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in my experience.., CYA isn't an issue for the pool guy, because they ignore it... what you don't know can't hurt you - right?

Both are considerably more expensive than walmart - at least near me.

My local Walmart is closing... I have been getting all my liquid chlorine there There is a Costco nearby, but I have never been a member and don't know what they sell. I am thinking of joining. I looked on the Costco website, and they don't appear to sell chlorinating liquid, but I figured I...

so - have you guys been buying online at walmart, and having it delivered? i didn't think they would deliver it... do they charge for shipping?

my local walmart just replaced the chlorinating liquid with christmas decorations... I had to pay ~$8.50 a galon at home depot

i have a circupool variable speed pump i think my pool is about 32,500 gallons. i live in CT, and the pool is open early June-through September - it's not heated. i probably run the pump more than is needed - we like to see the water moving!

i'm in a similar situation as the OP - liquid chlorine is a pain. my local stores have stopped carrying it for the season- they are putting Christmas stuff on the shelves... one thing i haven't been able to figure out: yes, I will save money on chlorine.., but what about electricity? Do these...

I have a kidney shaped pool, and I need a new cover for the winter. My current cover was supplied by the pool maintenance company, before I started doing it myself. the cover is falling apart - it's a Meyco. I would prefer to buy something else. This is my second Meyco, and they seem very...

yes - i can easily leave it open it opens and closes by a valve on the manifold near my pump, and does not have any kind of cover at the pool -the port is just a hole with a plastic fitting in the wall of the pool - this is a pretty old pool. i should probably mention again that i have the...

everything seems normal

Pretty sure there isn't i checked for blockages in the hose too

I'm not really asking it to take care of algae - just to clean up fine gray stuff that has settled to the bottom - which might be dead algae i haven't done the overnight test yet

the skimmer is fine - the water level does not get sucked low. that's why i don't think the filter is the problem - it would affect the skimmer too also - every now and then i get great suction - without doing anything with the filter...

So, I have a vacuum head that goes on a long pole with a hose that can connect to the skimmer hole, or a dedicated cleaning port on the side of my pool. Sometimes, it works great - i turn the pump up high and the thing has enough suction that it sticks to the walls - which is great because i...

are these pool cleaners mostly for bigger kinds of debris? when i open my pool I usually have a gray powdery looking substance on the floor of my pool. I think it's dead algae, but i'm not sure. I occasionally get it during the season as well. i usually vacuum it to waste, or to the filter if...

yes - i generally do that, and it helps avoid brushing i might try a slime bag - at least it can't do any harm...

mostly - in the season i do not brush.., because of this paint issue. what i do is just vacuum the sides - that has been good enough to prevent algae, and it does not seem to take the fine paint off and make clouds opening my pool, the other day - i had to brush... hence the problem

what does anyone think about flocculant for paint clouds?

i had two quotes - roughly the same everything is expensive where i live...

i don't have algae this is has been a chronic problem - several years - that is getting worse over time. clouds of very old white paint come off the wall into the pool when it is brushed if you rub your finger on the wall, it comes off white my cartridge filter fills up with small flakes of...

yes- i am sure - it's not algae - it's very fine paint coming off the wall of the pool.

My concrete/plaster pool was painted by a previous owner. It needs to be sandblasted and re-plastered, but my estimates last year were $25-30K and i will bet it would be more expensive this year. I don't feel like spending the money - the surface looks fine. I don't plan to stay in the house...

i Just cleaned my System 3 filter cartridges They were filled with small white flakes of something - around 1mm in size. They sure look like flakes of paint, so I am pretty sure the pool was painted and that when I brush I am removing 20+ year old paint.

I have owned my house and pool since about 2004. During that time I have done no maintenance or work on the pool surface. At one point, maybe about 10 years ago, before I was doing the daily pool care myself, my pool guy said that my pool needed to be painted. I never did it. I would guess my...

one more question - i have one of those Tork timers that was installed for my old pump. now i don't need that. It seems like there might be a way to remove the on/off pins so that the timer doesn't turn off power to my pump. is that right? the timer should still function as an on-off switch...

at 1500 it's quiet. i think my old pump ran all the time at 3400, and if the new one runs at about that speed, it's not quieter, and might be noisier.

I ended up getting a circupool 2.0hp variable speed pump from discoutsaltpool.com it's not quieter than my super II was, but it's okay. i was able to get overnight shipping for about $125 probably the biggest reason i got it was that they answered the phone, and it was in stock ready to...

so would i want the square flange, or the C flange?

The Super II is definitely an in-ground pump Inyo doesn't open til monday, but maybe i will look into that

i don't see that one...