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Been doing all my own pool work for 18 years now -- from what I read here -- I have been doing things the hard way. For example, I had never even heard of skimmer socks before now. Wow, are they great! All the dead bug bodies, tiny leaf bits, hair, and fine dirt that used to get through the...

I know that on start-up , with all the crud on the bottom -- I should vacuum to "waste". How about those everyday clean the "fuzz" off the seams jobs? Also to waste, then add more water -- or just let it go through the filter? What does the majority do?

When I am starting up things in the spring, It seems the filter can clog up in an hour or so. Is this normal, or am I doing something wrong again?

I have only been here a few days --- I am already getting that spacy, glazed over look. So much information -- and most of it is telling me that I have been doing it all wrong for 18 years ( I probably have been wrong). I am sure my questions have already been answered here, but ---. If I am...

Back in the mid 1990's we bought a home with an OLD in-ground pool. It came complete with pump and Hayward filter -- the kind with the lever that you "bump" when things clog up a bit. Now that I have found this forum, I am finding out that I have been doing things all wrong for about 18 years...