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So Friday night, I drained about 75% of my pool due to high CYA levels. After it filled up (took about 17 hours to fill back up) I noticed a few blisters in the plaster which broke open when I touched them. I noticed it on my top step and a few additional ones on the bottom of the pool. Did...

If I plug my skimmer can I drain my pool on backwash? Wont it just drain from the main drain if I plug the skimmer? I don't have a valve on my pump to shut off the skimmer but will a plug do the same thing? I am only draining about 70% of the pool. I just didn't know if there were any...

Leslie's test results from 5/3 (before my kit arrived): FC: 5 TC: 5 CH: 550 CYA: 120 TA: 90 PH: 7.8 Over the weekend I drained about 50-60% of pool. On Tuesday I noticed algae growing and added 1 gallon of 10% liquid chlorine. Nothing added since Today my TF100 kit arrived and I tried my...

I had my water tested at the pool store (my TF100 is on its way) and my CYA was at 150. I drained about 50-60% of my water and then refilled it over the weekend. It was done refilling Sunday morning and I ran my pump 24/7 to circulate the water. I took a sample to the pool store Monday night...

I cant figure out what this pvc pipe is coming out of the ground. Any ideas?? thanks!

My DE filter seems to be running higher pressure than normal and the jets don't have the normal force. I've tried backwashing and putting in new DE but it doesn't seem to help much. Any ideas? Filter was last cleaned in Feb. Could it just be due for a cleaning? Pump and skimmer baskets are...

I'm a new pool owner and just picked up the MX8 side suction to help keep my pool clean. After installing it I noticed it was running slowly. The manual says to close the main drain. My question is how do I do this? I only see one knob on my system and I have no idea what it does. Here is a...