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Hey everyone, when it rains it pours... I recently opened my DE filter and am in the process of replacing the grids. Since the pump is off for the time being until the new DE filter grids arrived, I decided now was a good time to replace my spider valve gasket, which was also leaking somewhat...

Hey y'all, it's been a minute. I finally got around to doing a deep clean of my DE filter. I've been watching the pressure gauge, and doing a standard backwash as recommended based on level. This means that I haven't been doing much backwashing nor adding a whole lot of DE since the pool is...

Hi y'all. It's been awhile since I've last posted, for sure. The pool chemistry has been going well, thank you everyone. I'm writing today because I've finally decided to resurface the pool. It has extensive stains as well as some rough sandpaper-like areas along the bottom. How does the...

Hi everyone! My pool water is starting to get cold, and I'm interested in extending the swimming season. I've seen advertisements about heat pumps, which would work. However, I remember growing up my parents had a solar cover that we put on the pool to warm it up, and it seemed to work fine...

Hi everyone- So my pump recently quit. It's a single speed, pretty loud Pentair pump, so I'm interested in replacing it due to noise and no longer functioning. I've been reading (and reading and reading), and I'm having trouble figuring out which pump/pumps would fit my needs. Here's what I've...

Hi everyone, and thank you all for your awesome pool knowledge! I came home from work today, and I noticed my pool wasn't running. It is set to run from before I return until about 10 PM, local time. I went outside to the pool pump/filter area, and I hear a strange humming. It was coming from...

Hey everyone- First off I want to thank everyone for the HUGE help with answering questions and getting me off the ground with pool maintenance and improvement. I just ordered my TF100 refills so I will have a fresh kit shortly. As it's a new year, I've been thinking about upgrading the...

Hi y'all, I'm having a similar problem to CVTim as mentioned here, but I didn't want to hijack his thread. Here's my situation: I have a small elevated pool with a spillway into the main pool. When the pump is on, the water shoots out of the single return and fills the small pool. When the...

Hey everyone, I switched my pump from running in "filter" mode to "recirculate" mode to recirculate my water until I do my next backwash. Lo and behold, a small amount of water started coming out of end of the pipe where the waste/backwash water usually comes from. It looks like about 1 pint per...

Hey y'all, I'm back at it. I put the repeated cycles of Vit C treatment on hold due to the cold water/weather. Started again about 1.5 days ago (sunset Saturday evening). Put in 3.5 lbs of vitamin C plus about 1/2 lb of "Iron and Cobalt Remover" plus 1.5 quarts of "Super Metal Control" from...

Hey y'all, the title says it all. I've been waiting for my filter pressure to rise either from the "green arrow" to the "white arrow" or to simply go up 25%. It hasn't done either. When I bought the house last year, I read somewhere I was supposed to backwash monthly, which I did pretty...

Hi y'all, I'm getting tired of manually vacuuming my pool. I have a dedicated "vacuum line" for plugging in my manual vacuum hose. My pool specs are in my signature line. The pool itself is inside a screened enclosure, so I don't have too much large debris in the pool. Its mostly dirt/ small...

Hi y'all we live in central FL and bought our first house with a pool this year. We did not get a pool cover or really anything I can find at all to use for winter prep. My plan was to continue doing what I'm doing- run pump 3-4 hours/day, check pH and chlorine nightly (sometimes I skip an...

Hi everyone- As I've mentioned, I'm in year 1 of pool ownership. It's been super awesome to just walk out of the back of the house and take a quick dip in the pool! Now I'm working to make sure it stays easy and simple. I was looking at my "pad" with pump and filter, and I am unable to identify...

Hi Everyone- I've titled my thread the "unpoolstorification" because I recently purchased a pool with a house, and it seems just about everything that could be non-TFP was wacked. The instructions from the previous owner were, "put a bag of shock from Big Box Store into the pool weekly, and...

Hi Y'all, first time pool owner here of a pool that needed (and still needs TLC). I feel like I'm getting a degree in chemistry and pool maintenance given how much work I'm going to fix the pool, but hey-that's life! I'm looking forward to learning a bunch more and seeing if I can help other out...

Hi Everyone! First time posting here. I bought a house built in the 1980s a few months ago which came with a pool (likely of the same age). I didn't have much information to go on, so it's been a learning process. I've read a bunch of pool school which is super helpful (thanks!). I'm writing...