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    Found the leak! How to fix missing tile grout?

    I don't know how or when this happened but my pool suddenly started losing a lot of water, but the water loss stops when the level reaches the bottom of the waterline tile. It wasn't too hard to find this leak once I started looking. Now I need to know how to fix this. Is there a specific type...
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    New Pool with Spa - Help me identify plumbing

    Hello, I'm not entirely new to the pool world but I could use a brush up on the BBB method and some help figuring out the maze of plumbing at this new house. Its a 15'x15' square, not sure the average depth yet plus a 6'x6' spa built in next to the pool (can overflow into the pool or there is...
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    Help me figure out my equipment

    Last summer I moved into a foreclosed home with a pool. I used this site to figure out how to clean it from green to blue. I figured that was enough knowledge. Now after a few months of not swimming and having a solar cover on it, I neglected it a bit and its slightly green. I know how to fix it...
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    I've been shocking for almost a week, is this normal?

    A little bit of background info. I bought a house with a green pool, drained it, cleaned it, then filled it. Everything was going fine until I let the FC slip a little low for a day or two. Since then every time i brush the pool there is a brown 'dust' that gets stirred up by the broom. I'm...
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    Still a newbie

    Well I started off with a green pool. It is now in swimming condition. However, the FC levels will drop 4-5 ppm per day. I don't think its sunlight doing the damage because my CYA is fairly high. Any suggestions? FC 1.5 (but I just added more) TC 1.5 PH 7.8 TA 140 CH 270 CYA 60 Also, I have...
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    New to the forums and pools in general in Phoenix

    Hello all, Just moved to Phoenix about a week ago and the house was a foreclosure. Of course, I got a nice green pool in the backyard. Its a plaster inground play pool that is about 15'x25' its a free form so somewhere around 14k gallons I think. The water had evaporated about 2 feet down by the...