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Hey all, Okay I screwed it up right off the bat today. I did not add much at all just drizzled a little Clorox Pool Clarifier around the deep end of the pool after adding more Shock to keep my chlorine level up until I can see the botom of the pool. Shallow end I can a see a little but deep...

I have a heat pump attached to the pool but the temperature slowly comes up I think but not sure if its working well. How can I check if its really working? I have an infared temp laser but the fan is in the shade its tough to tell if there is a 10 degree diff.

I have a salt water pool and it was low to start the season. I added bags of it my level is about 3800 I think where I want it but its odd there is like a salt like substance all over the top of the pool water. Not sure if its salt but it looks like that type of substance floating all over...

Hello all, I am struggling with this one since opening the pool this season. I have a two year old pentair sand filter that I have been thinking that sand is getting into the pool because I see a line in front of the shallow end return seam line and some build up near it. It looks like fine...

I have a two year old Pentair sand filter but what I thought was just algae building up in front of one my returns once in a while it looks like sand actually gritty and it is in the vacuum when I clean it up. What would cause this as I have been backwashing etc. curious if I need to have...

I have been noticing last year and the start of this year that dirt keeps building up in one area of my pool shallow side in front of the return one area. I have a sand filter not happy after changing it from a DE last year seems to not filter as well at all especially fine dirt. I believe...

Hello all, I had this same issue last year but it seems to be getting a little worse. My shallow end skimmer is a good distance from the pump it does not draw very well at all unless I cut off the deep drain and it still isn't that great when testing that out. Is this something that can be...

Hello TFP, It is still in the high 50's in the Northeast tomorrow it should get up to close to 80 but the SWG is not effective just yet. I have one of those floaters in the pool with about 3 chlorine tabs. Any thoughts on best way for a few weeks to maintain some chlorine? I am thinking...

Hello TFP, I am trying to get the pool going after opening but deep end still very cloudy cant see the bottom yet. I decided to put a small amount of Clorox Pool Clarifier in there is a lot of fine dirt it seems that just gets kicked back up. I debated adding it but hoping it may help some...

Hello all, I am just opening up the pool they added a lot of shock yesterday. I added three bags of salt today I believe my alkalinity should be raised first. Should I wait 24 hours after adding the salt to add the alkalinity I have a fast dissolve salt? I want to add another bottle of...

Hello all, I have some built up scum line on the top of my vinyl liner. What is the best way that is safe to get it off the liner I have a salt water pool. Scrubbing not working great. Thanks all

Hello all, I have three lines the main drain and the deep end and shallow end skimmers. I know the one furthest from the pump won't have the same suction as the deep end but it seems very low on the shallow side. The deep end skimmer the water flows very well into it and the water is moving...

Hello all, When I look at the deep end skimmer the water looks like its sort of pushing flowing into the skimmer in a good fashion. The shallow end I can feel the suction in the inlet when I take out the basket but I only see a small swirling of water above it and seems very different than...

Hello all, I have a pool that had a DE filter and I made the mistake of going to a sand filter that seems to not pickup well very fine particles. My pool this season has a lot of brown fine dirt in it that when I vacuum you can just see the dirt kick up. What should I do to get this stuff out...

Hey all, Just had my pool opened day before and they put 4 gallons shock in. I have a salt water pool and its still cold here 58 degrees. I went to the pool store to test my water and they said my combined chlorine was super high at almost 8 free chlorine 0.6. The print out said I needed 27...

I just had a pool opening and they used two things of Pristiva Primer on the invoice. Any idea what this is and what it will help with on opening of my salt water pool? Is it worth it or just another dump into the pool $$ tank? :)

Hello all, I am curious feedback on this topic. My pool is an area surrounded by trees and I get a good amount of organic matter in the pool weekly. I converted my pool over to salt all new equipment etc. I am still shocking my pool every one to two weeks if heavy swim loads or a lot of...

I am shocking the pool this evening trying to balance out the pool. In the morning the shock will have been running in the pool approx. 10-12 hours. Is that a good time to add CYA to a sock and let that dissolve at that time or should I wait another day until the shock level goes down further?

Hello all, I have a new SWG and I am in process of balancing the pool. I don't have an easy way to turn off the generator other than pressing the % button so no lights are lit. Is that essentially turning off the cell in the cases when I need to shock, add calcium hardner etc? Thanks all...

I have a salt water pool just changed over to it with new equipment. I have been reading some articles that say that adding calcium chloride to a salt water generator is horrible for it and to just not worry about it cons outweigh the pros. I also have vinyl pool so corrosion is not as much...

Hello all, Any idea what the white is around the joint of the pipe in this pic as it is slow leaking through it. Not sure if its like a white joint compound some type of thin white tape etc I want to fix that area but not sure what to put around it. At the bottom of the pvc to the pump.

Hello TFP community, I am lining up a pool rehab on our vinyl liner pool. Looking for opinions on first is it worth the 1800 to install a salt water generator? Health wise wondering how much better based on the generator essentially generates chlorine and also I have heard that eve though I...

Hey all, Okay so I know a salt water pool generates chlorine. I am rehabing my current vinyl liner pool with a new liner and equipment. I am debating going to a salt switch over or stay traditional tab based etc. I have two small kids and I hate the chemicals but also worry about corrision...

Hey all, So probably need to get a plumber for this but have a question. My pool pvc pipe joint starting squirting water this morning right from under the joint in one spot. May have a crack in the flexible piping not sure. Cant see how to attach a pic here as well its squirting out at the...

Hello all. Need some help. Having a nightmare time trying to get my pool running this season just to get by until next season when I am replacing everything. So I have a Hayward DE filter with multiport valve. The gasket has been messed up so I glued it down with some superglue yes...

Hello all. I had a similar post but today is the day for me to do this all. Wife and I have our first pool and next season we are going to replace the vinyl liner and I may also replace the DE filter as well. Let the pool go about 3 weeks ago and its totally green with lot of debris in it...

Hello all, About 3 weeks ago I let the pool go based on my electric bills going through the roof and also the wife and I are going to replace the vinyl liner next season. What do you think I should do based on the pool is of course a green swamp now with a lot of debris in it. Should I just...

Hello all. I am having weak suction on the deep end skimmer where the water rotation looks slow. There has been a lot of leaves so I bought from the hardware store this 1.5 drainking drain bladder that proved worthless. I took out the skimmer basket turned off the pump and placed the bladder...

Hello all. We have our first pool from a house we bought and I have fixed multiple leaks so far some that were dime size holes in the deep end of the liner. Now on that end near the main drain I am seeing raised hard like nickel size bumps that I am worried any pressure, brushing etc. will...

Hello all, I am wondering if by pouring stabilizer granules into both skimmer baskets has caused my DE filter to leak at top and middle of it? Could that possibly be causing issues at the filter level that would cause leaks to it? Live and learn this season ugh. First pool.