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Hi Everyone, I hope you are well. Before I close the pool for the season I decided to try and finally find a small leak I have been dealing with. With the pool off, the water loss has stopped in the middle of the returns. When the pool was filled and running, I was losing between1/4-1/2...

Hey Everyone, I did great with stocking up on liquid chlorine this season but have run out now and cannot believe the price of bleach these days!! I have used this site and liquid chlorine since I got this pool 6 years ago but as the season winds down in NJ, can I use old tablets left from...

Hi Evereyone, Is it normal if I am heating the pool and then having cool nights in NJ to have to add water often? This has been ongoing for me, but I am definitely losing water overnight at higher amounts; we have been heating water to about 80 and some nights have dipped to the high 50's...

Hi Everyone, So for the past couple years my pool light has not worked properly, it will go off on its own after a little while and then if I wait I can turn it back on; I have replaced the bulb and still did it, so I am not sire what to do? In the meantime I was thinking of an alternative...

If I want to let my water level drop (looking for possible leak source) and go below the skimmer line, can I run my pool with just the main drain open? How long can I operate like that? Thanks

Hi Everyone I am in the process of locating a small leak in my pool and believe when I get home tonight I will confirm it is on the pool, not the pipes; At the same time my light, which I replaced he bulb only 2 seasons ago is not working properly, very dim. So my question is, is a light...

I am (almost) at the point where I am willing to pay for help with leak detection and fix but if I do pay I want to make sure I'm hiring someone good! I am looking of anyone in NJ (Bergen County) has used someone reliable for this type of work. Thank you in advance!

i Everyone, I hope some of you can help me troubleshoot, let me give the details. The 2nd half of last season I was sure I had a leak, did some test, possibly found a few small holes and patched them in the liner and then it was time to close the pool, I convinced myself it was ok and had...

Hi Everyone. I am having some issues with pool (mainly I think I have leak again) but my wife just sent this video, can someone tell me what they think this noise is: Pool filter noise - YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCP8JhRSA6g I put on YouTube because not sure how else to post...

Hi Everyone So I opened pool Saturday, I've been working on getting it clean and ready: Right now I'm getting the following: Fc-0 Cc- 2.5 Ph-7.0 Haven't tested anything else. Water looks great, meaning clear; Why can't I get a fc reading? How to lower cc? Thanks for your help, as always!!

Hi everyone, Is it common to have more evaporation when we are having cool nights and warm days?? Trying to determine if it's a leak, thanks for your help! Adam

Hi Everyone, So things have been going fine all season, I test FC & PH regularly, only use liquid chlorine (I have done great with the Wal-Mart pool essential), test TA & CH periodically and everything been great. I decided to test CYA this weekend and I am getting no reading, meaning its...

Hi Everyone, I have a small round patch on my stairs that was put on prior to my owning the pool that is coming off. I have never done this before, can I just put the adhesive under the current patch and get that to stick or do I take it up and patch completely new? Thanks for your help!

Hey Everyone, Quick question, we are having birthday party for 1 year old son and having large crowd in the pool. What do you do in that situation regarding fc? Do you go way above target? It is also supposed to be super hot and sunny! Thanks for your help, Adam

Hi Everyone, I had the pool opened Saturday and have been cleaning it and trying to gt it ready. However, I can't seem to get a chlorine reading at all even after adding the amount of bleach pool math told me. My results were: fc: 0 PH: around 6.8 TA: 30 CH: 185 Do I just keep adding...

Hi Everyone I have a Hayward heater, model number H300ED2, but the buttons (on the panel) are worn away from sun/weather, apparently common with these, and I ordered a replacement panel but it was for wrong heater. The ones I am seeing are going for almost $400, does anyone have any advice...

Hey Everyone, Its that time of the year and I having my pool opened tomorrow. I have a great guy who just opens and closes for me, last year was my first year owning the house/pool, he has worked on the pool since it was built. Here is my question, I believe last year at opening (I was...

Hi Everyone, I just want to confirm that others have successfully used this bleach for the pool, I got a pretty good price on it, thanks for your help!

Hi everyone, I have 2 questions I hope you can help me with, thanks in advance! 1. We have had a ton of rain the past couple days here in NJ, how high does the water need to get for me to need to drain some? 2. My nephew was in my pool over the weekend, and now has coxsackie virus (happens in...

Hi Everyone, I tested my CYA last night and there appears to be a dramatic decrease, I started over 100, got to 96 and last night I tested at 60; I had a wild couple of days (see my previous thread) and did 2 small drains and refills, could that have lowered it this much already? Does testing...

Hi Everyone. I am hoping for some guidance; I just had my pool opened Wednesday, I cleaned it the past couple of days and then had the water tested (I did buy the recommended test kit but just this once brought it to pool store). My alkalinity was at 0--the pool store tried getting me to buy...

Hi Everyone, I bought a new house in September and had the pool closed a week later so I didn't really deal with it. I am having the pool opened next Saturday and trying to learn and educate myself on caring and maintaining the for the pool. My first question is about floating chlorine...