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    Auto vacuum for vinyl liner

    Hi everyone. We got our vinyl liner replaced last year and I’m trying so hard to take care and baby this new one. We have been manually vacuuming it which, with our work schedules, has proven difficult to keep up with and be able to enjoy the pool. I’m leery of hiring it out because I don’t...
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    SLAM with persistent algae

    Hello everyone, We are doing quite possibly the longest SLAM process ever... long due to our filter and pump having major issues and prolonging things. We started with a swamp. It is now a slightly cloudy blue with some stains or algae on the bottom. I brush everyday and they won't go away...
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    Do we need a new pump?

    Hello all, We are new to this whole pool business... We bought a home with an inground vinyl liner pool, 21,500k gallons. It has been nothing but problems. We have replaced the plumbing, the sand in the filter, the multi port valve and are now wondering if we need a new pump motor. Here's what...
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    Testing

    My pool finally has a CYA reading, it was previously zero. Problem is that it is a total guess. The black dot nearly disappeared at 30 so my guess is that if I could get it to 20, it would disappear for sure. My FC is 6.5 and my CC is 1. I am using pool math and it is saying to add 156 oz of...
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    Totally lost in testing

    New pool owner here. I am completely lost in how to test or what I am doing wrong. I am trying to recover a green pool. Removed a ton of debris and am trying to test the CYA. I have the K-2006 test kit and followed the directions for CYA and the black dot never disappeared. The sample never got...
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    Pipes Burst - How to build new pipes???

    Hello everyone, We are new pool owners desperately trying to convert a green pool to a nice blue one. It sat last year because it had a bad leak and couldn't hold water. Turns out the steps were cracked bad. It took us some time but we repaired those and they look new again and they don't leak...
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    Hello

    Hello everyone, My name is Cassie. I live in northeastern Oklahoma. We bought a house a year and a half ago that has an inground pool. We did not know it had a severe leak. So, last summer, it took us a while to figure out how to fix the major leak - we resurfaced the steps - then we turned on...