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This morning while doing my walk through of the pool I noticed a noise coming from my Hayward 2 sp super pump. It's similar to a cricket chirp. A rapid succession of muffled clicks. You start to hear it from roughly 6 feet away, it happens twice every second with an equal time of no noise...

I run a Handyman business in a very busy town. Everybody and their brother has a pool. I ask a lot of questions and I get a lot of negatives on Pentair with their customer service. Is this the norm or a Covid/lack of skilled employee thing. Hear good things on Jandi and so so on Hayward.

A few weeks ago I posted that I was only adding 1 qt of 10% and every one responding advised it wasn't enough. Three weeks ago on my Sunday morning test FC 1.2 CC .6 ph 8.0 TA 200 CYA 48 temp 85 I added over 1 1/2 gals. of Muriatic acid over the last 3...

About an hour ago I reached my water level mark and just did my first water test. CC. 25 ml, 2 dips of R-8701, turned pink, 2 drops of 871 to turn colorless. 5 drops 0003 turned it deep pink and 6 drops of 871 to clear. haven't a clue what this all means but it sounds good on paper. The PH...

On one of my Aqua Genies, no matter how much teflon tape I put on it leaks air at the 2" threaded plug at the suction side. The other one just around 3 wraps and it sealed up nice. Being a temporary plug, can I use some joint compound for a leak free test. My instructions recommend only using...

My Hydra pool kit is being delivered today. I've read tons of reviews on the pros and cons of SWG vs standard. Neighbor on one side of me has a large gunite pool with a Hayward SWG. He can control settings with his phone, swears by it. Down the street another neighbor has a fiberglass with...

How I ended up with a 40' x 20' x 48" hole in my backyard, which happens to be 10% dirt, 20% loose rock and 70% one big solid chunk of limestone that took a guy on a case 580 with a rock hammer a week to bust out. I tried to post pictures but something in my cell is screwed up. Ordered a 16' x...