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    ball park figure on cost of resurface?

    Since we purchased the house and originally cleaned the pool, there have been about 3 small spots where you can see cement in the deep end of the water. I was wondering what the cost of resurfacing a 10,000 gallon gunite pool might be about. thanks
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    safe to swim now?? a couple things worry me

    I took the same water sample to 2 different places to get tested since at the moment I am strapped for money and can't order my own test kit, here are the results: Pinch A Penny Total Chlorine * Free Chlorine 3.0 ppm ph 7.8 total alkalinity 195ppm calcium hard 125ppm stabilizer 40ppm total...
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    I can start to see the bottom! Yellow stains ! :(

    There are a lot of yellowish stains on the pool, it is a gunite pool and i wanted to know if there is a way to get rid of them. Thanks
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    small crack in filter valve :(

    Above the pressure gage there is a tiny tiny hair line crack leaking a small steady stream of water. is there any way to patch this? If not how much would a new filter valve cost?? Also, would this be responsible for a LOT of air bubbles coming from my pool return lines? Thanks
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    when you vaccum a pool what does the filter needto be set to

    is it backwash? or can you just keep it on filter? if i try backwash or waste i lose to much water too quickly, but i dont think im supposed to leave it on filter either. what is the best setting for vacuuming? thanks
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    so here are my numbers...what should i do?

    I have been adding A LOT of chlorine to kill all the algae in the pool and I went to pinch a penny to get the water tested and here is what it says: Total chlorine *.ppm Free Chlorine 0 ppm combined chlorine *ppm pH 8.0 acid demand 7 base demand * total alkalinity 350ppm calcium hardness 125...
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    help me get pool clear, was green, now bluish/gray

    We bought a new house and the pool's water was dark green. Based on some things I read, we poured 2 jugs of chlorine in the water and it went from dark green to a bluish green and after adding more chlorine things havnt changed from the bluish green. We were told that we had to get all the...