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    HELP- Regrets over thru wall skimmer on intex

    It's been two days since we installed our thru the wall hayward skimmer on our pool and I'm not sure it's what I expected. We have a 16x48 and this is our third season. We rigged the intex over the wall skimmer so that it would stay put and it did a FABULOUS JOB! My biggest complain was that it...
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    Leak - Hayward skimmer on intex.

    We just installed a hayward thru wall skimmer on our ultraframe 16x48 yesterday. The water is up to the bottom screws (we still haven't cut the big hole on liner) and it seems there's a tiny leak from one of the screws. It pools for hours and then one bead rolls down. The screws seem to be as...
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    High PH, High TA... thought I had mustard algae. ;)

    So silly me thought I had mustard algae.... weird yellowish/light brownish substance in the bottom of our Crystal clean pool. I shocked (according to pool math to MA levels) and brushed it. Did the overnight test and lost 0 chlorine. I suddenly realized my solar cover, deck, grill and car were...
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    Finally got k-2006 Test- anything to adjust?

    Soo our test kid finally arrived. We had some sandpaper type of stuff on the pool walls but not on the floor (husband got in and scrubbed.. hehe). It came off without much effort with a scotch brite blue scrub sponge. Didn't come back. Our pool has been crystal clear since opened it and got...
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    Opened, sandpaper sides, help!

    Intex 16x48 ultra frame and 16" (i think) intex sand filter. Sorry this might be long. I want to give some background but also I'm pregnant and my brain is at minimum capacity. ha!! This is our second year with this pool but first with this filter. We're waiting for a taylor test kit husband...
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    0 Pool Knowledge, First easy set pool HELP!

    Got first pool for our child. 10x30 easy set pool and a hth 6 way test kit (will splurge on the "good" kit in a few weeks) first test after a few hours of kid swim in with a cup of, no name brand, no % info bleach....put in twice a day. Water is CLEAR and we're on day 2 of just bleach and...