At this point with not being able to see but a few inches below the surface am I better to blindly brush or blindly vacuum or both?
JUST got TF-100 HELP please
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SLAM requires brushing everyday whether you can see or not. Best to scoop out what you can using a leaf rake. Vacuuming to your filter blindly can cause you to clog your plumbing or clog your pump impeller if there is still a lot of debris.
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It is okay to vacuum blindly, you just need to make sure that you've removed as much large debris using a leaf rake. Whether you vac to waste or vac to filter, you don't want to clog your plumbing if there is a lot of large debris.
Yes, +1 to that. Blind methodical scooping first is best. Once you are pretty confident that all the debris out then blind vacuuming is fine.
Good to know for the future - though I don't intend to EVER let it get like that again!
How much effect should I expect on my SLAM from it deciding to storm on me tonight. I tested just as it was starting to rain & thankfully I was still high at about 19.
Was 15 when I checked this morning but it has been storming since I got home from work so I haven't been able to check this evening. How will this affect my SLAM. I'm sure it fell alot during the day as it was a HOT sunny 90+ day.
Same answer as last time. 
Rain isn't as big of a deal to a pool as people seem to think it is. Not sure where that urban legend began.
Rain isn't as big of a deal to a pool as people seem to think it is. Not sure where that urban legend began.I'd asked again because I hadn't been able to add any bleach during the day. I was at 3.5 this morning. Pool Math said 107 oz to get to 16 so I just added the full gallon since I knew I wouldn't be able to get to it til late this afternoon early this evening. Pool math says that should take it to 18.5 which with my target being 16 I don't think that should be too high. Right?
- Mar 24, 2014
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It's not going to hurt anything, just slightly wasteful. If I were slamming and it Pool Math said add 119 oz I'd just pour the whole thing in there too.
Why couldn't you add bleach all day? Afraid of getting wet from the rain while working on your pool? 
There were massive storms yesterday evening with some areas getting baseball sized hail and the lightening was insane! I ignored my pool when I got home, too!
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There were massive storms yesterday evening with some areas getting baseball sized hail and the lightening was insane! I ignored my pool when I got home, too!
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Yeah not far from here we had a massive section have major tree damage & trees topples over from the roots, several houses obliterated. So yeah I chose stay inside. But I had been at work from 7A-5P & storms started about 4P. So I wasn't home to add bleach during day.
Just curious, would this be faster with draining the pool most the way?
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If the water is green and soupy it would. But, the real job is to kill the algae that is attached to all surfaces if the pool. That will still be there after you refill.