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Hi all - I’m kinda at the end of my knowledge here, so coming here to troubleshoot. I have balanced water, but my clarity isn’t great. In previous years, I’ve always had the “I can see the type of screw in my bottom drain” clarity, but I just can’t get there this year. After opening the...

The saga continues ..... I‘m a few days into a SLAM from a tadpole oasis to (hopefully) a human oasis, and was seeing cya in the 50-60s. I finally got up to FC of 24 or so last night, but today, midday, had a cya level of ~20-30. Did some reading here and saw that sometimes cya can drop when...

Hello all. I'm feeling a little sheepish tonight as I've spent the last 4 or 5 days trying to clean up my swamp, and overlooked my CYA to chlorine SLAM value, so have (I think) been chronically UNDER chlorinating during my SLAM. But, I'm also running into some results I don't quite understand...

Hello all....... as I usually do at the beginning of every season, I take my water sample to the pool store JUST TO REMIND myself of how much I’m saving, how happy I am to not have to go in there all the time, and to see if I’m getting numbers anywhere close to what the pool store computer gets...

Potential Future Robot / Assistive Device Owner here 🙋🏼‍♀️and I’m curious to know.... -what equipment do you have ? -how long have you had it / has it been operational ? -would you purchase it again, or just go back to regular brushing / vacuuming process? THANKS!

Hey all - We're considering getting something a bit more automated than us standing there manually vacuuming our pool. I've JUST begun researching other options, but the numbers and data are OVERWHELMING! Here's what I know, and considerations that will work (and make it "worth it") for us...

Hey all - I found my local co-op (farm supply store) has 50lb bags of "calcium chloride" for sale for $30. They have little info, but I found the following after researching a bit online (see photos). Does this look like a worthy product for my new-fill pool? I took a peek through pool...

Wooohooo! We’re feeling less stress tonight after FINALLY getting our pool repainted in epoxy (our first time DIYing, but second time having the pool epoxied). We elected for a darker blue color than our previous color, and it’s so rich and beautiful. We’ll be filling on Saturday, and my 4...

Hello! Diving a bit into my plumbing.....I just read something that blew my mind.....skimmer and main drain plumbing may be connected, or able to isolate/alternate? See attached pic of my pad. The black hose with red valve turned to off is the return to my solar heating system (forward flow...

Hey all. In the process of draining and repainting our pool. Have wondered about this mystery item for a while. Is this a covered jet? Or?? We have two other jets (one in shallow end, one in deep end) of our kidney shaped pool, and have kinda struggled with water movement efficiency...

Hey all. We have a Hayward s244t (300lb sand) filter that‘s ?? Years old. We bought our house with pool about 7 years ago, and (I know, I know) have done little filter-specific maintenance. We replaced the sand about 3 years ago on the recommendation of our local pool store, and backwash when...