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Hail all and well met. I recently read the thread on cleaning up the pool with ascorbic acid. I took my 4 jandy filter cartridges, about 3 feet tall and about 10 inches each in circumference, and put them in a tall bucket with some serious vitamin C. They were brown and red, and after the...

Hi all, recently started to notice that all my plastic plastic parts in our pool and our polaris were taking on a dull yellow/brown discoloration. Most notable on the skimmer baskets and baskets in the main pump and water feature pump. So I took the water to a lab, not a pool store and found...

Hi all, I noticed last week a little white line along the water line in the pool figured it was calcium? So I didnt add water for a week and let the water get down a bit. The white really became noticeable on the tile once it dried out. Any ideas what this is? I tried using muriatic acid and...

Hi all, a few weeks ago I noticed my 1 year old pump is making an odd pulsating sound and seems to be getting louder as days go by. It is a 2 hp jandy pump. The water seems to be pumping fairly smoothly still and the pressure gauge pulses ever so slightly. The pump next to it is for the...

HI all, I recently went through a round of algae, during which my salt cell salinty read 3300-3400 ppm, while in reality it was 2200-2400 ppm. Now, that the algae has cleared my cell is reading now 2600 ppm, could the algae have caused that ?

I could really use some help. I currently have a 10k gallon green pool. (photo attached) Normally its very blue and looks great. This all started Friday night, had high ph 8.1, and almost no chlorine, So i turned up the Jandy salt cell and added some acid to bring it down. By Sat morning...

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We had our plaster installed this weekend, and were instructed to add acid and brush the pool 3 times a day. Official pool start up is Tuesday. The question I have is with stains. Over night a leaf feel in the pool and sank to the bottom of the deep end. It left a very noticeable brown stain...

Well it has been raining lightly here, the gunite is damp, and there is a 30% of rain and mixed sunshine. Is this ok to plaster in? Will the plaster guys make the right choice since there is a 15 year warranty at stake ? Thanks!

Hi all, we have 2 steps left in our build, cool deck application and the installation of the plaster. I am taking off the day from work on plaster day and wanted some input on things to look out for. Stuff I am curious about: 1. There are 4 holes that were left in the gunite, PB said due to...

Hey all, curious if anyone knows. I am in the far far north houston area and we have centerpoint gas, formerly entex I believe. Any clue on cost to upgrade gas meter for 400k btu raypak heater? I called and asked and could not get an answer. Just curious if some of you have done this in my...

Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster, finally building a pool. We just finished the gunite stage and the pool builder has installed the plumbing and equipment. The pool is 13500 gallons roughly, free form pool with 4 jet spa. 2 inch plumbing, 2 skimmers, inline aquapure 1400 swg...