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Have a question for any water expert. My wife and I build a new house last year about an hour south of where we used to live, the place we sold had great water. My biggest fear moving was how the water was going to be when the new well was drilled, well it turned out to be not so good. Filling...

The new Intex has a small screw in adapter on the return valve that also comes with a rubber cap that will cover the small air holes, with the cap on it's just normal return flow and with the cap off it shoots alot of air bubbles in with the flow. My question concerns the water chemistry, what...

This year we are replacing a 7 year old 18 foot round Intex that the legs rusted out. The new pool I have is the Intex with the dual intakes, those intakes are a smaller size connector and for now I want to use the in pool skimmer. I think I can cut into the liner the larger style intakes but...

After 7 years with our Intex it finally started to give out, the problem was the legs and beams started to rust and luckily we were able to finish out the year with it. We will be ordering another one soon but have a question, I saw an add for a replacement joint assembly that connects the leg...

I did a test tonight and was happy with most of the results. FC-13 CC-.5 Ph-7.1 TA-40 CH-60 CYA-80 The high FC level was not my doing, I had the wife pick up some bleach at the store and she decided to dump the whole gallon into the pool! My Ph level has always been at that level never higher...

I am going to install a through wall skimmer, how high on the skimmer when it is installed can the water level be? We like the water level up to about the gray line on the Intex but looking at pics here that may be to high, can you go half way up the skimmer.

I have all the plumbing hardware and have been looking at all the instructions on how to install just have to get in the water and do it. I will need to drain some of the water because it is up to the gray line right now and my ? is how high can the water level be with the new skimmer? We like...

Just starting to get the pool opened and cleaned, it has a very nice lime green tint right now. Last fall I drained half the water to just below the return and it frozen solid over winter which by the way was one for the ages. Anyway I have filled it up most of the way with no leaks and hooked...

My pH has been running right at 7.2 and the TA has been 100, I made the mistake of adjusting my pH and I did get it up to 7.6 but didn't realize it would also raise the TA which is now 130. Even when the pH was at 7.2 should the TA have been lower then 100? How low should I lower the pH to get...

I did a test tonight and I'm a little concerned with the FC. FC: 15 CC: .5 TC: 15.5 pH: 7.2 T/A: 120 CH: 100 CYA: 60 I need to raise the cya alittle and the ph but what about the FC?

Has anyone had any experience with the vinyl pool domes? With the leaves and fuzz from the poplar trees getting all over the solar cover I need to clean every day. The domes cost around $1000 but ebay might be cheaper but would I be wasting money? It's June 15 and we haven't had but a few days...

I did a test and found my ph at 7.2 and the TA is 100 with the cya at 30. Should I get the cya up first to 80 and then work on the ph or the other way around. It is going to be awhile before we can swim because the weather here in NW Wi. can't even get to 70 and I don't have the heater hooked up...

We just filled the pool for this year and I forgot to install the legs on the Intex behind the white strap, do I need to drain and refit the legs? Wife is going to kill me!

I'm in the process of getting the pool set back up, we had snow flurries on May 7th real nice! I was thinking of disconnecting the copper element from the pump, can you unscrew the 2 probs that are screwed into the copper bars and then screw the original lead back on without any problems?

In May of 2010 we installed our new 18' Intex AGP, I had some sand brought in and leveled it and then we put it together. We left it up last winter and everything went well through this summer. The one thing that we didn't like was the pool bottom had developed humps and valleys from the sand...

With the nights getting so cool and not having a heater that works we are going to shut the pool down for the year, the little woman is crying as I type. But we have things to do with the pool so now is a good time. When we installed it 2 seasons ago I just put down some sand and it was ok but...

Earlier this summer I was given a Raypak hearter that was about 10 years old, when it did run it worked fine but would quit alot. So we have decided that we are going to purchase a new heater. Being that we have a salt water pool is it necessary to buy one that is for a salt pool or will any...

This was the second year for our pool and it has been great because of the help from this site. When we installed it we put down some sand and put the pool on the sand but over the 2 seasons it has developed humps and holes in the bottom. This fall we plan to take the pool down and put in a...

Did a test tonight and here are the results FC-7 CC-.5 TC-7.5 Ph-7.3 T/A-80 CH-80 CYA-45 I know I need to get the cya up some but overall how does it look?

This may be a dumb question but does the amount of salt in the water determine the amount of chlorine produced? The reason I ask is because there aren't any % adjustments on my unit, it's either on or off so I go just by run time. My fc is 6 at this time but the salt level going by the test...

I was given a Raypak VP from a friend that also gave up their pool. I am having a hard time figuring out how to get the heater fittings converted to fit the Intex pool but my main ? is the flow that comes out from the heater needs hi temp pipe but do I need to change the plungger valve that came...

I have a chance to buy a Raypak Versa Plus model C155 for $200, is this a good price? I know the people very well and they are honest, they told me it has always worked and will give me my money back if it dosen't work. What do you think.

We haven't used the pool since September but I have kept up on cleaning and making sure levels were good. I didn't do a test for about 2 weeks because I was out of town but last week I did and things were good except the FC which was about 25. I want to close it up this weekend and secure the...

Living in NW Wisconsin we'll be ice fishing in a couple of months so I need to get the pool ready for winter. This is our first winter so I need some advice for those that have pools in areas that you can ice skate on. I would like to drain the water to just below the intake so I won't have to...

Just hooked up a Solar Pro II to try and get a little more temp into the pool, we only have a solar blanket now. My pump is on the north side of my pool so I needed to build a platform to mount the coil, so the coil is at water level. When I started the pump I noticed the pressure runs a little...

We have been getting alot of rain lately and the water level is pretty high, can I backwash the water down some or should I just use the waste setting on my valve? Can you backwash the filter too much?

I messed up my first test I did back on the 19th, it was getting dark and the results were not right. But the ph test was easy and it was over 8 and I hadn't put any cya into the pool so it was 0. Anyway I added stabilizer/conditioner and dry acid to get the ph down. I took a test tonight and...

Did my first test with the TF-100 and here are the results: ph 8.2, TA 120, TC .5, FC 1 and CYA 0. The water is crystal clear, what do I need to work on first?

I'm curious John when you say that both chems are heavier then water and will settle to the bottom, we use the skimmer that hangs over the edge of the pool and it does a great job of cleaning the surface but does the water in the lower level of the pool get circulated through the pump.Hopfully...

Is there a rule of thumb for adding chems to the pool and how long before you can go back into the pool? My test kit just arrived and I will be doing a test tonight to see what i need to add. I know my ph is high going by the test stripes that came with the pool so after adding muriatic acid do...