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    Opening Today!

    Been a very mild winter and I am tired of looking at the cover as we are hitting close to 80's early this week. It is the first time I am opening my pool and had someone help close it last winter. I have gizmos out and pipes/pumps plugged back, however I am curious if the ] guy did anything...
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    Skimmer Water Level Difference

    Going through a number of tests for a leak detection, one of the things i noticed is that my water level is a little lower on my shallow end skimmer vs the deep end skimmer (main drain area). Lower in terms of measuring the water level with a tape measure relative to the skimmer opening size. Is...
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    Sump pit filling daily

    After a bucket test it seems i have about a 1/8 - 1/4 leak per day on top of the evaporation. I have not yet had a pool leak company come out yet but I have been observing one thing. We have barely had any rain over the last few weeks and yet my sump pit is filling up about half way each day...
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    Having a hard time between dirt, pollen and possible mustard/yellow algae

    Added as many pics as I could with the best pictures I could get right now. Did not have this problem last year and thought it would go away after our insane few weeks of pollen in early spring. I vacuum and brush almost daily. It really looks like dirt and is in the same spots all the time on...
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    Pool Cover Recommendations

    Hi All, Looking to get a cover for my pool and have a few questions as i am not familiar with this space. 1. What is the best way to measure a kidney pool with an attached fountain? Any tips or guidance would be great. 2. Any recommendations on a cover that will last a few years? I am not...
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    Chlorine explosion - Help

    Been about 2 weeks since i tested my pool here are my stats below with some additional details. Has maybe rained a few times at most over this span. FC - 13 CC - 0 PH > 8 (2 drops acid demand lowered it to 7.6) TA - 80 CH - 140 Cya <30, black dot never went away Salt - 4200 Im starting to...
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    First time testing in new home

    Hey all thanks for all your help so far. Using taylor k2006-salt kit and all tests are looking fine except 2 things. TA test seems like its turning from green to a pink and not necessarily a red. Cya test - should the black dot be completely gone or just when it first starts to get blurry...