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First time at trying to close my pool myself. I just purchased a Cyclone. I plan to airlock the main drain and plug the return lines after blowing them out. My question is what to plug them with. I see two types of plugs among my pool paraphernalia (see photo). One is rubber with a wing nut...

I'm trying to close my pool DIY this year. From what I've been reading, it would make sense to lower the pool water to below my wall returns. I have a plaster on gunite inground pool which will have a mesh safety cover for the winter. In the past, our pool closing company has never asked us...

I plan to close my pool myself this season. What do people recommend to clear the water lines? I get the impression that air volume is more important than pressure. Is there a pump folks would recommend that does the job of blowing out the lines efficiently?

As I understand it when you SLAM you load the pool and keep it loaded with chlorine while you run the filter continuously. My very green pool was just opened for the season and filter pump pressure goes up from 12 psi to 20 psi in just a few hours as the filter does its work. Is it safe to run...

I have been using Brilliance for Spa Sanitizer for my spa. I used to purchase it in 1.5lb orange containers and place it in my spa’s Brilliance floater (photo attached). Once a week I would do spa chemistries and make any needed adjustments. Now I can’t seem to find the product. In its place...

I have a pair of Intermatic timers regulating my pool pumps. One timer controls my pool pump for the filter, the other controls a booster pump for my Polaris cleaner. The yellow dial on the filter pump (your left in the attached photo with the two dials) no longer works. I can see gears move...

We recently received advice from our pool pump installer that we should periodically "release the cake". That is, when the pump pressure starts to rise we should turn the pump off, then back on. Sure enough. When we do the off/on thing the pump pressure drops ... but usually starts creeping...

Dear Helpful TFP Forumers, My Polaris 380 is giving me trouble. Specifically, the rear of my pool cleaner is slightly raised off the ground. As a result the machine does not pick up debris. Photos of my problem can be found by clicking the links below. The photos were taken with the...