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Wow, I just re-read that article. My troubles are making so much more sense to me now. As my wife says to me way to often, "reading is fundamental". I completely read that backwards. I mean really backwards. Thanks guys! I'll keep you updated as I go through the rest of the process.

Thanks Marty. Not only am I trying to get this issue fixed, I'm also looking to make this a teachable moment for myself. So now my question really has to do with sequence. I was expecting that I needed to bring up pH and TA would follow it up. Hence the focus on adding borax. Did I have my...

Short Version: I’m having trouble getting my pH above 7.0. Long version: We had our pool refinished at the beginning of the season last year. Turned out beautiful. Shortly after, I was getting white spotting in the shallow end. By mid-August the deep end was about 2/3 like a cloudy white color...

After all these years I have an update to this in case anyone comes across this thread. I had my pool re-done last year and it turns out these were actually additional returns on the bottom of the pool. There was a split from the main pool return that went to the shallow floor return and from...

WooHoo! Maddie gets a gold star from me. I followed the instructions in the video, on the third spot it turned out to be the union before the pump. It was hand tightened and apparently I don‘t have the hand strength that I used to. It wasn’t tight enough! Thank you Maddie. Now there is no air...

I can’t get rid of my supply side air. Here’s what I’ve done: I put everything back together for the season last weekend, started up added D.E. Had a lot of supply side air and I could never get the air to stay out of the filter with the release value. And it was taking 5-10 seconds before I...

I'm excited to say our remodel was completed on Friday with new Diamond Brite plaster going on. Amazingly, we've started out with the PH, TA, and CH all within acceptable and manageable levels. All of which I'm monitoring twice a day. Here we are on day three and the debris in the pool is making...

Agree with Allen. I had the same problem with scale, particularly on the walls. I inquired with the PS about an acid wash. They said they wouldn’t do it on such an old pool for fear of causing bigger problems. After someone visiting cut their foot, I decided to drain the pool the next spring and...

Ok, so I just went out and looked at these valves again. While the covers were fairly loose I was able to just take them off. The picture below is one of the covers and where it was removed from. Both had water up to the top so I guess my water table is higher than I thought. So my question...

So Dave, if I'm following you correctly, if my water table turns out to be high (which I doubt since I live 300 ft above the Delaware river that is 1 mile away, read: fairly steep incline) as long as I've opened the valves any push of the water from below the pool should then enter the pool...

Short story: I've drained my pool (reason listed below). My wife called me in a panic yesterday because two different co-workers warned that you "have to drain the pool correctly" and there is a valve or something you have to pay attention to or the pool can pop out. I'm assuming they are...

I'm also in New Hope and over the winter bought a house (moved 3 miles from one side of Solebury to the other) with a pool for the first time. We found ourselves in the same place as you; our pool hadn't been opened in 2-3 years and we didn't know anything about it, or pools in general. After...