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    Drain or SLAM

    My neighbor had his 5th heart attack and has been in the hospital for 3-4 weeks trying to stabilize and get an LVAD pump. We are trying to help him with his yard and pool. I have a pool guy coming tomorrow to see if we can get the pump working. Is this possible to treat with SLAM or would...
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    Intellichlor diagnostics

    Short story...Pool is almost 5 years old. This summer we have had issues keeping chlorine in the pool. Intellichlor IC40 constantly blinked check cell despite cleaning multiple times with water/muriatic acid. Cell showed 60% usage and failed to connect to Easy Touch showing COM LINK ERROR...
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    Green pool need help with SLAM

    So, our pool has a funky smell and has a green tint. PH 8.2 CH 0 CC 0 TA 80 CA 250 CYA 25 Temp 75 Salt ? Easy touch remote and main box reads 0 ppm with COM LINK ERROR. Salt cell is all green lights. We've only had to SLAM our pool once so I cant remember if I should fix the PH, CYA or CH...
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    Home from vacation and pool is green!

    We were in Mexico for a week and returned to a light but obvious green pool. Somehow our SWG was set at 13% plus we had a lot of rain... PH 7.5 FC 0.5 CC 0.5 CYA 35 Gallons 18,850 Temp 85 I think we need to shock the pool and get our FC up to 14 per the pool calculator and monitor it until...
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    DFW folks! UPDATE!

    Does anyone have a solar cover they would like to get rid of, not currently using or would let me borrow? Anything would help. The estimated temperature Saturday was supposed to be in the high 60's but it has steadily dropped (down to 59 now) since I invited a ton of people to my house for my...
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    Help with heating our pool...

    My daughter is having a birthday party this Saturday. The temperatures this week are supposed to be in the 70's (highest 79 on Thursday) with Saturday being 63 :x We are going to heat our 18,850 gallon pool for the first time for her party. We do not have a solar cover. How long with a...
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    Brownish-orange hairy debris in filter and pump basket?!

    I'm not sure what we have going on. We have had a lot of rain lately and this is our first winter with our pool. We have left it open and have been using the spa 2-4 times a week. The SWG isn't producing chlorine so DH has been maintaing the FC with liquid bleach. I don't think we are doing...
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    Is it possible for gunite to leak? Fixed...grout issues!?

    Backstory. We filled our spa before our pool. We left home for a few hours after it was full and when we returned this is what we saw... Our PB was out of town when we filled our pool so we waited until he returned, showed him the picture and questioned if we had a leak. He said it was...
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    FC really high!?!

    On 10/12th my test results were... FC 3.5 CC 0.5 TC 4 PH 8.2 (added 1/3 gallon muriatic acid the next day) T/A 70 CH 220 CYA 30 (added 8 lbs stabilizer) Temp 76 SWG was at 80% and runs 8-5 (although we turn the Pool function on the easytouch remote when we are outside because we like the...
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    Would this bother you?!?

    I am concerned with an area of our pebblesheen. It isn't noticeable in the day, but we paid extra $ for the pebblesheen as well as LED lights and it is VERY noticeable at night. Our PB has not seen a picture at night (I just took these) but when my husband mentioned it and asked if it could be...
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    New pool start-up help!

    Our history...our pool was filled September 22nd. Our PBs assistant did an acid start-up on the 23rd by adding 4 gallons of muriatic acid, 2 bottles of the blue stuff and turned on the equipment. Monday he added chlorine and we were allowed to start swimming. Wednesday he added salt and...
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    HELP!!! Potential leak in main drain?!?

    Today they acid washed our pool. I went out there when they were finished and they were mixing some "pool putty" and placing it along with a piece of sponge down in a PVC pipe in the drain. I asked what the putty was for and they told me the pool has two pipes in each drain and the PebbleSheen...
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    What are these?

    Today they sprayed gunite. I sent my husband pictures and posted them in our pool thread. We can't figure out what these are for... Any ideas?
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    New build North Fort Worth!

    We started our pool dig today! 34x23' play pool 3.5/5/4 foot 101' perimeter 558 sq foot pool area 18,850 gallons 7' spa raised 18" with 5 tier water fountain Turbo twist slide Flagstone coping Blue granite pebble sheen Pentair equipment (SWG, cartridge filter, VS pump, gas heater, easy touch...
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    DIg starts tomorrow! Yikes!

    Our PB and diggers will be here bright and early tomorrow and suddenly I am researching like crazy to make sure I have all my t's crossed and i's dotted! What are your key elements that I need to make sure we have?
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    Pool outline looks small?!?!

    Hi :wave: Today our PB sprayed the outline of our pool and it looks a lot smaller than I expected. Is this normal or should I worry? Here is a picture of the design...