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No I can't get the impeller off at all. Im just chewing up the back of the drive shaft trying to hold it while using a strap wrench on the impeller.

Hi all. Have a Hayward PowerFlow Matrix, manufactured 2020. At the end of last season, it seemed to be running louder than usual. Worked fine until end of season. Decided to do some checking (the mounting base was totally rusted - though I believe that's from skimmer water leaking and setting at...

Hi all. At a rental house for the week and there's in an-ground pool/spa combo. All is apparently controlled by Pentair control panel. The "pool" is scheduled to run from 8am-5am. Problem is in this mode, the pump seems to only go on for a few minutes then shut off, so I can't clean. The home...

Hey everyone - Getting ready to cover up and this year I kind of want to keep my water level to the top of the skimmer - for a number of reasons, instead of draining down. 1) talk me out of it if it's a bad idea 2) how do I winterize the skimmer? I had the cheap plastic cover that came with...

No I will need to get the FAS-DPD test. My Taylor k2005 doesn't have that test. So to recap: 1) lower pH slightly, by about 0.5 using "pH down" 2) get a FAS-DPD test for OCLT 3) do OCLT 4) likely slam again 5) pull grass from liner bottom and patch

I'll do that. Any suggestion on the pH? I know that having enough FCl in the pool will slightly lower pH, but would you suggest using any "pH down" to balance this a bit before adding more chlorine or doing the OCLT?

Doesn't appear to be leaking any, and if it is, it's such a slow leak it's not noticable. But obviously I don't want grass growing thru the liner. Guess i missed a root while rebuilding, or the grass outside the walls in growing underneath. As for the CYA, going to try to bump that to closer...

Hi All, I'm losing a ton of chlorine. In the last 5 days, I've added 5 gallons of liquid chlorine and just tested today, less than 2 ppm chlorine and my pH is above 8. My CYA is around 30, and the pool does get direct sunlight all day long. I have some chlorine tabs for the floater that have...

Well, found some grass growing thru the bottom if the liner. Guess that was what was eating all my chlorine? Guess I'm going on 58 degree water...this pool revival was cursed from the beginning!

I just dumped my last 2 gallons in. If anyone in eastern PA has any leads for liquid chlorine, send em my way. My local lowes ran out, and only 1 local pool place has it, 2.5 gallons for $18.99. May have no other choice.

Hi all. So I got my algae bloom under control and the water looks great - nice and clear. I shocked the Crud out of it for about 2 weeks and due to some local supply chain issues, have been forced to let the chlorine fall back to nothing. So I decided to do a full water test and get your...

Hi all. Had to put the pump in early due to a leak. Anyway we have a freeze warning for tonight into tomorrow. I plan to just let the pump run all night. Anything else I should do to make it thru the next 24 hours without any broken equipment?

Water was delivered today. Pump ran on recirculate for close to 12 hours now. Chlorine is 10ppm, pH is at 8, TA is at 80ppm.

Hey guys. Some of you may have seen the issue I had with the lawn guy putting a hole in my pool. This resulted in having to take the cover off early to patch and was immediately followed by an algae bloom. Water went from see through to a dark green (couldn't see bottom) in 2 days. My water...

Ok guys so the patch has held for several days, and in those 3 days, we went to a dark green mess. Cant even see the bottom any more. My water level is still a foot below the skimmer box and with well water, I can't handle filling quickly. Truck delivering around 5000 gal Wednesday. So...

I'm sure it was part of the problem. Mower operator also could have pointed his discharge away from the pool. Oh well. What I decided to do is go in with a hammer, bang on the spot where the metal sliver is protruding into the pool. Get that as smooth as possible and patch. Might not be the...

Yea. 30 years old, sat without a liner exposed for 10 years. Amazing we even get it open again last year.

I was concerned about this. Even if I take the cover off right now and try to patch from inside, has damage already been down from water getting between the cover and wall? I'll figure out how to go in and oatch it tonight if that's the best course of action here. Not sure if my water is too...

Many of you may remember my troubles from last year, as seen is this post - https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/re-opening-a-pool-after-10-years-pic-thread.214403/#post-1876569 So you can imagine my frustration when the lawn guy sent me this picture: The cover is still on, and has a...

Hi all. So I lost my bolts that secure the pump the the black plastic base (that also holds the sand filter). Been going thru my "extra bolt box" and can't find anything that fits. Anyone happen to know those bolt sizes? Thanks!

Yea agreed, but now I'm trying to see how I can wedge a 2x4 inside the filter in such a way that it wedges in when lifted. I think I'm on to something here. Will report back. I'll probably just get the hand dolly out.

You know you'd watch the video of it.

Long story short, I need to lift my filter in order to pull the base, put some more stone down, and replace the base. I know most will say try to dry the sand and suck it out with a shop vac. I'm trying to save time and have a large front end loader. My thought was to cinch a rope around the...

Thanks guys. My well really can't handle making up that difference. It never could, so growing up my dad would always just throw all the water in from the cover. There is minimal debris on the cover. My other thought was to take the cover off now and let the pool fill with rain water over the...

Hey all. Read several other forum posts and opinions seemed mixed. I have a large amount of water on my civer from heavy snow fall that has all melted now. We have well water so filling the pool is always a challenge. I'm debating pumping the cover water into the pool and just SLAMing it in...

Hey guys - I'm hoping my pic will explain the issue. When I disconnected my pump to store for the winter, it seemed like something was loose or not connected properly. The red circle shows the mounting bracket, and as you can see, the basket would be positioned on the side. It seemed like...