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The fact that you've lived there for 5 years through PA winters and spring seasons and the pool has not overflowed and you've not drained it gives me concern that it doesn't hold water and that it just keeps refilling. I lowered our pool this fall well below the returns at closing and by early...

I'm so excited I can finally play this game for the season. After opening on Friday and spending a rainy weekend babysitting FC levels, I got the CYA sock going today. Lots of brushing and clearing dead algae. I'm also waiting for my new batch of dpd powder and R0871 reagent to arrive Thursday...

Once we see your test results, I'm curious if you might have ammonia in your pool. One of the signs is the inability to hold chlorine and with adding 16 gallons and then 13 gallons of LC and it going to zero both times could be a sign. But let's what your full results are :-)

There are several experts who live in the Southwest region that will probably be along to help further but you may want to consider the No Drain Water Exchange method. They can also comment on your CH issues as many of them experience extremely hard water. For you CYA round up to 80 - you...

I feel you. I missed the window on opening clear this year too. We open our pool ourselves but have a company close it and opening it is super easy. I had about 1/2 a home depot bucket worth of worms in the bottom of my pool. Super gross so I did net those out and I did it blindly which sucks...

and the pool is green :-( We had temps in the 80's all week, but water temp is barely 60*. There are so many worms and it smells so bad. I am sad.

Some days, that's accurate. She knows if she pushes hard enough, water will come up through.

I ordered a new basket for my robot because like a dummy, I left the other one sit outside all winter and it cracked. Tried to super glue it but no such luck. Oh and I renewed my TFP gold supporter donation status. Does that count?! Other than that, I just stare at my cold, covered, pool and...

:oops::oops: {{jealousy}} I'll get in at 78! I'd prefer 80 but we won't get there until July if we're lucky. Right now, it's still too cold to even take the cover off.

We won't open the pool for another few weeks yet but with all the rain we've had, I had to crack a corner of the cover and get the sump pump in there to start lowering the water. This is shallow end, the basket thing the pump is sitting on is on the bottom so it's not looking too bad. Plenty of...

Sorry about that, my confusion! I had to take pictures of the pump itself because there are no labels or anything. I assume by the H its a Hayward but that's all I know.

I checked with InYoPools and my warranty expires 11/27/23. I'm wondering if I just submit the photos they want for a replacement claim instead of risking it come Spring when I'm out of warranty. The hubs would have to take it apart to get the pictures of the wiring but oh well.

I had the robot running so that helped with circulation and I just crazy at that water with my brush like a giant mixer to get the chlorine stirred around!

It's a V-Green 1.65 HP Round Flange 56J Variable Speed Motor that we replaced on our pump May 2022 (not last year). I didn't wait that long - it was probably no more than 30-45 seconds but felt like forever. I tried it twice but I'm so afraid to let the pump run too long without water moving...

Yes. I moved the valve to main drain only. The water was well below the skimmer box at this point. But I did not have the pump set to the highest speed when I was trying to do this. It was just on override which I know is not set at max power.

Hey guys, I need a sanity check. Pool was closed on Friday and prior to that, I used a small sump pump to drain it down below the returns. I went to turn the pump on to filter using just the main drain so I could have some water movement to add the chemicals but the pump wouldn't prime and...

We've always joked about getting a pool heater but hubs is seriously thinking about it now. Please tell me where to even start. We have a very simple setup - variable speed pump, sand filter, 1 main drain, 1 skimmer, 2 returns. No spa, SWG, fountains, or anything else. It would have to be a...

You probably can't get CYA reagent in the next day unless you can get 1-day shipping on Amazon or something but definitely reorder that! If your pool is clear and you can see the bottom of the deepest part for swimmer safety, you FC should be fine for swimming. I know it's nice and hot in...

I have been woefully lazy with my pool this summer and add a gallon of chlorine every 2 days. I add it in the evening usually. In past years I would test at least 4 times a week and add LC every day

Are you using the PoolMath app? That should tell you how much to add based on your numbers and pool size.

Don't get discouraged! Main things to do at this point: 1. get a good test kit 2. Read all the stuff in Pool School on SLAM 3. get a good source of liquid chlorine and buy as much as can fit in your trunk! 4. If you don't have a test kit yet, use the PoolMath app to add 5ppm of liquid chlorine...

Also don't forget to brush light niches, skimmer box, weir door, remove any ladders and scrub those really well. Any little place that algae can be hiding.

depending on how much water it holds, it could count as a seasonal pool. If water is cheap, you could just consider draining it, scrubbing it down, and adding fresh water.