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I have confirmed that I have one return jet leaking right near the termination to our pebbletec pool. For some reason, the plumbing on this return is different from all the others, leading me to believe it's either original (1980's pool) or has been replaced. Either way, I'm trying to figure...

I just did an abscorbic acid stain treatment on my pool and am bringing it back to balanced levels. I’m currently doing a SLAM because of some algae. When testing my TA, I’m only getting 30ppm. Is this accurate or does the SLAM interfere with the TA test? I figure it could be this low since...

We have iron staining from the previous owner using well water in our pool. Our pool guy gave me instructions to use absorbic acid, SC1000 metal control, and a culator. I know first to bring my chlorine down to zero and pH to 7.2. Our pool is currently around 60F, but the SC1000 says to use...

This past winter our ancient 1.5hp sta-rite pump finally quit. Due to pump availability (or lack thereof at my local stores), I replaced it with a Fibropool FP150 1.5hp pump from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/FibroPool-FP150-Swimming-Ground-Horsepower/dp/B07ZQMRX3G). All seemed well but it...

I typically only use liquid chlorine and float one puck to handle any days I miss adding but recently I ran out of chlorine and Added a bag of chlorine free shock someone gave me to the pool after a heavy load of ppl swam. Even after three days my FC numbers are high and it is showing some CC...

Hi, Can anyone tell me what the shelf life is the DPD powder that comes in the TF100 kit? I've had it for about 7-8 months but the color is changing and it's starting to get clumps in it. Thanks Dennis

Thanks for all the continued support on here for continuing to search for my mystery pool leak. I have been told by a leakfinder company that the leak is in my skimmer/skimmer line. He couldn't find exactly where but thinks its on the outlet of the skimmer. He told me it would be $2k to dig...

I have a traditional roof solar heater setup that has a Pentair PTV-2TS solar diverter valve with a "leak down check valve" as its called. However, it doesn't seem to always be draining back to the pool. Can someone tell me if the valve will allow for drain back from the panels even when the...

We purchased a home last year with an inground pool with a Kool Deck surface that desperately needs to be painted. Being that we're in FL, I want to be careful not to paint it with something that is going to get hot. Does anyone have any recommendations for concrete paint/stain that can be...

Okay. I have been having an on-going leak saga for multiple months now. I finally gave up doing my own searching and hired a leakfinder guy to come in. He claimed to have found and fixed 4 leaks and told me that my skimmer line also had a slight leak in it at the entrance from the skimmer but...

I had a leak detection company tell me that I had a leak at the skimmer pipe connection (somewhere at the the pipe thread connection) and he tried to fix it with some two part epoxy. We'll see if it holds. He told me to stop using my suction side vacuum at the skimmer connection because it...

I've been trouble shooting leaks in my pool now for a few months and haven't been able to seal up most of them but I'm still losing water at a rate of about 5GPH. I determined this using the bucket test and the amount of volume lost in the pool over 48hrs otherwise. My question is, am I going...

Before going down a road hours of research, I was hoping someone on here could answer a few questions with regards to selecting a replacement pump (as my current one is on its way out). I currently have a 1.5hp single speed pump for an inground 18000 gallon pool with 2nd story solar heaters...

I see that for an OCLT the overnight FC loss should be 1.0ppm or less. However, when doing a SLAM with FC in the ~20-25ppm range, how accurate is the FAS-DPD testing? I read that it is +/- 10% accurate. Accurate enough for the lower FC levels, but at 25ppm that can be +/- 2.5ppm. Therefore...

I recently purchased a Pentair K60430 Kreepy Krauly Kruiser and went through all the setup process in the instructions. Being that I don't have a dedicated vacuum port I had to purchase a rubber adapter to fit the hose into my skimmer suction opening. The unit appears to be working okay...

I'm trying to determine what kind (if any) algae in my pool. My water is crystal clear but I've noticed that when I brush the bottom and steps I get clouds of green dust that kick up. I also recently washed out our cartridge filter and it was greener than I've ever seen it. I should note...

Can someone tell me if an iron test kit will accurately measure iron ppm when a metal sequestering agent is used in the pool or will it not show the true iron level in the pool? Thanks Dennis

I've been using this site successfully now for about 6 months but decided I wanted to tackle some iron staining over the winter (believed to have been caused by the previous owner filling the water with well water). I went to the pool store to pick up some algeacide, absorbic acid, along with a...

I recently purchased a home with a ~30yr pebbletec (is what I'm told) finish. The CYA levels were through the roof so I immediately drained over half the pool and have it down to about 90ppm. I know I need to get this lower eventually. The chlorine is about 6ppm and PH around 7.6. The pool...