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I bought an oil filled gauge. The pressure reads a bit lower than my old gauge, but once I adjusted my brain to that, I had no problem. Word of warning: you have to remove them with a wrench at the base; trying to install or remove by hand will break the gauge.

I have a Hayward S200 sand filter. The top half has a small crack in it, and the black cap also has cracks. Should I just replace these parts, or replace the entire filter unit? I've also been considering a move to a cartridge filter. If I do, will I need to replace the pump and variflow valve...

Putting it vertical hit me this morning. That might work! If not, I'll try the salad strainer. Great ideas! Thanks!

Hi, all, I'm having a devil of a time trying to pump the April rainwater off my inground pool cover. A lot of vegetation got on the cover and rotted, and now when I try to pump the water off, the pump's spongy filter clogs up after 30 seconds with muddy gunk. I am afraid to run the cover pump...

Thanks for checking! If that's the case, however, what would be turning my liner green? Any idea?

Well, that's just logical, isn't it. :-D The algaecide was the local pool store's brand and was just called Algaecide-60, I think (I'm at work, so I don't have the bottle in front of me). I do use the tri-chlor tablets in a feeder, and powder shock. I'll be switching to the BBB system...

Hi! Long-time browser who finally wised up and joined this awesome website! I bought my house a year ago. Never owned a pool before, but the previous owner said it wasn't very difficult to maintain the pool and hot tub. HA! I've had nothing but trouble with both. My current problem, which I...