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Chicken and egg question - if I plan to refresh my equipment pad (which has some minor leaks) but I also suspect a leak elsewhere, should I replace equipment first, to eliminate that from the leak detection equation? Is there any real big downside to installing new equipment if I suspect...

Been in the house 3 years and this is my first pool, plus I'm new to the Texas climate, so over the years I've been pretty stunned by evaporation and wondering if it truly was (yes, I know I should've done a bucket test). However within the past few months, it got WAY worse and I did confirm...

I opened up my (very old) sand filter (Baker hydro HRV-24) for the first time in a few months today and found this piece floating around. It's labelled "hydro dome" and I do see that part on some parts supply sites, but do I need it? I'm having a hard time comprehending what it's purpose is...

Just discovered my pump was losing prime, and after investigation, discovered there's an ever so slight leak from the plumbing at the pump outlet. This may or may not be related to the freeze we just had. I really don't think anything froze - we never lost power, and I had the equipment tarped...

I've had some HEB Bravo regular bleach on standby to use when I run out of my liquid chlorine from pinch a penny (stronger and appeals to the tree hugger in me - less empty bottles). Anywho, just went to use it and noticed the innocuous "now with fabric protection" stamp. I assumed this was...

Coming down off a SLAM and things are looking promising. Filter is chugging away and clarity is coming back. The heat is also back so I'm looking to make a splash soon! How can I make sure the pH is at an ok level for swimming when my FC is still coming down? I brought pH down to 7.1 prior...

Only used the website on my phone, so not sure what it's link on the computer, but if someone has the ability to add a link to the wiki on the sidebar, I personally think that would be incredibly helpful. I keep remembering I saw something and think "that was definitely more like an article than...

Well, I need to SLAM so I finally had to get serious about draining and refilling to get my CYA in check. Anyways, while waiting millienia for the pool to refill, I decided I should do a deep clean of my filter (really old baker hydro HRV24), since I haven't done it (just moved in a few months...

I'm a first time pool owner - recently bought a house with an 11k gallon in ground pool. By the looks of it, previous owners were using pucks and building up the CYA. We hired a pool service company since we didn't know anything about pools, and now that I've started reading here, I have...