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    Opening HELP!

    Hi there! So opening pool and pump doesn’t seem to hold water in the basket area. I have felt returns and although weak there is water. I can feel some suction in filter basket but weak. I’m trying to attach video. Could it just be gaskets? DE filter doesn’t seem to close to valve completely...
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    Tips on blowing out the main drain

    You guys are always more than a wealth of knowledge. First time closing pool. We blew out the returns and skimmer u til we saw a mist. We closed the skimmer line and opened main drain and put shop vac blower in. We don’t notice bubbles. Could this be that the blower isn’t strong enough? I’m...
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    Still new to this, let me know what to do next

    I ground vinyl liner pool. Pentair super flow vst pump, DE filter, SWG. These are the results. 18’x36’ shallow end for 15’ then goes to 7’. Is that about 22k gallons? Salt 3210 CYA under 30 FC 2 CC .5 TA 90 CH 160 what does this mean? I figured I need to add stabilizer but how do I determine...
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    Kit arrived

    Ok so k arrived. I started testing but will admit I felt a little overwhelmed! I opened. Poured some shock and ran pump. After a day Ana a half our one year old pump stopped working. Pool CO. Any come u til Monday. So I e still poured shocked in every day amd tried to brush as much as possible...
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    Pump help

    Please help, installed a pool and used it last year. Just opened it and pump was running. Now no lights showing on the pump. I checked breakers and everything seems good. This is a pentair super flow VS. any thoughts to see if it’s the pump or power?
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    Still trying to gain confidence, guidance please!

    Info, 25,000 gallon vinyl liner in ground pool with salt water generator. Pentair super flow variable speed pump And Pentair DE filter. I read and read but still get confused. took cover off to green (can I ask how normal this is amd if I can try to prevent in the future? Guy closed for us...
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    Algae or not????

    Brand new to this. Pool pump had broken pipe and we had to finish deck because it was only put in the ground before closing in the fall. So we had a rough start. The pool just started turning really green the last few days. I still need the proper testing kit but Can anyone that’s experienced...
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    maintenance thoughts while we can't turn pump on

    Hi There, Brand new so this is all foreign to us. Our pool was installed last fall. We still are working on the deck around the pool now. We found a broken pipe near the pump that needs to be fixed before we can turn anything on. We have a salt water system that will be installed at the...
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    Hi there!!

    New to pools and am a little scared to take care of one but with you g children who are eager to swim I’m up for the Challenge. Hoping this site can help me!!
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    New inground pool decking and coping?

    This place has been great but we are lost. We built a house so thought putting a pool in now would make most sense. We have four young kids and we all love to swim. But we hadn’t budgeted for it..... we asked for a cantaliever edge on our pool because we like the look of stone/concrete or...