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I live just south of Cleveland, Ohio and we get hard freezes every year. I think that would destroy the plastic steps. I think I'm just going to look for a ladder that inclines. Mine is the stainless steel one that is perfectly straight and doesn't rest on the bottom of the pool, so when you...

Ugh, that's what I'm afraid of. I have the ladder, but each year it get's harder to get out with aging knees and muscle aches and pains since it's so straight up and down (in fact it actually tips in at the bottom making it even harder). Getting old is not for the faint of heart! LOL Leave...

I'm looking for new steps for my pool. As a Johnny Weissmuller, it has the aluminum deck. I'm looking at the Aqua Select but want to be sure they will work. I'm a senior woman and need to add/remove the steps by myself so I can't use sand or I'll never be able to lift them. Does anyone know...

1poolman1 and wireform, thanks for the replies! I'm hoping to sell my house very soon so don't really want to invest in more equipment, but will check out the wand if it doesn't sell! Thanks, again! :)

I have a Hayward perflex de filter. It was installed 8 years ago. The fellow who installed it for me told me that when I'm changing the de I should block the skimmer drain and drain the filter from the return drain. He said that since the water would be entering from the top it would clean the...

My pool was without a pump for 5 days and turned a beautiful green color! Finally got the pump installed on Tuesday and started the slam, including changing the DE 2 x/day. Today it's crystal clear and I haven't lost any chlorine since yesterday morning. The FC level is still high and Ph is...

Hello all! My hayward power flow lx bit the dust a few days ago, leaving me with a really pretty color of green water since it's rained and been hot for the last 3 days. I'm shopping but am curious as to opinions. I can't seem to find a 1 hp Hayward pump on any websites so I'm wondering: 1...

Also no way to know if they added a bank and then used a bunch of tablets. It would be a fair amount of work, but I would add a foot of water, stir, and then drain the foot 2-3 times. This would dilute any bromide and whatever else is in there enough to hopefully not cause any issues going...

Thanks for the suggestions! We looked around and found an empty bromine container, wrappers from non-chlorine shock, a chlorine closing kit, stabilizer, akalinity, calcium hardness, and test sticks for both chlorine and bromine. There is no brominator. Her next door neighbor convinced her to...

My daughter just purchased a house with a pool and they are opening it today. How can she tell if it's been using bromine, chlorine, or is saltwater? I'm headed over there now with my TFP test kit but am not sure what to tell her about what to use. Thanks for any help! Oh yeah ... all the...

I have lost probably more than 2 feet of water since closing at the end of September. I drained it to just above the return and it now only has about 2 feet of water in it. I'm in the Cleveland area and have an above ground with a walkaround deck all the way around the pool (it's a Johnny...

OK, the TF 100 came in yesterday and I checked it a few minutes ago. Here's what I got: pH 7.5 FC 1 CC .5 TC 1.5 CYA 0 TA 70 I added liquid chlorine and will retest later. My question is this. I only added stabilizer for the first time ever to my almost totally newly...

I ordered the TF 100 w/Speed Stir but for now I'm using the test strips.

I have a JW pool with the walkaround deck. This year, after problems, the cover went too low into the pool and three of the coping covers were broken. I've contacted Teddy Bear Pools and they have the fronts but not the backs. They recommended buying a different back and pounding it out so...

Well, thanks to this forum, my pool is clear and the filter is up and running. I've been reading Pool School about the advantages of using only liquid chlorine and I'm ready to give it a try. I bought stabilizer but I'm nervous about adding it. The "pool store guy" told me it's a waste of...

I tested it. pH 7.2 Chlorine 10 total alkalinity 80 Stabilizer (althought I've never used stabilizer!) 0

Thank you both for your suggestions! I've actually been doing both. I added 4 gal. of liquid chlorine Thursday and used a leaf gulper first to get the big leaves. Yesterday I added 4 more gallons of chloring then used the leaf gulper with panty hose to get some of the smaller stuff but after 2...

This last fall, we were blasted with several bad storms. My pool is under a very old Maple tree and several small branches came down and went through the winter cover, resulting in about 5 holes. Of course, a great deal of the decaying debris from the tree went into the pool. I got the worst...

Thanks so much for your reply. Every winter cover I buy can't have a leak in it and it's not the liner because it doesn't lose water all summer. I think what happens is that because of the way I have to attach the cover (just laying on top of the walkway and tied to the posts), it can't...

I'm getting ready to close my 24' round Johnny Weismuller pool. I've had this pool for28 years and I still haven't figured out the answer to this. The JW pools have a walkaround deck and fencing that can't be removed for the winter, so I can't wrap the winter cover over the edge of the pool...