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We’re going on vacation for a week … usually my husband stays home but this year he’s going with us (yay!) Estimated 30k gal free form in-ground How do I know how many tablets to float while we’re gone? Multiple floaters? Help!

Went on vacation … came back to a green pool … filter making whooshing sound … returns are full flow and spitting water at the same time … had the discharge line replaced while I was gone (just rerouted a different direction) … took apart the multi port and checked connection … took apart the...

Can anyone tell me how to calculate? how much to use for maintenance? Granule Shock says 55% chlorine (stabilized) /lb Liquid is 10%/gallon I was going to bring my FC down and trial and error to see how much I need to use but 2nd thought is "that's super wasteful and time consuming" TIA!

So we are a chlorine pool currently ... We are thinking of switching to an SWG to take the headache out for me. I've been told by a fellow pool owner that yes it isn't expensive up front for the equipment but after that the only thing I have to buy is annual salt and then MA if my PH spikes...

Just had a thought brought to light from another thread. I've been advised to add a sock to my skimmer to keep the stupid helicopters out of my impeller. How they're making it to the impeller after passing 2 baskets is beyond me but also irrelevant for this post LOL! My secondary skimmer...

As you can see in my profile pic, I have a free form pool. How in the world do I measure to get a round-about guesstimate on how many GALLONS my pool is?

I'm having an internal issue - please tell me I'm not alone in this! To put it simply, I am feeling used because I have a pool. People invite themselves over. Eat my food, drink my booze. Ask if they can hang poolside when I'm not home. Clearly I have issues telling people no because this...

How hard would it be for one to switch from a chlorine to salt water pool? What all is entailed, is it pricey, etc? Is the upkeep for an SWG less maintenance and cost in the long run? Are the chemicals easier to balance? Tell me all you know!

Hi! Been a while since I've needed any advice! Yay Me? Update: still hate my pool and being a pool owner. This will never change until I'm living surfside in an Airstream with my cats! Anywho! I have an issue and I need advice! The paint in my free-form pain the in the @$$ pool is...

So because this year hasn't been hard enough on my family ... I am now dealing with a burnt up pump. A little history: came home from a trip a couple weeks ago to water so low it wasn't pulling into the skimmers and 0 pressure. Noticed a few week prior to that that the pump was leaking in...

Sooooo we have a concrete free form in-ground 10 ft at the deep end ... was going to drain, power wash and have water trucked in before starting up for the season this year. Can't get rid of the black spots on the bottom of the pool floor, thinking maybe bc the existing paint is chipping...

Exactly what my thread is titled? What? In all my years at my home I've never experienced this nor know where to start. Left for vacation 3 weeks ago for a week. Came back to a green pool. No amount of chlorine is touching it. The foam was LITERALLY crawling out of my skimmer this morning...

Need advice on where to start. Algae is dying/dead - go to vacuum and it doesn't suck it off the bottom but floats away when the vac head is down there. So it isn't STUCK to the pool floor. Suction is good at the skimmer. What do I do? No pool company will come out to test their own equipment...

FINALLY got pressure from the pump due to a severely clogged impeller. Now have ciruclation and pressure, HOWEVER, no reading on the pressure gauge and no water in the MPV sight glass when on FILTER. Any clue? It's a new problem every year!

So TRYING to start up my pool for the season - return jets are working, however, getting no suction to backwash or filter? Completely lost! Please help!!!!

I checked out how to lower TA in pool school, but I'm not sure how much MA to add and how often. I have been struggling with this Indiana weather all summer and if I can't get this pool under control in the next week, I am closing it down for the season. I am so tired of dealing with it. It...

Levels are all okay - water coming out is clear - backwashing shows barely dirty water and only for a few seconds to clear back up - POOL IS GREEN! Nothing coming off the bottom of the pool when sweeping/netting/leaf sucking Only thing that was low was my CYA which I've added CA for that. No...

Sooooo been battling my pool since the weekend before memorial day. Sand filter failed, thus spewing around 150 lbs of sand into my pool. That being said, I've been trying to vacuum to waste all the sand out of the bottom. The pool water was clear until I stirred everything up again on Friday...

So I am going to be taking apart my MPV tonight to see if I have a spider gasket issue. Can someone school me on the proper way to do this? I remember reading somewhere that you have to have the valve set on a certain setting before disassembling and reassembling. Reason for issue: LOTS of...

I'm in the middle of my SLAM and pool is crystal clear today and I can finally see the deep end clearly. I have what looks like a LOT of sand or dead algae in the deep end. How can I tell the difference?

I can't seem to find the charts that tell me what good ranges of my readings are. Can someone help? Apparently I've forgtten how to navigate this site lol

So I have a CH reading of 0. How is that possible? Where do I find Calcium Chloride? I went to lowes who carried it but said used for ice melt so I didn't buy it. Wasn't sure if that's what I was looking for or not. Anyone?

Okay, so the poll company didn't show up to start up my pool. So I said fine! I'll do it myself! Here's my initial reading after start-up and 2 gallons of shock (not enough, I know, it's all I had on hand, since the pool company didn't show) 5/16: FC:1 CC: 3 TC:4 CH: 150 TA: 300 CYA: 0 <-...

Okay, so we hired a company to come out and close our pool. This is our first year with the pool, purchased the home in April. Out experience with a pool company upon opening was less than OK. That being said, we used a different company (the company who installed the new pump for the...

So I am about a week or two out from closing up my pool for the season. ETA: October 4. I see that you have to blow the lines out in order to close the pool and run antifreeze in said lines, however, I have a main drain in the bottom of my pool. 1) how do I get all the water out of that line...

I am looking into getting a safety cover for our pool for the winter. That being said, we can not afford, nor do we have a company that could come out, and produce a custom fit cover. Is it possible to buy a rectangular cover for our pool and it serve the same purpose and efficiency as a...

So it seems I need to create a homemade aerator to lower my TA. How do I get the eyeball out of my return to screw homemade contraption in? I'm not mechanically brain equipped so I think I am going to need step by step instructions for this one ...

Okay, attached is a pic of my pool, I couldn't figure out how to paste it directly in to this post. I need to buy a cover for it for the winter. The previous homeowner had a tarp type cover with water bags and it didn't seem to work very well in my opinion. Any suggestions on the type of...

Soooo it's been raining here for just about 2 weeks straight, that being said, also insane amounts of humidity seeing as how it's still in the 80's. My pool was VERY MUCH filled but never overflowed ... I kept the pump running, and kept adding chlorine as the rain fell. Then all of a sudden my...

Sooo I go to turn the pump in this afternoon and my pump skimmer basket is dry and the concrete pad it sits on is wet. Anyone???