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I’m opening my pool today and sent my husband to rural king to get the concentrated liquid chlorine that I always use (or bleach). He went to Wal Mart and brought home a giant tub of granular chorine. Should I just return this and go get the liquid to clear things up or can I use this? I’ve...

I am leaving for vacation in 48 hours. I typically have no worries on vacation because I leave the pump and SWG running. However, my SWG is suddenly broken and I am unable to power it on. I haven't used another chlorine source in ages and have very limited time to review the pool school on what...

I need to re-caulk the stainless steel pool walls on our in ground pool. It is peeling away and I am hoping it's the only source of our leak. We have been advised to use 100% silicone by a pool guy who admittedly only repairs vinyl lining type pools. So I wanted to double check with my favorite...

I have a SWG. Needless to say, outside of a green pool opening, I rarely have to deal with chlorine. When I do, I typically use liquid bleach. Last week I was sick with a stomach virus on top of being 6 months pregnant, so I was not able to monitor my water chemistry for about 5 days. I also...

Hi folks. Last year we did a major construction of a pool house. Since then, all things pool related have been a disaster. I'll spare you ALL the details, but we had a pool guy insist on "taking care of" all the equipment and relocation of the pump, and MANY things were broken in the process by...

We live in Southern Illinois and have been in our home for 5 years now. The home was built around 1978 and had an existing in ground pool and shed. What started as a desire for an outdoor kitchen and bathroom ballooned into a design for a full heated and cooled enclosed "house" minus a...

I have two test kits that are giving me completely different readings on TA. My pH is consistent at 7.5 for both kits. One kit is a new TF-100 refill plus the old one from last year are both giving me a reading of 110. My pool guy's test kit that I currently have is different. Instructions say 1...

I'm very late to opening my pool this year due to new construction of a pool house being behind schedule, but we're about to get it going. I was wondering if anyone had experience finding good deals on pool chemicals through amazon prime. I have a SWG but I think someone has broken it during...

I am building a new pool house in the fall and am strongly considering having solar panels installed on the roof to heat the in-ground pool to extend our pool season. I am located in Southern Illinois (Carbondale) but am having no luck locating a company that does installation or even sells the...

I have been shocking the pool since Tuesday at noon, keeping FC levels 24 or greater using 6% great value bleach. We have never had CC's until the past 2 days at 0.5 (due to storms both nights??). Passed the overnight drop test 2 nights in a row (last night went from 24 to 23.5 with a heavy...

I am currently doing the shock process on the pool due to cloudy water after a heavy storm, following strictly the "how to shock" instructions. Started yesterday, had a pH of 7.5. All summer I have had no problems with the pH. Today all of a sudden the pH is reading 8.2+. Could adding all the...

new pool owners, new to SWG. Pool water is getting more and more cloudy every day. Can barely make out the main drain. Might be starting to get a slight green hue but it may also be our imagination. We added 3 bags of shock yesterday with no improvement. 3 days ago used clarifier with no...

Basic question. There are 2 returns on one side of the pool and 1 on the opposite side that is for plugging in the vacuum. I believe this is what they call the "dedicated return line." When we screw in the polaris 360, there is not enough pressure to make it go. 1. Are we supposed to be...