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Guys, I am opening my pool today and I noticed the Ph was very high, I took the first test and the color was dark so i started with guess its at 8.4 and added 43 oz, I believe to bring down my 29k pool to around 7.4. After the next reading it was still cearly above 8.2 so I added 37oz. After...

Guys, I am wondering if anything should be done to balancing the chemistry levels in the winter. I always open the pool to clear water but my Ph has been always high since I have a salt water pool. This year it was way high and I am worried about damaging the plaster. Should I be testing in...

So my TA test seemed to always turn charcoal color first, then green on the next drop. I know most will say its the blue color which happens in presence of high chlorine but I am certain this happens with low and high chlorine. To me this looks like blackish/charcoal color, not blue at all...

Hello Guys, last season I had some error codes that pointed to a bad salinity sensor and I purchased one a month ago or so before opening the pool this year. The part I ordered is Zodiac R0403800 with a 16 foot cord. The part looks exactly the same as my previous one except at the end of the...

So when I moved in the pressure gauge was already pretty old but I never thought it maybe bad, after couple of season of it never changing the values really I decided to replace it. My pool was always pretty clear and not much stuff gets into the baskets. I bought a brand new zodiac pressure...

Guys, one of the tiles that was in place right below my hot tub overspill has fallen off either during the winter or since my opening yesterday. I fished it out and noticed a little of the plaster that was below of it came off it. I think the water spilling from the tub edged a little space...

Hello guys, Could someone refresh my memory as to adjusting pool levels at opening? I will be shocking the pool in the beginning so I know its not a good ides to add chemicals until all done with that as to not waste them. But should I level anything before shocking? like Ph and Alkalinity maybe?

So my solid safety cover is coming apart after last season's snows, the pool was built in 2006 so I assume it is 8 years old. Bought the house in 2011. I sent it out for repair through Leslie's but they would not do it stating there is too much stitching rot. They use Raynor and they quoted...

So I finally got to closing my pool today and run into some trouble. I am closing it for the first time alone so it took me a lot longer then expected and I did get a bit puzzled with my spa setup and wasn't sure how to blow it out properly. I am still uncertain and I wanted to see if anyone...

Guys, I will be closing out my pool by myself for the first time and I purchased the Cyclone liner vac through Amazon to do so. I have long lines and I know the pool place had trouble blowing them using their regular equipment. I was always worried as to what to use to blow the lines if I was...

So guys, When I opened my pool up I noticed that one of the return jets/pipes going back to the pool from filter was not shooting out water, the other 4 are working just fine. I am worried that pipe might have frozen and broke over the winter ? is there an easy way to verify this? I thought a...

So I took my first real reading after adding all the chemicals and such, it has been almost two weeks since then. My FC was very slow to drop and just got to acceptable level today even though my SWG is still set to 0% production. PH - 7.5 FC - 5 CC - 0.5 TC - 5.5 TA - 80 CH - 290 CYA - 95 My...

So I opened my pool last week and was SLAMing it and adjusting other chemical levels. I had the SWG set to 0% production until FC drops back into normal level which was taking a few days, however, I used 23 drops last night to clear the pink and again 23 drops tonight. We had a full day of...

Guys, I have a salt water pool and wanted to find out about measuring the salinity of it. In the past couple years I just depended on the SWG (it has a control unit which displays salinity level) to show me how much salt I have. Is this a reliable source or should I perhaps buy some kind of a...

So here is my first reading I was finally able to take, my PH is high so 8.4 was my best guess but could possible be higher. I am going to use muriatic acid as soon as I get done writing this. other then that can I start shocking after adjusting PH? FC - 0 CC - 0 TC - 0 pH - 8.4 T/A - 70 CH -...

Last night after I dived down to open my attached spa drains I ran to take a shower only to find out my well pump has died :/ Had people last night and all morning working on getting a new one put in..... don't even want to think about the cost of that. I just turned on my pool equipment and...

Guys, Does anyone know the shelf life of chemicals like Calcium Hardness or Stabilizer? My local store often has the stabilizer on clearance end of the season and I would like to buy Calcium in a 25lbs package not knowing if I am going to use it all this season. If I had left overs and purchase...

So I am getting ready to open the pool by myself 2nd time and ofcourse forgotten all things I learned from you guys last year !:( I promise to write down notes this time around as it bugs me to keep coming back here and bothering you for stuff I should already know ! I have a 29,000 Gallon Salt...

Guys, I have a small leak in my cover, its the type with spring attachmends and you can walk on top of it. I have tried HD and Leslies as well as local pool shop and none of them carry anything to repair it. Guy at Leslie's suggested to use Gorilla tape as he heard it works but I would much...

Jason, I am not sure what you mean when you say you shock it and wait till it holds overnight, then you let it drop to normal levels. How do you hold it and drop it? you mean u run the filter to check if it remains constant and then shut it off?

Guys, with moving in to a new home with salt water pool I had a couple issues early on where my calcium levels were low and I had next to nothing of Chlorine, since fixing the issue my chlorine was a bit high at about 5 for a while untill I lowed my SWG enough so it started dropping, I think its...

Guys, recently bought a house with a pool and it came with the Polaris 380 vacuum, it kept getting stuck on the stairs and I established that the backup valve was bad. Since then I replaced the valve but the vacuum keeps getting stuck..... One thing I noticed it is able to backup while the...

Guys, I had my water tested at Leslie's last couple of times and despite my own testing showing wrong levels they kept telling me everything is ok. I finally took my water to a different pool place near me yesterday and found out my test were correct. I had high PH, low cholorine and low...

Hey Guys, I read some of the Pool School and hope that I am not asking the wrong question. I understand I might need to show pictures but as it is dark outside I am hoping someone might have an idea without it. I have a pool with an attached hot tub. It has a small overflow where water gets...