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Hi all, today I have the most strange experience when opening the pool. My trusted little cover pump was working fine and i moved it to a different area of the cover . It quickly stopped working and we were shocked to see the water there was full of oil and giving off this rainbow color on top...

Hi there, Currently opening the pool and the backwash exit of my filter is leaking water when the pump is running on "high", or when I set it in position "Closed". Yesterday I opened the filter to examine it and didn't find anything out of the ordinary. I tightened it better and it seemed to...

Dear all, firstly I wish everyone here a great upcoming pool season. Especially in the Northeast, as I know that in the South pools are already pretty hot. I'm just opening my above-ground pool and have unfortunately noticed a leak behind the return jet assembly. The pool must be 15 years old...

Dear Forum, My trusted Hayward 1.5HP dual-speed pump (bought in 2018) did the humming noise 2 months ago, which I successfully fixed by changing the capacitor (thank you Forum). Today the pump was doing it again. What the h** I thought... Maybe an electrical problem? What are the odds a new...

Hi all! Last winter I messed up and left the filter connected to the pool... which exploded due to ice, after water went way over the previous levels (lots of rain) and filled the filter. To replace the ClearWater 21in sand filter, I'm looking at Hayward filters. I've already got a new...

Hi all! It's been very cold in the NorthEast and I'm still not open! However last weekend, I tried to pump the water out of the cover , but I noticed, after a couple hours, my pool water was also going down! It seems the cover isn't "waterproof" ! No worries as it's been raining so much the...

Hi all, Since a few days, my Hayward pump trips the breaker after a period of 30 minutes to couple hours of running. It restarts OK immediately after resetting the breaker. It tripped the first time a few weeks ago after the flexible pipe coming from the pool disconnected and the pump was...

Hi there, Last week, I've got my liner changed and filled the pool with fresh city water. I then balanced the water and got to here: FC 3.0 ; pH 7.6 ; TA 90 ; CYA 20-25 I then added borate, for the first time: 589oz of Borate (9 boxes) and 2 gallons of Muriatic acid 31.4%, into my 10,000...

Hi Everyone, Just got a new liner, and opening the pool while it's filling up. I've poured almost 1 gallon of CYA Conditioner, after mixing well, that I had from last year, unopened. Unfortunately, I could quickly see it wasn't fully liquid and there are now granules in the bottom of the pool...

Hi all, It's still warm here in Connecticut but I had already unplugged the pump and lowered the water below skimmer level since mid September, but didn't close it properly (cover, etc. ). However, since then, the water's been going down steadily: more or less by 12 inches in 4 weeks, hence...

Hi there, My solar cover is several years old and I'm wondering if it's time to change it. It's probably over 5 years old, because I've bought the house with it 3 years ago. But the only problem I see with it is a lot of bubbles are popped, because they seem to be filled with water, as you can...

Hi everyone, When I bought the house with the above ground pool, the stairs were detached and staying in place thanks to a large weight lifting round weight. It wasn't a terribly bad solution, except the weight was wrapped in some sort of blue duct tape, which is now, 2 years later, falling...

Hi Everyone, I've just come back from vacation last night, finding my pool pump hadn't been running on schedule for several weeks, the pool becoming dark green. I've also found that the pH got very high, way above the 8.2 mark of the blue box K-1000 test. It was around 7.7 2 months ago...

Hi there, I'm new to the TFPC method but my water is already blue and all seems fine. We've received our TF-100 package this week, and here are our results as of Wednesday, after kids were in the pool in the afternoon: FC: 4 CC: 0.5 pH: 7.5 TA: 70 CH: 100 CYA: 30/40 Borates: not Temp: 75...

Good morning everybody! I'm going into my 2nd season, but given my 80% horrible experience last year I'm considering myself an almost total noobie. However, thanks to discovering TFP end of last season, I've started on the right foot and started chlorinating with bleach over winter. My pool...