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Just had this new liner installed 3 days ago. When filled I noticed what appears to be a manufacturing defect. I was planning to complain to the pool company that installed it but am I being too picky about this issue? Please take a look and give me your opinion.....

So our new liner will be installed in the next couple of weeks. Normally my pool would be closed by now but we obviously need to keep it open. My question is about getting the water ready for closure after the new liner is installed and the pool is refilled, likely by mid October or even late...

Hey guys.....after 16 years I am going to get a new liner for my pool. The old one doesn't have any leaks but the bead where it attaches to my steel steps has ripped away and I'm afraid another winter will end up tearing the liner. So this is a pre-emptive move to avoid a mid-season disaster and...

My plan is to get 2 rectangles to cut/fit to my irregular shaped pool. Probably from Sun2Solar. My gut tells me to get the cheapest ones (800 series - 8 mil) as they typically don't last more than a couple of years at most anyways. Does anyone have any reasons why I should get the more expensive...

I usually have trouble getting my Raypack 366A started after a long winter but this year I have encountered a problem I've never seen before. Usually it's the Pressure Switch is stuck, or I have air in the lines and eventually get ILO (Ignition lockout). Eventually it starts up. But not this...

heading away for a week in May and in New England, we have all sorts of Crud coming down from the trees this time of year. My concern is the skimmer baskets and/or pump basket getting clogged enough to hinder the pump operation as I have no one to watch the pool for me when gone. I was...

So my salt cell died and I ordered a new one that was defective. I’m waiting for the warranty replacement but I’ll be going g on Vacation soon and I’ll be gone for a week. Since I’ve always had the SWG to keep up the FC, I don’t know the best way to keep it chlorinated while I’m gone. I’m...

Very strange problem.......I have a leak at my SWG cell only when the system pump is turned off. It's a very slow leak but I can see that it's wet under the cell. However while I'm running my pump and water is flowing through the cell, it's bone dry underneath. It's a new cell that was just...

Wondering if anyone had to replace the quick connect for the Polaris 280. I ordered a genuine replacement and the new one doesn’t fit on Polaris pool line fitting ( also OEM). I can push/turn it in with a lot of difficulty but no way can I disconnect it without unscrewing the entire assembly...

While I have an SWG, it is currently 7 yeas old and I suspect the cell may go south on me at any time. The last one I had lasted about 7 years so I may be on borrowed time. So I test my FC every day now just to be sure it's still working. Since I won't be able to test while on vacation, I was...

I’ve been noticing air bubbles coming out of my returns lately and wondering if I have a suction side leak somewhere. Although the bubbles come out of the returns, I never see any in the pump basket. It looks air tight. I checked each of the 2 skimmers by plugging them one at a time. I also...

Any help with this? The code says to clean my filter/strainer but all that looks good and I am getting plenty of pressure through the lines to the returns. I also tested the PRS switch on the heater with an ohm meter and when the pump is off, I get an open and when the pump is on, the ohm meter...

I have metal staining in my vinyl liner which requires a quart of MM once a month. This maintenance dose makes my liner look new within hours and if I keep up the monthly dosage, it never stains. However this year, the ProTeam MM has been hard to find. I am reluctant to switch to another product...

So, I was told that my town delivers "hard water" to my home. This prompted my wife to tell me I needed to install a water softener system. Before I look into that, I decided to test the water for CH using my TF-100 kit. I used the same procedure I use for my pool testing. My results were about...

I have to close tomorrow (9/21) which is a little early for me, but we are going on a 10 day vacation on 9/27 and want the pool all wrapped up before I go. I usually bring FC to SLAM levels before closing. I've always had good luck with this, opening clear in the spring. I happen to have a...

Not sure why this is happening. I only change my DE once...... about mid way through the season. My process is quite simple. 1) drain filter and then plug inlet with rag (my water level is higher than filter inlet) 2) remove cartridge and spray it down inside and out 3) put cartridge back in and...

My SWG is 11 years old and I replaced the cell 3 years ago. This year, when I turn it on, I immediately get the solid red light "insufficient water flow". I cleaned the cell with acid and it looks good. I checked the wires (visual inspection) going the the flow sensor and they look good. The...

I was planning on opening my pool this weekend as typically I open it the first weekend in May. The weather has been so horrible in New England this spring and now I have no incentive to do it this weekend. The forecast for the upcoming week is 50 degrees and rainy through Thursday. Then maybe...

I've been closing my pool the same way for the past 12 years. I chose this method because the first year, I had the pool company close the pool and this is how they did it. So I have no reason for doing it this way other than copying them. I blow out the lines from the equipment side while the...

A couple of years ago, I had to replace my polaris booster pump with a new one. The new ones come with quick connect plumbing to suck the water from the return line and then send it to the dedicated polaris line. This morning, while the booster pump was running, one of the disconnects failed...

I opened my pool to some staining this year. I put in 2 quarts of ProTeam MM and within hours, all the stains were gone. However I noticed a huge FC consumption. Does anyone know if MM will consume FC and if so, for how long? I should add that the night before I put the MM in, I passed OCLT. So...

I am trying to figure out the best way to remove the antifreeze from my lines this year. It seems easy enough to flush the antifreeze from the skimmer lines. Just switch to waste, remove the skimmer plugs, prime the pump and turn it on. However, not sure how to flush it from the 3 returns...

I usually close my pool the first week of October and it's always crystal clear when I open in early May (Boston area). However this year, I go on a 2 week vacation starting Sept 13th. The big question is...should I close before I go?? My current thinking is to close on the 12th (day before I...

Everything was great this year until today around 6:00pm when I took an FC reading and it was 1.0 :eek: yesterday I took the reading at noon time and it was 6.0. I keep it around 6.0 and it's stayed there pretty much since I opened it. The different thing I did yesterday was to turn it off for...

I always worry about my skimmer baskets filling up and restricting flow if I leave the pool unattended for periods of time. Especially in the spring when there are lots of things falling into the pool. I have 2 skimmers and a bottom drain. If both skimmers fill up and have restricted flow...

I want to try to use threaded plugs this year instead of gizmo for my 2 skimmers. My only concern is the other purpose which the gizmo provides, which is ice expansion protection. In each skimmer, I have 2 threaded holes....one that goes back to the pump and the other is just blocked off and...

Hard to believe I'm already thinking about closing but it's only 6 weeks away :-( Anyways, every year I struggle with plugging my lines after blowing them out. Maybe I'm anal, but when i blow then plug them with the threaded plugs, I can always see tiny air bubbles until I turn off the blower...

I've been noticing that I get small amounts of air bubbles from my Polaris (pressure side) return. I cannot see any visible bubbles from either of my other 3 returns. the bubble are there even when the Polaris booster pump is not turned on. I've attached a picture of my setup. You can see that...

Having a hard time figuring this out........ My SWG claims a production rate of 1.38 lbs. per day. ( I assume this means when the dial is set to 100%) I've had good success running my pump 10 hours per day with the SWG set at 50%. So I did some math....... 1.38 lbs./day = 22 oz./day of...

Just opened the pool this past weekend and I was Happy to see that the MM treatment I did last September to remove the metal stains is still holding up. The liner looks great!!! Here is the procedure I followed...... Removing Metal Stains with MM Now to keep it that way. The maintenance dose...