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Why are flocculants bad with cartridge filters?

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live up here in New England with an in ground pool, opened 2 weeks ago. Its balanced but blue. I shocked it a couple of times and I still see vague shadows in the deep end which just stays foggy. I have brushed the pool a few times and there isn't a hint of green. I have a cartridge filter and...

was getting my son's and my enthusiasm up for a cartridge muriatic soak. I saw a post mentioning that I should clean the cartridges before I did the soak I went to the local hardware store to get some gloves and while I was there I saw the 45 degree nozzle I also saw mentioned. bought the nozzle...

This is very interesting. At my age I have a lot of health problems and I recently had a chest/lung CAT scan. They found some micro nodules in my lungs. I asked my GP about it and he said they are usually found in people with asbestos or similar exposure. I have been a musician, software guy and...

I take a water sample into the pool shop every Saturday morning and I was reading off the results. They told me that DE was dangerous, carcinogenic and if I didn't get rid of it properly it could become painful because I would need it removed if I am to ever sell the house. I have been living in...

I have a Hayward swim clear 3030. Volume22,950 Free C 1.8 total C 2.8 These were before I shocked it pH7.3...

I have Hayward SwimClear. I have cleaned the cartridges 5 times since the start of the season (mid June outside Boston). PSI still reaches 20 within a week. My pool guy suggested that before I junk the cartridges I try cleaning them by soaking them for an hour with muriatic acid.I am a little...

Thank you. My pool guy is talking like I have a particularly virulent form of asbestos in my back yard that I MUST dispose of before I can sell the house ( not that I am trying to sell). I will attempt to get rid of it but it is comforting to know that the situation is not desperate

The house I moved to 22 years ago had a pool and I have kept it up ever since. Up until 2 years ago I used a DE filter. The original owner was a do-it-yourself kind of guy and the filter just drained to the back of the cabana. So for 20 years i have been buying bags of DE and...