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calcium build up question.

by Guest » Mon 25 Jul, 2005 11:17

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Hi,

Your website is excellent!

I have a few questions I was hoping you could help me with.

I am a landscape contractor here in San Diego, in...

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Mr. Landscaper,

The pH is the culprut. If the pH goes about 7.8 scaling can occur. It is improtant to maintain the pool even if the pool is not...

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Mon 14 Nov, 2005 11:25
green water

by rosa » Mon 03 Oct, 2005 05:12

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Hey there! We moved into this house because it has a great 30k gal pool. When we saw the house we fell in loved, the water was so tourqouis blue and...

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Rosa,

Sounds like you are about to pull your hair out!! You may have multiple problems going on. First and most importantly if you have a backwash...

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Thu 10 Nov, 2005 16:50
Need advice

by truse » Mon 24 Oct, 2005 23:31

I came home last month to find my 2 y.o. fiberglass pool 1/2 empty and full of sand and mud. Pool installer says that it is probably a broken pipe to...

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Mon 24 Oct, 2005 23:31
BACKSWIMMERS

by KimB » Thu 30 Jun, 2005 16:12

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Anyone know how to get rid of BACKSWIMMERS? They are the little oval shaped bugs with the 2 long legs, one on either side of them?

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liquid chlorine. give it a good dose

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Wed 19 Oct, 2005 12:27
Sever Weather Affecting Pool

by Fireman2073 » Thu 10 Feb, 2005 09:13

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Hello all

I closed my pool in September and throughout the winter we have received some snow. Well we recently had a warm spell and now all the...

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That's what may have happened. When we removed the cover in the Spring there were numerous gashes in the liner along the bottom of the pool near the...

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Sun 16 Oct, 2005 10:33
stained fibreglass pool

by jacques » Sun 11 Sep, 2005 17:10

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We have a fibreglass pool in the Canary Islands.

The pool water is desalinated sea water (as is all the island's tapwater).

The pool treatment...

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Thank you for your response Falcon Pools. The answer is no, we are not sure whether all the baquasil had been cleared from the pool - probably not as...

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Sun 25 Sep, 2005 17:10
pH

by vaughanwilliams » Fri 12 Aug, 2005 13:32

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What do you mean No pH ? You must have a reading of some sort. Are you following the instructions carefully?

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I think you have figured it out. :o)

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Fri 23 Sep, 2005 18:37
black stain

by toni » Mon 20 Jun, 2005 22:56

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can anyone tell how to know if a stain is black algae or electrolysis

stain is on the floor of the pool around the return assembly attached with...

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can anyone tell how to know if a stain is black algae or electrolysis ...

put some ph decreaser (powdered) in a tube sock, tie it to a brush...

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Mon 19 Sep, 2005 12:28
PH problems

by jpk1a873 » Thu 11 Aug, 2005 17:19

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I have a 18 X 36 x 8 inground pool.

Inline self Chlorinator.

I run the filter about 8 hours per day.

My Chlorine levels are ok.

It's the PH. I...

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Where can I get a Pool Pro Book from?? I think I could benifit. I have a lot of trouble with this pool

Thanks

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Last post by swimmer
Sat 10 Sep, 2005 18:20
No pressure from skimmers

by Rob » Sat 03 Sep, 2005 07:54

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I have a inground pool with a main drain and skimmers. The pressfrom the main drain is good, but when I switch over to skimmers I lose the pressure....

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I have a inground pool with a main drain and skimmers. The pressure from the main drain is good, but when I switch over to skimmers I lose the...

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Thu 08 Sep, 2005 04:39
Solar Cover to Solar Reel

by cherry » Tue 30 Aug, 2005 15:28

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If anyone knows of Instructions available to connect Solar Cover onto Solar Reel properly i would appreciate it if you can point me in the right...

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Do you have a round pool or oval pool?

Is your reel mounted in the middle of the pool or at one end?

I can help if you let me know...

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Tue 30 Aug, 2005 19:38
DE in pool... HELP!

by Andie » Wed 03 Aug, 2005 09:39

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I'm new to pool ownership. I am finding DE throughout my pool whenever I backwash and refill the DE in the filter thru the skimmer box. My auto...

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did you ever find out how to take care of it? no suggestions are posted to your question.

thanks for any help 8)

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Last post by Barb
Sat 27 Aug, 2005 18:22
Green Water help please after brushing algae patch on bottom

by rogcov1 » Sun 21 Aug, 2005 17:56

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Hi All

Took the cover off my 15 foot pool today to find the water very clear, but on the bottom of the liner in the centre was a patch of green...

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Hi! Check out how I got rid of it under algae good luck sheila

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Last post by sheila
Tue 23 Aug, 2005 22:48
pool pressure

by tinka4652 » Sat 11 Jun, 2005 20:11

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my pressure is fine utill i put the vacumn on then the pressure drops to about 2 pounds can anyone help???

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It would help if you told us what the pressure was before it drops to 2 pounds and if you have any suction after the pressure drop. If you are losing...

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Last post by poolman64
Sat 20 Aug, 2005 21:50
pressure problem

by Paul » Wed 29 Jun, 2005 21:45

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My sand filter is gaining about 10-12psi in a short period of time in the filter position. This causes the flow of water into the pool to become very...

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Hi,

An increase in filter pressure is normally due to nothing more than the filter getting dirty. A sand filter has a relatively small surface area...

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Last post by poolman64
Sat 20 Aug, 2005 21:44
Navigator stops on pool drain

by hbode » Sat 02 Jul, 2005 19:39

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My brand new navigator keeps stopping over the pool drain. Everything seems to be working well and pressure is good. I have tried changing the ratio...

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Hi,

It sounds like you have suction on the main drain which is trapping the Navigator on the drain. This is a very common problem. If you have a 2...

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Last post by poolman64
Sat 20 Aug, 2005 21:33
residue

by [email protected] » Tue 09 Aug, 2005 12:51

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I have wanted an in-ground swimming pool my entire life. I finally got one and have had nothing but problems. After getting all the problems taken...

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Like the other person said, I would guess that you have a DE filter with a ripped grid, broken manifold, or not put together correctly. Also if you...

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Last post by poolman64
Sat 20 Aug, 2005 20:57
Installation problem

by katem » Mon 15 Aug, 2005 17:12

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I had a private person install my pool . After filling the pool, there are two spots where there are air bubbles under the liner against the side...

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I guess you got what you paid for. Don't worry: live with it for now and get it changed later.

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Last post by vaughanwilliams
Mon 15 Aug, 2005 23:50
draining the pool / adding new water

by bilmo2005 » Sat 04 Jun, 2005 16:05

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My pool Man recommended I do this. It is my perhaps superstitious belief

that his prognosis is erroneous.

The problem : odd and widely varying...

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Stabiliser is a bitch! If you have over 100ppm of Cyanuric acid present you could easily drain half your pool and top it up with fresh water and...

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Last post by vaughanwilliams
Sat 13 Aug, 2005 12:13
Having problems with PH and Alkalinity

by Columbus_pool » Tue 31 May, 2005 10:20

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When opening up the pool this year I found that I had zero alkalinity and a PH of 6.8

So we put in 50 pounds of sodium bicarbonate and the...

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My alkanlinity is through the roof, and my ph won't go above 7.2. It's starting to eat my plaster. The water here naturally drifts towards high ph,...

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Fri 12 Aug, 2005 14:38

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