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    Confusion on directions for adding DE to filter

    Hi everyone! We r planning on adding DE to our sand filter today. But we are confused regarding the PSI. Wouldn't adding the DE, and catching more debris, cause the PSI to go lower, not go up?
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    Adding DE to sand filter

    My husband and I would like to add DE to our sand filter to help get some of the microscopic particles that make it thru the filter. But I read somewhere that there are different types (one for pools, one for gardens) and you can't use the 1 for gardens in ur pool. Is this true? And if so...
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    New to site, with questions and looking for answers

    Hi Pat, My husband would like to know if we aren't ever going to need to go to the pool store again, where are we supposed to get our chemicals? I am liking the idea of not needing to shop often (I am the one that HATES shopping in the family) but does this mean we will be purchasing chemicals...
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    New to site, with questions and looking for answers

    Hello everyone! Thanks for responding so quickly. Today, we went to a different pool store (yes, I hear the groans...I heard them all the way there from my hubby too) and we picked up a taylor pool test kit, I don't know much but I do know that it isn't the sticks we were using. We did have...
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    New to site, with questions and looking for answers

    My husband and I have had our pool for the past couple of years. And honestly, my husband HATES it, and that is an understatement. He actually wishes the ground would open up and sink it South. But that is pretty much because we can't quite seem to get it to be very little maintenance and...