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Last year while closing I noticed air coming around the plugged returns then found they could be just pulled out fully. I hadn't had to do that in previous years. I was curious did some glue just finally wear out? What are these called? They basically just were pushed into the returns and came...

I opened the pool yesterday and when I went to take the PH test it was above 8.2, so I thought I needed to add acid, after adding some (~20 oz) to bring it down today I got the same reading. Now reading PH - Further Reading. I thought oh maybe i have too high of FC, so I switched to the the...

We caught the very end of our first pool season at a house we moved into last year and are looking to make some changes to the way everything is setup. Currently we have a pool and inground spa, both gunite, that are on completely separate systems. Both systems are just manually controlled...

I've been put in the position of needing to close my pool and spa the first year I've had it and by myself due to lack of availability of companies to do it. I've purchased a cyclone and the hose to connect it to the system. Here is what I'm thinking, let me know your thoughts: 1. Will bring...

It's definitely time to close my pool and is the first time I'll be doing so. I see we're suppose to SLAM it before, but I have a CYA of 140 in the pool which looks like it's saying put in 8 gallons of 12.5% bleach. Is there a way to do this so I'm not putting in so much (just is about 80...

My spa over the weekend got a bunch of grass clippings blown into it and I noticed it almost seemed like they were come back out the returns, which made me think maybe the people before us didn't even leave a filter in the spa rite as there is a "spare" in the garage. I went to open it, with...

We're looking for a winter cover for our inground spa. It's 8ft in diameter with a single skimmer filter and we're up in New England, so we are looking for one that provides the best insulation.. Any specific recommendations? Thanks! Daum

We recently bought a house with a pool and spa and the heater (Spa Rite 400NA 400k BTU) for the spa is dead. The heat exchange has a hole somewhere in it so it keeps getting flooded. The pool company said between labor and trying to then see what other parts failed from this (the fan had to be...

Just moved into a new house and got the TFT pro kit last night and took results from the pool and spa this morning. Here is what I have (I believe): Pool PH - 7.5-7.6 CL - Off charts in block, 21 drops or 11.5 PPM in single test CH - 14 drops - 350 TA - 9 drops - 90 CYA - > 100 - the dot...

We're closing on our a home with a gunite pool and spa in the next couple of days. They have always used a pool service to maintain their pool and spa and I'm interested in doing it myself, but was curious if it is worth starting this late into the year (likely ~1 month left) or if I should...