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What's the best way to retrieve a foam rope that has moved down the line after opening my skimmer plug? Just a shop vac on suction? I tried a garden hose at the pump and it pushes all the air out but the rope didn't come with it.

I am about to open my pool for the first time after installing a safety cover. The water level is nice and high from the snow melt but is this a potential problem if the return of my skimmer is below the water line? As part of winterizing I put a thick rubber insert at the return to keep water...

I've posted about my cloudy pool before here and was able to clear it up by slamming and it didn't go clear until I regularly backwashed. The same thing is happening again and again I have what I think is near-perfect water, see below for numbers. This time though when backwashing the pressure...

In the past week my pool water has been consistently cloudy. Brushing the bottom shows a fine brownish layer but water chemistry all looks to be good as far as I can tell (see below). Overnight loss of FC is <1ppm, I am attempting my first SLAM, keeping FC up at 15, running the filter...

I'm trying to decide bewteen the MX8 which currently has a $150 rebate so effectively around $450 in Canada, or the Hayward evac robotic for $700. I was interested in the MX8 since it is advertised as need less suction power to be effective and I've had bad luck with the membrane suction...

I moved in to a new house late last summer and thanks to all the info here I uncovered the pool last week to almost perfect water. I just wanted to check to see if I should still raise to chlorine to shock level when first opening. Below are the results of my first tests, I've been adding some...

I'm having some trouble keeping my Hayward DV4000 vacuuming, it seems to work for a couple minutes and then just stops moving around. If I put some tension on the vacuum hose it does start to pulse again but stops if I let go. When I first got the vacuum a couple months ago it worked perfectly...

I'm trying to get my pool cleaned up for closing and this morning the pump stopped drawing water in. When off the pump basket fills with water (I assume it gets drawn back from the filter due to gravity) so on startup that water quickly gets sucked out but there no water gets drawn in. I've...

Hi all, I just did my first water test and want to get my pool ready for the weekend. I don't have the ALEX results in front of me but essentially my pH is too high and alkalinity too low. I have a 100,000L (~25,000 gal) pool and the recommended treatment is 31 pounds of Balance Pak 100 and...