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  1. J

    pool leaking so far only found 2 tiny holes, help needed

    right. even for the two small holes we found, the food dye thing acted not very clearly. it's very possible we have multiple leaks.
  2. J

    pool leaking so far only found 2 tiny holes, help needed

    thanks a lot. l did call the leak detection company. but since they are far away. they can't give me a scheduled time yet and l have to wait for them to call back next week. l did tried many places like stairs, light returns etc.
  3. J

    pool leaking so far only found 2 tiny holes, help needed

    did the bucket test and have about an inch leaking per day. plugged the returns and skimmer still leaked about the same level. found 2 tiny holes and patched it. this morning, when pump is off, saw lots tiny bubbles around the both returns and the patch area. what does that means? prastic...
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  6. J

    pool has lots mud from the winter storm and water is low, where to start

    l see what you mean now. thanks a lot. Yes, will definitely test for ammonia first.
  7. J

    pool has lots mud from the winter storm and water is low, where to start

    thanks.what does this means? "Fill it to the top of the liner for more time with the vac" since my pump is not hook up yet, to make it work will disturb some area for sure. but l guess that's is necessary. the last two years we always had to add many conditioners to bring up CYA to 30. it...
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    pool has lots mud from the winter storm and water is low, where to start

    2nd year to start up pool, but this is quite different than last year. In winter, we had a storm and broken the safety cover, we did managed to put it back but now when we open the pool, lots mud in the bottom and the water is very low, maybe due to a dry spring. even last winter the water was...
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  10. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    l didn't drain the water below returns. l think the cover broken because we tried to remove the snow and started to remove snow at the edge first so all the weight go towards the middle of the cover and teared the stripe. it was not broken when we start that morning. if we leave it as is it...
  11. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    l have no idea. it was dry not many rain this fall. but l am new to this so not sure how low the water normally should be.
  12. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    l think l did the steps that needed. read the article before and asked questions. do the slam process first, blowed out the water from the pipes, added antifreeze into the slimmer to fill it and inserted a empty practice bottle too. blowed out water for the return pipes too and drained the water...
  13. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    do I need to do anything for the skimmer? or anything to do after the snow melt? still long winter to go for another 4 months. thanks a lot. see the photo attached
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  17. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    thanks a lot, please see the update. I understand the cover need replaced but not sure if I need to anything for the pool, or just leave it as is?
  18. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    thanks a lot, please see the update at the original post, I hope the image can explain what is going on.
  19. J

    help! snow damaged safty cover what to do now?

    yesterday's snow storm piled lots snow on the pool and today when we tried to remove some snow , the safety cover was damaged and broken. not sure what to do now? new owner. do l cover it with tarp or leave it as is or still need to remove the snow as many as possible? thanks for any any help...
  20. J

    winterize question. what to do with the light underwater

    thanks. after read again. we decided to sink it so it will below the water and not floating.
  21. J

    winterize question. what to do with the light underwater

    first time to do the winterize by ourselves. still have a question after read and watch videos. we have a light under water , cannot removed. after take off from the wall what should we do? just left it floating there? cannot remember what happened last year when the company did the winterize...
  22. J

    first test, cloudy pool, help please

    Thanks so much. l think l am done with the slam process. the water is clear. FC is 0.5 or less than that (when l add 5 drops of r-0003 the water just turn a little bit pink. since l use 10ml one drop of r-0871 is the least l can use) the oclt is less than 1ppm (l maybe should redo this, last...
  23. J

    first test, cloudy pool, help please

    after managed to run back forth a few times to get enough LC, my pool is clean and FC stay around 5ppm so far for the last 3 days. l think now it's time to balance the water. today's test is: FC 6ppm CC 0.5 or maybe less (l used 10 ml to test) PH 7.0 TA 120 CH 160 CYA l didn't test it assume...
  24. J

    Taylor kit in Canada?

    nice you get the walmart one, better price, now you need the reagent as this is the smaller kit. good thing you are at Ottawa, you can pick up local at ottawa pool works. wondering if walmart has better price for reagent.
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    first test, cloudy pool, help please

    thanks so much, the problem is l cannot get so many LC at once and store sell LC are more than 20 min drive away and close early. each time l need 15 liters of 12.5% LC and don't have that many containers. Don't know how many total l will need with the slam process. that's why l hope the 65%...
  26. J

    first test, cloudy pool, help please

    when I do the FC test, the 2 scoop of the R-0870 usually has a few small piece there in the bottom, do I have to wait this all dissolved before add R-0871? maybe I just not patient enough? usually how long it will take for 25ml to dissolve the 2 scoops of R-0870? I am wondering if I did the FC...
  27. J

    Taylor kit in Canada?

    will this enough for the season? R-0013-E (500ML) - $34.92 R-0870-I (10G) - $27.58 R-0871 (60ml) - $39 that added up quickly for total cost. Thanks
  28. J

    first test, cloudy pool, help please

    l have read the 65% cal-hypo l used will not add cya but will increase calcium. it just very tedious to dissolves the powder and then use it. LC is a bit far away to get them.
  29. J

    Taylor kit in Canada?

    l asked pool supply Haus, they quote me this price: R-0013-E (500ML) - $34.92 R-0013-G (1GAL) - $117.13 R-0870-I (10G) - $27.58 R-0870-J (113G) - $128.43 l will ask for R-0871 too.
  30. J

    Taylor kit in Canada?

    just want to report back the order from pools supply haus, I got this at Wednesday morning, and they shipped at Monday. but this is not the CK-2006C so if you order , better ask for the refill of CYA reagent too. The kit has 2x22ml bottle of cya reagent, so it can last for 6 test. I called pool...