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Does anyone have any ideas or tips for reinstalling their handrails each season?? Mine are the typical metal hole in the concrete (that's full of dirt, etc) that are old and worn. Each season I can get them in to the holes with some force, but at the end/closing time its almost impossible to...

I've read several other threads regarding sand filters, replacing sand, etc. I have replaced the sand 2 yrs ago, but for some reason this year the filter does not seems to be clearing the water much at all. I have used a garden hose with spray nozzle to clean the sand by simply moving the...

I still have a few remaining tabs from the chlorinator I had before SWG. Can I use them in the skimmer and continue to operate my SWG without any harm? The tabs have CYA in them as well as the chlorine, and when I head out of town I like the idea of a little extra in the pool without changing...

I asked this in the middle of another thread, but didn't want to highjack nor got the answers I was looking for. What are some of the best tips and tricks towards increasing the life of a SWG cell? For starters, the question I had was regarding pump time vs percentage of output. Which is...

Just did my AA treatment and things look really good. Wanted to know if it was ok to run the SWG at a low setting (20%??)to work on slowly adding some CL back into the pool, or rather to being the process of using up the AA. I know using granular CL is probably more considered shock, a no/no...

In the process of converting to salt water. Already installed the generator, but have not added salt to the pool. I need to do an absorbic treatment now while the temps are fairly cool. My question is can I add pool salt (its 0 now) while doing the absorbic treatment? Normally when I've done...

Hello all....I've read older posting regarding which SWG system to purchase. Since CircuPool was new(er) at the time I was hoping to get some additional information and opinions on which to consider between these 2 units. I have a 30K plus vinyl pool that I wish to convert over to salt. After...

My pool is turning dirty and in a quick fashion. Not allege or other type of organics, just goes from clear to completely dirty within a week or so. If I use a flock or clarifier it will all drop and I can clean to waste. I've opened up the sand and ran a hose in there with my hand to "clean"...

Is there a (cost efficent) way to add a light to an in-ground vinyl pool? To the best of my knowledge there is not previously wired electric or other equipment installed in the wall when the pool was built. We were not the owners then, so I don't really know. Of course, there is concrete...

First year using a cover and it works very well. Live in TN (where it's hot and humid!), but have a fair amount of shade that creates the need for using the cover. The question is while on vacation if it's ok, for the water and the pool in general, to leave the cover on during an extended...

I followed the stickie on treating stains with absorbic acid. Yes, it did remove all the staining, but my water went from clear to cloudy, then cloudy to green. Now I've got a pretty ugly mess and I'm not sure if it's the staining coming back or algae or both! I did pre-treat with Algaecide...

I know you have to bring you CL up slowly after 48 hours when doing the stain treatment. My question is ....how slow? I have a 30,000 gal IG and it's cloudy after the treatment (which worked). I'm ready to start up some CL but I am unsure how quickly to add. The pool is low on stablizer, I...

Hi... I have sucessfully done my absorbic acid treatment for stain removal. Since then we have had several inches of rain that have clouded the water to an extreme. I am past my 48 hr waiting period for adding bleach, the alk and ph are doing pretty good and I have not <yet> had to make any...

I have some staining that I believe will come off with the use of scrubbing and vitamin C. I know it won't come up with just plain ole' scrubbing, but have tested a few areas with vitamin C tablets in a sock and it appears to be working. The problem I have is 2 fold, 1st the vitamins seems to...

Sometime back someone (the more senior and affluent members) had posted a few chemcial supply house web address where you could price shop and purchase chemcials. I don't have the link. Does anyone know of such companies? Any replies are helpful. Thanks!

On a "standard" pump system (sand filter) with a separate Polaris pump installed can you operate (safely) the Polaris pump without having the main system pump on. The Polaris pump draws water from the line returning water to the pool from the main filter. I have what is referred to as a...