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  1. HBrittan

    Fiberglass pool frozen.

    Our power has been out for more than 24 hours. It is 0 degrees in Fort Worth Tx. I drained the pump and filter, and feel like that is pretty safe. I have fiberglass pool and have been breaking the ice around the edges aver two hours because I am worried about it breaking the pool. Is that an...
  2. HBrittan

    I think something froze

    Pump ran all night and sounded good this morning. I thought it would warm up today and I had the timer go off about 10am. Well it was below freezing all day, and when I go hope about 530, I went to start he pool pump. unfortunately the freeze protection switch does not work. Any way. I...
  3. HBrittan

    Is that a Blister? - Fiberglass Pool

    Good Morning, I started cleaning some spots and fine tuning details after a major SLAM and clean up job. Upon further inspection, I noticed that these black spots wer not stains as I thought but rather seem to be blisters in the pool surface. This is on the top step of an older fiberglass...
  4. HBrittan

    Strange FC Test

    Good Morning. I was doing my daily tests and maintenance earlier this morning, and had a strange test experience. I was testing for FC. I put 10 mls of water in the vile. Water was clear as shown in the picture below. I added a scoop of R-0870 powder and mixed. The water had no color and...
  5. HBrittan

    Stubborn Cloudiness - SLAM 15 days - Need Help

    Good Evening, Looking for some help. Getting Discouraged after so many bumps along the road. We started to SLAM on Wednesday May 27., after the pool being closed for more than a year. We replaced the pump and above ground piping/valves, and water is flowing great. We are circulating from the...
  6. HBrittan

    Lower CYA - Draining Fiberglass Pool

    I have been doing a SLAM for a week and while color looks better, it is still very cloudy. I messed up at the beginning and my CYA is 90. Checked it 3 times today because I could not believe I could have messed it up that bad. We have been slamming based on thinking we were at 45. To get to...
  7. HBrittan

    New Pump Motor Hot during SLAM - NEWBIE

    New member, New to working on my pool, and I have a new pump and motor.... I am three days into doing a SLAM. The pool was really bad as the motor died last summer, and we covered it over the winter to keep leaves out. We scooped and skimmed all the bulk waste from the pool (tons of stuff)...