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We are having a lot of friends with kids over this summer to swim in our pool. A lifeguard has been hired. She mentioned some safety equipment that is required for public pools such as a lifeguard rescue tube, spineboard, hook pole, and ring buoy. Our pool is 20x40. The rescue tube I think...

We just discovered this drain pipe on the abck of the skimmer. It is clogged, we can inclog it. Going forward what do we do with this pipe? Just have it slope away and down to drain directly into the ground?

I think the backstory is important here because it might answer a few questions. Last year we had our vinyl liner replaced and had lights installed in our pool for the first time. Our house was a foreclosure and the lights were one of the items that disappeared before we bought. I had noticed...

Last night my numbers were the following: FC 17.5 CC .5 Ph 8.2 TA 70 I added 1lb 6oz lb of dry acid, half the recommended amount by the PoolPal app to get to 7.6. The container recommended nearly that amount per 10k gallons. My pool is 20x40 with 3 foot shallow and 8 foot deep ends, so about...

From another post with green water I saw it suggested that my green water could be iron. I have well water and just refilled the pool after having the liner replaced. I put all the rest of my chemicals in yesterday and saw this today. My pH and TA are way off because I used washing soda for the...

I need help, please. I tested my pool a few days ago after I noticed little deposits of beige-green in the shallow end of my pool and green in my light niches (our lights are missing). After reading through the Algae section I am positive it is mustard algae based on the description, it is...

I have my own pool, I use the Trouble Free Pool method. It is so low maintenance, it is unbelievably. However, I have family in Beaumont, Texas and Gilbert, Arizona whose pools go green with every rain (both plaster, inground, TX is chlorine AZ is SWG). I blame it on improperly balanced...

I followed the instructions for looking for a leak in the plumbing and pump. One of my pool returns bubbles a lot and the other not as much (it is further away from the pump). Because there was air in the pump basket, I stopped the pump, opened it, cleaned the O-ring, cleaned and reseated the...

We had a leak at the end of the summer so I just had to add 440# of salt. My Hayward PL-P-4 is reading 4700 ppm salt on our T-CELL-15. My salt test is reading 2800, which is lower than I expected it would be, but I did the test while the salt was still dissolving. However, this afternoon I...

I bought my house as a foreclosure with a really neglected vinyl pool. I found the guy who originally built the pool eight years ago because he is the only person in the area with a LeakTrac. He built the pool with 1 1/2" plumbing, 2 skimmers and 2 drains that return to the pump. I've was told...

I am looking for someone in Fayetteville, NC or who services this area with a LeakTrac. As soon as the terrible, terrible pool installer put in the equipment he promised (we had to threaten to sue) we immediately had a leak that is costing us 1/2" per day. I made sure it is a leak using the...

A friend of mine came swimming on Saturday and asked if instead of her paying a yearly membership at a local country club for only three months of swimming at their pool if she could instead pay me for a summer pass to our pool. Thoughts of liability, lifeguards and bather load entered my head...

FC .4 CC .6 pH 7.8 TA 110 CH 20 CYA 45 Salt 3600 So I got lazy and didn't check my chlorine levels for days... several kids went swimming, water got cloudy. I tested the water yesterday morning and all my CYA was gone and my FC was 0. After reading through the forums I thought maybe I have a...

This is my personal version of a skimmer sock. I needed a way to distribute CYA without having to babysit it. I purchased a 3-pack of Control Top pantyhose at the grocery store (approx. $6.99, Leslie's has a single skimmer liner for $13.99), cut the legs off after tying knots and then...

Information about pool size in signature. FC - Over 5ppm (test doesn't go higher) TC - Over 5ppm (test doesn't go higher) CC - Can't tell pH - 7.0 TA - 122 CH - 20 CYA - 65 First, let me apologize for my FC, TC, and CC results. I went to Leslie's and bought the kit I thought was...