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I think there might be junk stuck in the suction lines for my pool. The cover for the main drain has been missing since we bought the place last year. Once we got the pump running we kept finding tile pieces in the pump screen / prefilter. Once we could see the bottom of the pool there were more...

My pool is super nasty green right now. I got the pH where is needs to be and tested for ammonia. We are ready to add stabilizer. However, it says we cannot backwash for 48 hours after adding the stabilizer and that we need to run the pump during that time to circulate the water. With how gunky...

Today, I started adding chemicals to my pool for the first time and everything I did was a grater than expected result. For example: pH was 8.2, I dosed to be 7.0 and it came out 6.8. I corrected to be 7.2 and it came out 7.5. FC was 0, I dosed to be 10 and it came out 13.5. My pool is a...

FC: 0 CYA: 0 TA: 130 pH: 8.2+ I keep reading that you can’t shock the pool until your pH is right. Mine is clearly not right yet. Added dry acid yesterday with no effect. Adding 106oz of liquid Baume (31.45%) today hoping that we see a change. My question is should I also add chlorine? I...

We can’t see the bottom of our pool cuz it’s so green right now. Hoping to start the SLAM process this weekend. We cleaned up our sand filter but I’m worried the main drain is clogged. We blew air through the pipes and bubbles came out one of the skimmers but nothing else. How can you tell if...

I’ve never had a pool before but we just bought a house with a 20,000 gallon in-ground pool. It WILL be great but right now it’s just gross. It’s green and it looks like the alge is starting to clump together. I got my test kit and our results are: FC: 0 pH: 7.4 TA: 140 CYA: 0 We have a sand...

I just drained my Hayward s244t for the first time. It looks like the filter is only half filled with sand. Is that normal? I wasn’t the one who added the sand so I cannot be sure how much they put in. I suppose I could empty it and add 300lbs myself but if there is another way to be sure I have...

So, I inherited a bit of a mess of a pool (which we are lovingly calling "the pond") from the previous owners of our new house. I've read up on SLAMing. I've ordered my test kit and tested the water (FC: 0, pH: 7.4, TA: 140, CYA: 0). I've cleaned out all the debris I can. Now I'm ready to deep...