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    Pump and lines frozen?

    Water level dropped the last couple days and overnight the pump stopped priming. I'm adding water now but I'm guessing it's too late. The fountains which run on the same circuit are still running so I'm hesitant to cut the power. Any tips on what I can do to get the pump back running. I'm in...
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    Challenger 1 1/2 HP pump impeller cover

    So I’m having an interesting/confusing problem with the impeller cover. Last week I came home and had two small, fine streams of water coming out of the cover. Resigned myself to replacing cover and got the parts. Come home two days later and no streams of water. Weird but ok. Come home...
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    Filter ring bolts

    I'm trying to take my filter apart for the first time and I can't get the bolts holding the ring to budge. Am I going to have to cut them off and get new ones?
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    Leaking at the waterfall connection

    We have a hard freeze going on here in Dallas and I noticed we started losing water in the pool. Traced it down to the connection where the pipe for the waterfall connects to the spillway. It has a threaded connection. Waterfalls have been running constantly since Friday with the freeze...
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    Skimmer sucking air I think

    My skimmer closest to the pump seems to be sucking air from somewhere. I checked the weir door and it's operating properly. I replaced the o rings in the valve with no change. We do have 2 live oaks that dump on us twice a year and I've been busting my rear emptying the skimmers and vacuuming...
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    Pentair LL505G any good?

    I have an old Polaris crawler that came with the house and it's seen it's last day. Bag won't stay connected, hose is super stiff and gets tangled all the time. Temps went down the single digits the other day and it got so tangled that the hose snapped. The Pentair looks like a good option but...
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    Skimmer air leak

    Noticed the other day my pump would lose prime every 30 seconds or so and then prime back up and run for 30 seconds. Isolated the problem to one of the skimmers by turning off the Jandy valve. Ordered new O-rings for the valve hoping that would fix the problem but no luck. I'm out of ideas on...
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    Dust or algae or what?

    Been following TFP since day one of moving into our new house. So far the pool is clear enough to see the texture of the plaster in the deep end. I test my water almost daily, clean the skimmers and brush the pool at the same time. My only issue is every time I brush I get a fine cloud of...
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    Bought a house with *gulp* a pool!

    Hello everyone! Been lurking for a month or so but I'm a believer in the TFP process so here I am as a registered member. I don't have much info on my pool as we bought the house from a flipper and they only worked on the house. I'm slowly researching the equipment so I know what I need to do to...