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    Can’t get debris to the skimmer

    Hi there! Can anyone please help me to position the return jets correctly so that I can get my skimmer to catch the debris on top of my water? I’ll attach a picture of the drawing of our pool. The return jets are the circled “R”s pointed out by red arrows and the skimmer is pointed out by a...
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    Do these SLAM readings look normal??

    So I’m on day 3 of a SLAM after a crazy ridiculous amount of rain that overflowed our pool. This is also my first SLAM( new house, new pool) I’m using the Taylor K-2006 kit and meticulously following directions, on the testing and adding chlorine according to the “pool math” calculations. I did...
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    SLAM and OCLT help:)

    Hello! I’m in the middle of our first SLAM and I had some questions about checking the levels. So using the test kit(Taylor K-2006) and pool math , my SLAM level for FC should be 18. When I test and it’s below that, I add the recommended amount of Cal-hypo(I know, I know, it’s not liquid...
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    New house/pool! Is this Mottling??

    So we just bought a house a month ago and are completely new to having a pool. At first I thought this was staining so we recently tried ascorbic acid to see if it would lift stains in a spot that we tested and it seemed like it did lighten it some. So we went all in on a full Ascorbic acid...
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    Cloudy Hot Mess

    Hi there! I’m new to this group and painfully new to owning a pool. We recently bought a house and after we moved in we started to try to get the pool levels where they needed to be. (10k gallon/in ground/ Cartridge filters/ pebble tec finish)So of course, being newbies, we headed to the pool...
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    Hello from Houston:)

    Hi everyone! My family and I just moved to the Houston, Tx. area and our new home has an in ground, pebble tec pool. We are new to Texas and also new to pools! So we are eager to learn from all the pool veterans in this community!