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i opened my pool five weeks ago, ran the SLAM process and am maintaining chemicals. My water will not clear up (I still can’t see the drains in the deep end). Current test results below: FC 7 CC 0.5 Ph 7.4 Alkalinity 60 CYA 40 any ideas? It’s like the sand filter isn’t filtering well. Do...

We recently opened our pool and have a film on the top of the water (pic attached). I’ve never seen this before. We have had the pump running nonstop for five days so far and the water is still cloudy and this film is floating on the surface. My recent test results are below. Any ideas on how...

At the end of last year, our pump died and we replaced the motor with the same 1.5hp Hayward Superpump this weekend. Things seemed to be set up just fine and the pump kicked on no problem. I am opening the pool, so the water is really dirty. I first vacuumed to waste and ran the pump for...

We are considering opening our inground pool tonight. Recently we had a bad storm and several sections of our fence were damaged leaving my backyard and pool open to anyone or anything. The fence company is coming this afternoon and will finish it up tomorrow, and I'd like to keep the mesh...

We built our pool last summer and this is our first season opening the pool. Everything has gone well however I am not sure the heater is working. I don't have any error codes and I can hear the heater humming along nicely, however when I reach into the pool the return water is not warm (and it...

Our vinyl liner pool was finished a couple weeks ago. After swimming around I noticed these white strips in the corners that seem to be holding the liner corners in place near the coping. Right around those are little tears (about 1/2 inch) in the liner. It looks like they used a hammer to pound...

Our SWG was just started yesterday and I am little confused about the recommended levels. The water balance for SWG suggests the following levels: Salt: ~3,000 CYA: 70-80 FC: 3-5 TA: 60-80 pH: 7.5-7.6 Here are my current readings: CYA: 40 FC: 4.5 TA: 110 CH: 100 pH: 7.8 Salt...

We finished our build a couple weeks ago. Overall the process went well. Here is what I have (some is functional): 20x46 rectangle IG vinyl liner- ~35,000 gallons 500lb sand filter 1.5 hp single speed pump 400K BTU NG heater (not functional) SWG (not functional) 2 laminar jets (not functional)...

We started digging our first pool on Wednesday. Here are the details 20x46 rectangle Corner stairs with a bench all the way across the shallow end Water Depth is 3' for the first seven feet, then slopes to 3.5' for the next seventeen feet then slopes to 8' in the deep end Loop Loc liner- Maho...

Pending spring ever showing up, we are moving forward with a build. Attached is the most recent design. Bid includes the following: 20x46 rectangle Two tiered shallow end; sloping to 8' w/ diving board corner stair w/ 2' bench all the way across the one side 1 1/2 HP single speed pump (Hayward)...

I just put down a deposit to dig next spring but looking for some comments on decisions I made or looking to make... There are a few pool builders in the area and I went with the one I felt the most comfortable with (also less expensive, but that wasn't the main factor). A couple of the...