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    Coupling/adapter to go from 1.5" copper to 2" PVC?

    I am replacing my old pump with a Pentair VF and was buying up elbows and other bits at Home Depot. But I couldn't find anything other than the drain rubber boots that adapts 1.5" to 2". But that looks way too flimsy. So I started looking online and found this type of rubber coupling...
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    Grrr! Algae literally stuck to the bottom

    I'm losing this battle with what appears to be very stubborn green algae that is stuck to the bottom of the plaster pool. I can brush some of it away but most of it is VERY VERY stubborn. A steel brush helps a little but it's also spreading everywhere. I came home from a month long vacation to...
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    Purex smbw 2036 and backwashing procedure

    I'm trying to figure out the features of this DE filter tank that we have and it's fairly old, 15 years or more? I have the 2036 and the label on it describes a backwash procedure and mentioned about a backwash handle. Well I looked and I don't see anything on the bottom of the filter tank. So I...
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    Greenish stuff that I can't brush off!! Need your advice!

    My pool turned green and so I went and got a bunch of liquid chlorine from HD to shock it. Prior to shocking I adjusted the pH since it was a little high. I tried brushing and I realized that my plaster pool bottom also turned green and brushing it barely pushes the green stuff away. I shocked...