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    Liquid chlorine shortage

    We can't find liquid chlorine anywhere in our area (Washington State). We normally buy from Walmart but they're completely out of stock. In lieu of having liquid chlorine, what are our options? I've only ever used the TFP method to keep our pool balanced...
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    Raypack Question

    Hi there, We are looking to purchase a Raypack 336 online and noticed there are two different models, one for elevation over 2k and one for under. We are right at the 2k mark. Is there a reason we should go with one over the other? We were thinking of getting the 2k and over model since we're...
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    Sand Filter - First time opening pool

    Hey there, It's our first time attempting to open our pool by ourselves. I read through the How to Open Your Pool article, but we're stuck at the part where it says you might have to open your sand filter and add new sand if needed. I have no clue how to do this? Also, not sure if this has ever...
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    Buying Heater Online - Paying for Install Only

    We're looking at Raypak heaters and plan to have someone come out and tell us what BTUs our gas line will support. Once we have this information, has anyone purchased a Raypak online and then just paid someone to come install? Did you have to use a pool company installer or is someone else...
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    Heater Recommendations

    Hi there, We have a 20k gallon pool that has an old Jandy Lite 2 heater currently attached. We've had problems with it for a few years so we made the decision to buy a new pool heater this year. Any recommendations? Our current heater is 250 BTUs and we'd like to up it a bit so we can heat the...
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    First Time Testing with Taylor Kit

    First time testing with my Taylor kit, just hoping to get some feedback on how everything looks! Water is clear and sparkly, but having an issue with these darn water boatman bugs. I shocked the pool and that killed all of them, but woke up today to one again this morning. Gah. Any suggestions...
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    Bubbles from side vent?

    Just noticed that our side vent (probably not the right word, but where the water flows in from the filter) has a lot of bubbles recently. Is this normal? Should I do something to fix that? PSI on the sand filter is around where it normally is. Just making sure!
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    Suggestions on Test Results

    Hi all, We recently opened our pool for the summer for the first time (we purchased a home with a pool over the summer) and after several rounds of a local pool company shocking it to kill the algae and battling cloudiness, we discovered our CYA levels were around 100. We drained the pool...