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Hello All, I am losing water at a pretty significant rate. The waste line, which dumps out onto the street, is dripping enough so that there's a constant puddle of water in the gutter (pic below). Hard to believe that a drip could amount to that much water loss, but it's the only problem I can...

That did the trick! Thanks, Leebo!

Hello All, Just opened my trusty Pool Math App and got a blank screen. The app is open and running, the version is 335 and I'm running iOS 14.3 on an iPhone Xr. When I open the app all I get is a white screen. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Yes. The impeller is fine and turns freely. The strange issue is that there's less suction nearest the pump and circulation seems fine while the multiport valve is set to recirculate but goes from good to mediocre when set to filter. The skimmer nearest the pump slows to a trickle and as a...

I've been backwashing several times per day just because. I figure if the water is going from green to milky there must be enough reason to backwash. I'll do a 2 minute BW and then it takes about a 30 second rinse for the rinse water in the sight glass to go from clear to cloudy to clear again...

Actually, made the floc error last season and ended up replacing the sand entirely. Won't do that again. :-) Have been at SLAM levels for about 10 days but I don't really count the first 2 days as I use powdered shock to help elevate the CYA and get up to SLAM levels while taking the time to...

Hey All, I'm having a weird issue with my pool circulation and it's making for an excessively long opening this season. My kidney shaped pool has two skimmers and three returns. When I have the multiport set to recirculate, I have great pressure and circulation including suction through both...

Well, either way, I have no plans of installing a heater so, what if I eliminated everything in the plumbing from between the arrows? Do I still need the check valve and Hartford loop? Can I just cut all that stuff out?

It is possible that there was a heater, but what I know about the guy I bought the house from, he was more likely to let a heater rot and rust in place than have it removed. More likely he never got around to installing one and/or figured the money to install and run was more than he wanted to...

There is a gas line that was installed but I never saw any heater. Don't think the previous owner ever installed a heater, but I can't be 100% certain. There was, as I stated earlier, an in-line chlorinator downstream of the check valve that I took out last season because it leaked and I stopped...

Green arrow is the valve for a waterfall. Red arrow is for a now defunct pump/auto vacuum. Blue arrow was for the main drain. Also defunct.

Well. I'm assuming it goes to a return line. There was, at one time, a chlorinator to the right of the check valve that I removed because it was leaking and I didn't use it. Although the clear plastic cover is hard to see through now, it is transparent enough for me to see bubbles bouncing...

Don't know what this this is or what it does. I think it may be sucking air into my system so I'm wondering if I can just cut it out of the line.

Thanks for the responses. I think I'll give the Poolskim a whirl. I've tried the skimmer nets without much success. They worked okay but still clogged up the skimmer basket just as quickly and were trashed in about 2 or 3 days. The hairnets seem like a less expensive alternative and I'll keep...

**This question was part of a thread from last season that was never answered but came after my fellow TFPers helped me out of a jam and the thread died. I'll be opening our pool for the season next week and before I start I still wonder if I should consider making some changes. I'm wondering...

I do have a working pressure gauge and it indicated that the pressure was running higher than normal. The evidence was apparent in the weak flow from the returns. I usually keep them pointed upward so I can get a visual on the general health of the system. That, along with a few algae blooms...

A followup: Firstly, thank you, once again for helping to lead me to the solutions to my many pool related conundrums that I can't find without the assistance of the experienced folks here on TFP. Today I took action based on the suggestion that the source of my circulation problems were the...

Pool clarifier, huh? Well, I'll be. We here in the northeast have had allot of rain this season. Back in July our area got swamped at a time when I was out of town for a long four day weekend. Came home to a pool full of tree debris, clogged skimmer baskets and a relatively minor algae bloom...

I've done the deep clean at the start of the past three seasons. Maybe I need to replace the sand? The pool was built about 25 years ago (long before I owned the home) and I'm guessing the equipment may be past it's useful life. I've been applying quick fixes and bandaids every year. New pump...

Is it possible that there's some kind of mechanical problem that's causing my pump pressure issues? After all, this circulation problem had been brewing since before the algae showed up. I believe the algae is blooming because I'm not getting adequate circulation. Not the other way around. All...

But all this started while and despite the water being clear and my test results spot on. To answer your earlier question my test results are: FC - 12.5 CC - 0.5 Ph - 7.1 CYA - 50 TA - 50 I have been regularly shocking the pool in an effort to combat the algae blooms so that's the reason for...

Well, I do indeed have an algae issue. But I believe that the circulation issue is at the root of it. The algae issue I can deal with. The pump issue is another thing altogether. FWIW, the pump was one I purchased the season before last when my old one failed. So, I'm pretty sure I can still...

Hey All, My pool equipment is not performing well and has been gradually getting worse as this season has worn on. I'm hoping I can get some advice to cure my ills before I close it up for the winter. At this point my return jets are putting out a very low volume of water and my circulation is...