I'm in Palm Springs,CA and we had a forest fire in the mountains that dropped a lot of ash in the pool...and everywhere....Now my filter cartridges seem to be getting...

Hey! Glad to join the forum ~ I'm looking forward to improving My ability to keep My pool CRYSTAL CLEAR CLEAN at all times, as well as sharing whatever knowledge and...

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I have a purex SMBW 2048 filter and it has a lever that switches between backwash and pool. The lever is on the pool side and when i try to move it towards backwash...

My husband refuses to buy a test kit. He keeps the water chlorinated and shocks it every now and then. Once in a while he will take a sample to the pool store but...

Does anyone know how to relieve the pressure from a DE pool filter, when the filter does not have an air pressure release valve? At least I think its a DE filter. The...

I normally only need to add soda ash periodically for my pool to remain in PH balance. This year, with a new liner my alkalinity was 100ppm and I adjusted it with baking...

Okay so we just had to shock the snot out of our pool and then use Super Floc to get the cloudiness out. Problem here is that while vacuuming on Waste to get it all out...

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I am a new pool owner. It is a salt water pool with hayward filters / pump.
After winter it just seem like the pump is not as powerful cleaning the pool now.
It...

Hello All. I am a new inground pool owner. The pool isn't huge, but not small either. What I've learned so far: people who are short selling a house don't keep up with...

I have always turned off my pool pump before emptying my skimmer baskets. However, my pool repair man has indicated that in order to prevent the return lines from...

I have a StaRite 27002-0150 filter that no matter what I do I cannot get clean. I bought a new one at the end of last summer because of a similar issue and now have the...

Please can someone kindly clarify if swimming pools in holiday accommodation can be backwashed whilst people are using the pool?
Are there any rules and regulations...

Hi I have a baracuda pool cleaner & it stops after about 5 minutes use. I have to restart the pump & off it goes again for another 5 minutes before it stops. I...

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My pool is 4 years old and I am wondering if need to clean or replace the sand in the filter, how and how often

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I recently discovered that following previous pipeline repair work more than 1 year ago (when the floor inlets were all closed), that the worker failed to reopen them...

I have an in ground overflow pool. This week when I connected the vacuum hose (free of air) into the suction outlet the water in the pump basket holder goes down by...

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Hello. I purchased a 18' x 42" Easy Set pool. It comes with an inadequate filtration system. So I decided to convert the system to a DE filter and 1hp pump that I...

I have a regular sand filter inground pool with 24-26k gallons. I am used to it but am considering of putting either a salt system chlorinator or not putting it and put...

Finding the best pool cleaner can be a tough task. This is because you have several brands available in the market and there are different types of automatic pool...