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I'm seriously considering pulling the plug on this pool if I have to keep going like this. I don't have a lot of money and I have poured more chlorine in this pool in the last couple years than i care to think about.Last week I went through 30lbs of 73% cal-hypo and I'm right back where i...

Didn't i see a break down of cost of different types of chlorination somewhere on here? What types had how much available chlorine etc. If so could someone please point me to it? Thanks

Ok, my motor is tost(cap is good,shaft won't turn).Its a Hayward 1hp 3450rpm's,19 max amps,115v.Local pool stores want at least $400 for a new motor.People...I am po!I have seen similiar pumps and motors that were fairly new go for from $75-$200 on Craigslist but i cant find any RIGHT NOW and...

OK!My pool was basically a swamp this spring.I knew it was going to be a bear to get straighten out,but this is turning out to be a GRIZZLY!The pool is and has been milky(6 inches visibility) , has suds on surface and has not held chlorine in weeks. As a last ditch effort I ......went to the...

I usually just run it when its going to get below freezing but their is a leak in one of the return lines above ground at the pump.All the lines are just about 1.5' below the surface.Can't I justdrain the pool below the lines in winter so the pipes dont freeze?Im in Alabama with a vinyl inground.

This has probaly been discused before.If so please point me to it.If not,do these things really work?Pro's.Con's.They claim to raise temp 4 to 8 degrees and doesen't effect the water chemestry!

It's a Hayward and I've replaced the o-ring and the gasket.Makes sorta a gurgling racket :mrgreen: Its louder than the motor! 20psi after a backwash.

Been fighting this stuff for a wile now.Thought it might be dust or pollen but I now know it is algae.It looks like a brownish dust on the bottom of the pool.Wave your hand at it and its gone only to come back in a day.I took a pimpet and sucked some up and put in in a jar.In the jar I can shake...

Yep.Made me sooo Da## mad! :grrrr: Lady said it is used in Crystal Meth and they can only sale 4 bottles at a time! :rant: Has anyone else heard this?

Yep!I was curious to see what my filter wasn't getting.I put socks on the returns and in a few hours their were 5 or 10 live sweat bee's in each sock. :shock: and not much else!I have seen the bee's floating on top of the water so Im thinking "floating" is the key word here. I have a Pac-Fab...

Do ya have the manual?Know how far up to fill wit sand? :?:

Well it looks like pond water right now :lol: Its about a 27000g pool.I added 10g of 6%bleach and tested it at 7ppm FC.Is that enough to shock it?

Im dragging this thread over from another forum.It's got alot of good info so far! thread Ok!One day til closeing!!The pool is 36x18x9 maybe 10ft at the deep end 3 at the shallow.Found out that we have a Leslie's store nearby so I dropped in.They tested my the...