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The last 2 days the pump has been making an awful humming noise. I'm told we need to replace the bearings. Could anyone help me figure out what I need? Water is flowing freely and clearing up as it runs, it just sounds horrifying. Thanks in advance.

Ok so, decided this year after a very successful opening to clean my sand. We’ve never done it before but felt necessary to improve filtration (sand was put in in 2010). The clamp bolts were rusted and one broke. Had to get a new clamp. So we get it off finally and are cleaning the sand and...

Perfect! Now to find one. No one nearby has one in stock. Thanks!!!

It runs off 120 volts. The pump is a 1.25 hp. Most places only have a 3/4 or a 2.5 hp in stock as they all said had trouble getting inventory due to Covid. I found a 2.5 Pentair Superflo VS. would that work as a replacement? My pipes are 2” pipes.

I have calls in to 3 people for names. Our problem is we live a good 1.3 hours away from the pool store. Most of the guys that they recommend don't want to come this far. We flipped both pool breakers and then turned them back on. Still nothing. I think it's probably the pump. It struggles...

Since joining TFP last year our pool have never been easier to keep up. Thanks guys! So now great looking pool, no pump. Automatic vac ran yesterday, cut the pump off as we normally do about 6:45 pm last night. Went to turn it on today and nothing. Checked the breakers, they aren't tripped...

EXCELLENT! We figured based on what we have been doing with the SLAM (how much we've used,etc) The 73% Cal Hypo will end up running me about $25 more. Off to buy a 50 lb container now. Thanks so much for your help!!!

Ok so tested calcium. When I added the buffer turned the sample blue. Not red. Does this mean I have no calcium in the water?

Pentair SandDollar. See stock pic. I just remember the struggle getting the black valve back on one I got it off.

So in my area folks have figured out pool chlorine is bleach. I bought the last 3 Walmart had and was told they would not be getting more in as it was seasonal. I bought ACE Hardware last 5 bottles, and cleaned out Lowes and Home Depot. As I posted on another thread, I am in the process of...

Hi! As we have fought the last 3 years to opening a swampy pool that takes tons of liquid chlorine=money and time and now I am wondering a couple of things. Backstory: I have never, ever cleaned the filter. No idea it needed cleaning. I replaced the laterals and sand in the pump about 8-10...

2nd test... FC 13.5 CC .5 poot math app says based on my #’s I need FCbe at 25 So added 2 bottles will check again later.

Farm stores! What a great idea. Thanks so much! Will update numbers when I test again at 1ish.

Last year our pool was a mess. Loads of issues upon opening. TFP forum was my SAVIOR! I'm hoping I can get some words of wisdom this time around. Ok, so we opened about 2 weeks ago. Had a leak in a pipe which had to be fixed before we could turn it on. Fixed that then couldn't find my test...

So we’ve had a ton of rain lately. I don’t know if that matters or not. Our pump is 17 years old. Turned it on today, ran about an hour, it threw the breaker. Now won’t come on. Any ideas what’s wrong?? Trying to figure if I need pool help (new pump) or electrical.

Yes, we do get sand in that corner. Lots of tree debris near the end of summer. I also really only see the sand when I backwash. Once vacuumed it does not come back daily. I'm thinking do a deep clean of the filter and continue SLAM. Thanks for your help!

I just tested everything this morning to see what everything was at. With the pool still green yesterday (deep end green hue) we added (without testing til last night) 2 bottles 10%. We have been SLAMming for 2 weeks now and until the last 2-3 days had not had a whole lot of progress. Last...

We've been SLAMMing out pool for over a week now. (posted on thread SLAM Help here for further info). Have run into an issue today. Need help on what to do about ALK test.. Test results: FC 37.5 (lost 0 Chlorine last night) CC 0 PH 8 (possibly higher as it was ore purple than fuchsia pink)...

Still struggling with some green. The shallow end is blue but the slant and bottom of the deep end still has a greenish hue. I’ve brushed, vacuumed daily, left the vaccum in the deep end all day yesterday to help that end filter. Test last night Ph 7.6 Cc 0 FC over 30 (stopped to save...

Ok so, we finally had an overnight where FC stayed up. Tests this morning showed FC 15 CYA 60 PH 7.4 ALK too high to keep wasting test reagents (stopped at 300) CC 0 (never turned pink, turned yellow eventually) I've still got cloudy, green-ish water and algae clumps in the bottom. Have been...

I want to say a huge thank you to mknauss! Your suggestion of adding, checking in 15, adding worked! It's not completely clear but it is beginning to hold chlorine. Test this morning showed FC at 6. We last added chlorine yesterday at 7pm. Still have algae present but it's dying out slowly...

Thanks! So I added 4 bottles of 10% this morning at 9. After going to get more Chlorine got home to test at 1. FC was at 5.5. Added 2 more gallons. Tested at 3:30 FC was at 6 so I added 2 more gallons. My CYA tested today at 1 was at 40. I’m guessing not ammonia but serious, serious...

So if I do the add CL, 15 min, test, eventually I'll defeat the ammonia? Will I need something to counteract it? I'm going to Home Depot as their chlorine is less than $3 each. Any suggestions on how many to buy? Anything else you think I'll need. Driving an hour one way to pick it up as...

Had no idea about ammonia. I'm going to test now, add what I've got based on Pool Math, test again in 15 min. I'll after this addition I'll have to head out for more Chlorine. I may wait until I have enough on hand to do this properly. I added CYA based on a suggestion here based on my first...

Ok so we are starting day 3 of the slam. Day 1 results were: FC 6 CC 3 Ph 7 ALK 9 zero CYA We added with a couple of socks per Pool Math 8 lbs of CYA to raise that to 40, Baking Soda to raise the Ph. Pool Math said to add 2 Gal & 2 C of liquid 10% Chlorine. We added all that, brushed the...

Ok so I finally got my kit today. Here’s what we’ve done so far: brushing daily, adding 1 gal of liquid 10% chlorine. My first test results are: FC 6 CC 3.2 Ph 7.0 Alk 90 CYA we could see the dot the whole time. Filled the thing all the way up. I’m trying to figure out pool math. We’ve got...