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I've got a Pentair Intelliflow and Intelliconnect system, with a Pentair Racer pressure side vacuum with a booster pump. If the vacuum is not connected and in the pool and the booster pump is turned on, the pump makes all kind of racket. Is this normal or does anybody else have this issue...

My pool is 13 months old and the equipment pad is the pre-fabricated concrete. The ground has settled on one side and the pad actually cracked down the middle. Of the side that is settling is the side with my filter and there is a lean going on with the filter. Anybody have this problem and...

A couple months back I had calcium snowflakes pooling the in bottom of the pool. CH was 650ish and TA was 110. I got the TA down to 65. The snowflakes have stopped but I do have floating scale on the surface. I assume that is calcium. So I went to a mom and pop pool store I buy acid from...

So searching through the forum I have seen dish detergent and TSP used for cleaning. I pulled mine this weekend and had a lot of dirt and kind of a slimy milky stuff on them. Some areas of the filters were stained and didn't want to come clean. I used the Aqua Comb on them. I'm wondering...

Yes, I know...why am I going to Leslies. I test and maintain the pool myself. I was curious about some readings I was getting for CYA and TA and went to a mom & pop local store that uses the Taylor kit I use. Their numbers were a good bit different. So I went to Leslies and their levels were...

Using the app on my phone I bumped up my speed on the pump last night to do some aeration, as I'm trying to bring down my TA the last several days. So during the days I drop my pump speed down to 1300 rpm. I noticed when I opened the Pentair App this morning, the formatting was different on...

TA is 110 and I started getting calcium snowflakes because my CH is 675. Dumped a couple qts of acid in yesterday and last night aerated. I made an aerator and might make one more to speed up the process and maybe use to cool the pool down certain days. So I've got a ways to go on the TA...

So my well water has a CH of 350 to 375, therefore my pool now has a CH of 675 after being in service since September. My pool fill is attached to my faucet, and my faucets are bypassed and don't go through my water softener. My plumbing is PEX and runs in the attic. I was contemplating...

I'm getting the snowflakes of calcium in my pool. CYA is low at around 45-50 TA is high at 100 CH is 675!! Pool Fill Water CH is 375!! So I'm on a well and the pool fill is tied to a faucet on the house, which isn't softened. So I have to figure a way out to get a softened water line to the...

Pool Details 17k, 6 returns/1 bubbler, SWG, Inteliflo VSP. North Texas with 100° F for a month and a half. I had been running my pool fast at 3000 RPM for about 12-14 hrs a day with SWG at 65%. Then I got my electric bill. I'm experimenting with speed, SWG settings, and run time to hopefully...

I have a stone block wall with stone scuppers. When running the scuppers a lot I get scale on the stones that shows up a day or two after I stop scuppers. I keep my ph around 7.4-7.8. ph=7.4-7.8 Calcium= 600 (tap water is probably 400, really high here in north Texas) TA = 90-100 (I haven't...

I have a IC40 Intellichlor and this is a new pool 9/21 and the SWG didn't get fired up till 10/21. So I haven't had to deal with hot days in DFW to find a sweet spot for the SWG. I ran a boost the other day because chlorine was 1.0 or so. Now it is at 80% for a couple days and I'm tracking...

New pool started last Sept. I'm in DFW and kept the pool open thru the winter. So I'm totally new to this. This week with the heat wave was the first time my chlorine almost hit zero. So I thru a tab in the skimmer and turned up my SWG to 70% yesterday. But I don't really know the increments...

I hope I'm in the right location. New pool owner and we have several days of freezing weather coming. Last year we were without power for 4 days and I didn't have the pool then. I've since setup my home to have my new generator to power my electric panels and have my inground propane tank to...

I have 5 months under my belt now with a new SWP, and I'm running into climbing calcium. I have had the calcium checked 3 times during this period and they were 273, 310, 490. I'm on a well and 3 months back I removed my water softener and installed a carbon filter and saltless water softener...

We are getting real close to decking. It will be 4" thick with 3/8" rebar on 12" centers and I believe they will use cushion sand over the base. Our ground is has lots of clay and they did soil injections into the bottom of the pool. So I have a couple of questions. 1) Should I do soil...

This is a gunite pool. It should be 3.5' down to 4' in the shallow end. Then it transitions to 7' deep end. Currently the shallow end area tapers from 3.5' to 5'. So it tapers 18" inches instead of 6", leaving no play room for little ones and it will keep adults/teens squeezed tightly in the...

Hi Ladies and Gents. Happy 4th. Gunite was put in this week and it went well. At least until me and my 7 yr old (48" tall) got into the shallow end several days later and realized the slop of the shallow is wrong. Specs for Grade in Plan: 3.5' sloping to 4' over a span of 15' 9" (It...

Hi All, I'm in DFW, TX, I have never owned a pool, have always resisted ever having a pool, and now I'm getting a pool. Having 2 little girls and wife always hinting at a pool and me cutting grass on a 1 acre lot in 95 to 100 deg weather has finally made me succumb to having a pool put in...

I've been trolling here for a month trying to get ideas and info during our pool build. Build Data Saltwater, Freeform, gunite, 97' perimeter, 3.5 to 6' deep, raised beam with 2 scuppers. Gunite should be applied in 1.5 - 2 weeks. The standard selection for coping and raised beam area are...