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I'm considering that pool. How have you liked it? Any tips, tricks, or warnings I should know about?

We had a red oak fall and crush our 24' Esther Williams pool that had been installed in 1997 (which except for faded paint was in perfect condition). The pool came with the house when we bought it, so now we're entering the land of first time buyers. We live in New York near Lake Ontario, so...

I haven't tried that yet. I got new sand last year and cleaned it when I took the equipment down, so it only has the gunk from opening (-backwashing) in it. And I always thought a dirty sand filter actually filters better. But maybe I'll have a chance to try that this weekend. Do you remember...

> well in to the warm season We get snow/frost in May here. Its typical to open the pool around memorial day weekend. But even given that, I've never seen anyone on the forum say something about a three week SLAM process. If you should actually expect a SLAM to sometimes take 3 or 3.5 weeks...

So I'm in the same boat. We've been keeping the pool at SLAM level for 2.5 weeks now and you still can't see the bottom of the pool, and progress in clearing seems to have stopped. With a hair net you can see that some bleached out dead algea are still floating around, and even with DE...

We're replacing our wooden deck with Composite and it looks like we need to take the Coping Rails off our pool in order to do that. But I can't figure out how to remove the coping cover caps. The screw is just spinning in place with what looks like a nut that is located inside the post. Its hard...

Thank you, that’s a really helpful explanation. It makes me wonder if maybe I should be controlling for phosphates because I keep opening up my pool from cover failures and massive leaf debris and have trees dumping copious amount of gunk into it, so that the last few summers I found myself...

Thanks for all the detailed reports. I was a little surprised by one thing you mentioned here. What kind of suggestions does the Wayerguru make that differ from what’s recommended here? From what I read Waterguru is run by Richard Falk aka ChemGeek...

Hi, I'm just reordering CYA testing chemicals and like everyone I hate and loathe the turbidity test. I was doing a quick search through google scholar on whether there are any other methods available, and through my University library access I was able to read this 2014 paper on a visual test...

Thanks, if you don't mind, I'd like to ask a few more questions. I've seen people discuss the safety of singing, but I haven't seen anyone talk about the safety of baptism yet, so if I can get some good information to other pastors that might be helpful. So the actual study is this...

I was looking up resources and found this helpful lit-review of studies. Looks like properly maintained pool would zap it in 10-20 minutes, or at least during a slam, but I might be reading this wrong. “The same study showed that chlorine was more effective than chlorine dioxide in inactivating...

Thanks kcindc - About DE and cleaning the filter, please have a look at my initial post. I did both right before my pool started getting cloudy. In regards to brushing: I have one of those vacuum attachments with brush bristles, so I vacuum the whole pool with that once a day. Let me know what...

Thanks for the merge. I am actually still battling this issue to some degree. I thought there was a problem with my filter, so I posted in the equipment section of the forum, but by now that has turned back into another algae/SLAM question. My latest update is here: Sand Filter Troubles (Deep...

Alright, here is an update: First, the good news: The pool looks clear now. And I was able to figure out a way to attach the homemade skum bag. I ended up being able to use a sink drain line piece with a little lip and attach it under the ring that normally holds my eyeball return yet in...

Thanks for the tip with the slime bag. I was searching around for it on the forums and found this helpful thread: SlimeBag for 1/10 of the price, yes you can!! In there several folks mentioned that they would get debris spewed back into the pool while vacuuming without the bag. So, it looks...

Well, here is a temporary report. I got so discouraged and overwhelmed with the situation and just didn't have time to take my filter apart that I didn't mess with the pool for about a week. Of course that just turned everything green (I always thought "If I got out and test I really should be...

Thanks Kim, I hadn't had a chance to take it apart yet, and but luckily I haven't seen the dirt spewing in a while. I vacuumed to waste, and now I was just running my pump 24/7 in the hopes of clearing things up. I had one question after reading that article again. It says the openings of the...

Thanks, I'll try to do that today or tomorrow. I heard people using a shop vac to get it out into a wheelbarrow, so I'll try that. Once I get it out, what am I looking for?

Yes, I rinse after I backwash until the water looks clear. But this debris spouting is happening without a backwash. I haven't backwashed since I deep cleaned the filter. Because my pressure isn't rising. How would I go about diagnosing what's wrong with the filter?

I understand what vacuum to waste does, and I'm open to trying it, but I don't know how this would solve my problem (Return spews cloudy dark muck on re-start). Id like to understand how and why I'm doing it and how it could solve the problem. That's what inunderstand the TFP philosophy to be...

Thanks for the ideas. the lateral did not move, and the behavior of spitting dirty water into the pool happened even before the deep clean. Hiw so? The way I understand clarifier it makes small particles clump together to form bigger stuff. Hence, my thinking is that all the particles too...

Hi, You guys have all been super helpful with loads of other questions I've had, so I hope someone can help me here, too. I recently completed a SLAM (Algae or pollen? (Lots of pictures)) see there for the progress). I added DE to my sand filter following the instructions from pool school. My...

Great, thank you. I just did the test (been 6 hours, and no direct sunlight) and I got 17 FC and >0.5 CC, clear water. I've never before tested higher FC on a subsequent test (I made sure to get the water from the same spot), but I guess my water wasn't mixed enough last night. Still, I don't...

I just started a new SLAM because I suspected Algae. Relevant stats are: Pre SLAM PH: 7.4 CYA: a bit less than 40 FC: 16 I got too busy working on renovation stuff and just got to testing my water at 1:20 AM (I had added one more FC on a hunch at 9:00PM which got me right on the money for 16...

70 - I really need to get that solar cover cut to size and put on now that the algae are gone.

Re: Quick question about SLAM end I may need to do that, thanks. I do have a potentially kind of stupid question. In order to open up my sand filter I need to take the multiport valve off. Do I need to plug and disconnect the hoses (one to the pump, one to the return), or can I just set the...

Re: Quick question about SLAM end Thanks Dom, I was missing the point. I'm pretty terrible at measuring CYA, and I got to 35 because I had measured somewhere between 30 and 40 before, backwashed since, and gotten the pool store result since. I tend to not trust them either, but I just wanted...