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I have a water leak just above the pump/basket. Its not a big water loss, but as the day goes on, the area around is all wet. Does anyone have recommendations on fixing the leak? Thanks!

Wondering if anyone has any thoughts. My pool is about 7 years old and since the beginning the filter pressure has almost always run at about 15psi. For some reason, a few weeks after opening the pool this season it started running consistently at about 17-18psi. The filter is clear - I have...

My pool has 4 rotating jets in the main part of the pool (there are spinning jets in the step areas). 3 of the 4 rotating jets are getting stuck when they hit the "up" position and don't continue rotating unless I manually give them a nudge. I've tried opening them and making sure there's no...

I'm here in NJ and usually open my IG pool in early May each year. Looking at the forecast for tomorrow, we are expecting possible record highs in the upper 80's before it cools back down Thursday and Friday. I'm hoping this one day of heat won't be enough to trigger an algae bloom. I was...

When I closed my SWG pool last October, my CYA level was between 60-70. I opened it yesterday and began the SLAM process, but my CYA test was not showing any at all! I filled the tube all the way and still clear. There was some rainfall and pumping done occassionally over the winter but I...

Hey gang, I'm entering my 4th season with the pool and have been following TFP methods for most of it. Tremendous resource! The other day (day after I added 10lbs of calcium chloride, coincidence?) I noticed a 3ppm drop in my chlorine level and realized that it was my SWG not generating...

Hey gang -- recently opened up my pool and it was pretty clear overall. Not green, but algae was present. I vacuumed, brushed, brought FC to shock level and kept there for a couple days. Water now is clear and last night with the OCLT I lost 1ppm FC in the 7 hours and CC=0. I know technically...

In my SWG pool, I tested but never really paid much attention to the CH levels since from what I read in Pool School it's not needed for a vinyl pool. I also never really paid attention to the saturation index and basically just follow the Water Balance for SWGs. Question is, I also have a...

Hey gang- religiously followed the TFP method and had a crystal clear sparkling pool pretty much the entire summer. Just had the pool closed over the weekend and after reading some threads here, things were done a little differently. 1) Water was drained to just below the skimmers, not below...

Re: Far Skimmer stronger than near skimmer I have a similar setup with 2 skimmers that come into one pipe with a shut-off valve and have noticed that one skimmer always pulls stronger than the other. I have not tested it, but would it help to slightly turn the shut-off valve to partially close...

So I've been SLAMming the past 3 days and it has been coming along very well. CC's are <.5, water crystal clear, OCLT 2 nights ago was 1.5ppm FC loss. After another day of maintaining yesterday I was about sure I'd be done. I ran the OCLT again last and this morning my FC measured 24.5, down...

My SWG pool was opened 2 weeks ago and the water was clear upon opening. The guy that opened it put in 3lbs of shock and a gallon of algaecide (turns out it was a linear quat). Fast forward 2 weeks and I have the chemicals in order, but when the waterfall is on, there are soapy suds that form...