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The DE is fresh from the start of the season (June), I soaked the grids in a mixture of shock/water overnight, then pressure washed them last season before storing the grids for the winter. The gauge reads 0 when the pump is off, yes. I suppose I will open that sucker up again and clean her...

Hello All, My 18' Above ground pool has a slightly annoying problem that I'm sure makes keeping my pool clean harder than it should be. I have a Hayward 1.5HP pump that is plenty strong to move water, but here's my issue. The filter is DE, I'm not sure of make/model at this moment, and at the...

Hello all, Last year I was able to turn a black swamp into a sparkling oasis in about 2 weeks, including jumpstarting my old pump by spinning the shaft manually while turning it on. HOWEVER....this year my pump is dead. I can't get it jumped, whatever. I found all this out after replacing the...

I bought a Taylor K2006 before I stumbled across this site. But immediately purchased my refill solutions from TFTestkits. +1, without this site I would have an 18' swamp in my backyard!

Thank you so much for all the help! The pool is open and running fine. However, the plastic ladder slipped when someone was getting out and it ripped 2 holes in the liner. One was a 2" slice, the other is a "flap". They're about 2" apart. I used a cheap walmart kit (they were the only place...

I just ordered those 2 items up, thanks wrems. Tomorrow I am optimistic I can get out there and somehow create a siphon to get the dead algae off the bottom of the pool. I got my floating chlorine tablet holder today, so the 3 chlorine tabs my daughter threw in are now floating around in that...

Here are the readings from the K2006 FC - 3 (3 3" chlorinating tabs in the pool, blaming my 3 year old for that one) CC - .4 PH - A tad lighter than 7.0, the shade isn't quite a 7.0. (I've seen how to make sodium carbonate by heating baking soda to 200 degrees for an hour, sound right?) I also...

pooldv I will do that, Sorry. https://youtu.be/9NqXp89NZfc here is a video of what I am working with. The pool is 18' round 48" deep so, 7,600 gallons they're telling me online. I tried to create a siphon and to vacuum like you said Kim, but that didn't work well. I'm going to use the skimmer...

Sorry for not having a better "last" picture. I got all but a handful of leaves from the furthest section away from me out of the pool. Kim I will look into that thread, if I could somehow vacuum that crud off the bottom without going through the filter that would make my life easier, and by...

Hello All, I've stumbled across this forum looking up how to get a pool that I don't believe (at least the neighbors say it wasn't) was opened last season up and running. It is an above ground pool with a starbright pump and DE filter. I live in RI if that helps. I'm 100% new to this, and have...