC numbers along with a bit of unbalanced pH and TA. I am in the process of raising the TA right now. FC 3.5 CC 6.0 pH 8.0 might be a little higher. Test sample was a little purple/red TA 80 CH 260 CYA 30 What steps should I take to...

I have a underwater light in the deep end of my in-ground pool. My first question, and I am not sure if this is a dumb one or not, but can I change the light while it is underwater, or would I have to bring the water level down below the fixture to avoid any type of electrocution? It has never...

Hello there. I have a light brown stains that is surrounding my pool and present on the floor in the shallow end. I have tried brushing but it just won't come off. I have added some pictures in. Also I am still waiting for my K-2006 test kit to arrive. Should be here on Thursday or Friday. Pool...

I have to share this story about my pool opening experience thus far. When we bought our house, which was seriously neglected, it came with a 15,000 in-ground gunite pool. The equipment consisted of a rusted out heater, a Pac-Fab sand filter (TA-50 I believe) and no motor or pump. The local pool...

Hello. I replaced my sand filter with a cartridge filter this year. When I started it up it was running around 12 psi. About an hour or so later the psi was around 25, suction was down, and so was the flow back to the pool. I took the cartridge out to make sure that was the problem ... and it...

Morning everyone. Well last night my sand filter gave out and it looks like I am in need of a replacement. I am not sure how old the sand filter is (it came with the house). My pump and motor is about 4 years old (bought new with the house). Anyways I was vacuuming the pool last night and...

Good morning. I am planning on using a form of Z-Media this year once I open the pool. I see that you have to backwash the filter multiple times once adding the Z-Media to remove the dust, etc. My question is this....generally when I open the pool I have a bit of algae growth. If I am...