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How Long Do I Need To Wait Before Swimming After Adding Pool Chemicals

How Long Do I Need To Wait Before Swimming After Adding Pool Chemicals How long should I wait to go swimming after adding any of my swimming pool chemicals.

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Sand Filter Not Clearing Green/Cloudy Water

Sand Filter Not Clearing Green/Cloudy Water by Ed Gotwals (Lansdale Pa USA) Ever since I put in a sand filter I have been having problems with green

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Sand Filter Glass Bulb/Sight Glass

Sand Filter Glass Bulb/Sight Glass by Doug Maluchnik (Blairstown, NJ) Question about sight glass on a swimming pool sand filter. I wanted to use the

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Company Installed Wrong Pool Filter

Company Installed Wrong Pool Filter by Hbc (La) My pool was installed 10 months ago and just started turning green. All pool chemical readings were coming

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Saltwater Systems For Swimming Pools..High Calcium & Iron..

Saltwater Systems For Swimming Pools..High Calcium & Iron.. by Sheri Deering (Brookfield Wisconsin) We have high levels of calcium and iron in our water.

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I Can't Get The pH Up In My Pool

I Can't Get The pH Up In My Pool by Liz (South Africa) I have recently purchased a house and trying to figure out how to balance the pool. It is a fibreglass

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Dirt Pumped Into Pool When Switching On Pump - Sand Filter System

Dirt Pumped Into Pool When Switching On Pump - Sand Filter System by Patrick J (South Africa) When the pool pump is turned off there is a loss of pressure

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Why Do I Have To Clean My Salt Cell So Much

Why Do I Have To Clean My Salt Cell So Much by Ron I have a Compupool salt water generator which I have to clean every two weeks from the calcium build

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How To Choose A Salt Water Chlorine Generator

How To Choose A Salt Water Chlorine Generator by Ricky How do I know what size salt water chlorine generator I need for my pool. I have a thirty three

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Leaving My Pool Permanently Closed

Leaving My Pool Permanently Closed by Grace I have a 16 x 36 inground. Last summer I left it closed after winterizing it. How many years can I leave it

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Cloudy Water In My Salt Water Pool

Cloudy Water In My Salt Water Pool by Eva (Wyoming) I have a 14,000 gallon salt water pool. We have been experiencing cloudy pool water for months now.

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High Pressure Problem On A Swimming Pool Sand Filter

High Pressure Problem On A Swimming Pool Sand Filter by Gina (Swanzey NH) We have back washed it several times and the pressure remains high. The filter

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White Flakes From Pool Return Clogging SWG?

White Flakes From Pool Return Clogging SWG? by Elle (Modesto CA) I have a aqua rite salt water generator. My pool is about 13,000 gallons with a raised

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Why Is Water In My Backwash Hose Filling Up

My husband backwashed sat.and left the hose rolled out into the yard. We noticed on the way to church Sunday but forgot to put it up when we got home.

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Is This Water Mold?

Last summer we started seeing white flakes in the filter basket. We took the basket to our spa dealer to find out what it was. For every tech there, we

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High PH and High TA

High PH and High TA by Arctic Frost (Arizona) I see many questions about high pH and low TA but what about high pH and high TA? I've added pH minus to

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Calcium problem

Calcium problem by Julie (Atlanta) We have a large saltwater pool with a hot tub that we heat frequently. We had the pool put in about 2 years ago.

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High Calcium Hardness

High Calcium Hardness by David Doig (Hindly Pheonix Wigan) I have just recently started a job to help maintain the swimming pool water. The swimming

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Build Up Of Mineral Deposits On The Tiles

Build Up Of Mineral Deposits On The Tiles In The Pool At The Water Line by Lynn (Tucson, AZ) Our small community pool (serves an HOA of 50 homes) has

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High Phosphate Levels

My pool guy is treating my pool for high levels of phosphate and beginning black algae (YUCK). My pool guy has treated the pool for the phosphates but

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Air bubbles in pool. Buster Crabb Pool 12 feet x 24

We have a super Hayward pump' The gasket has been replaced and we still have air bubbles when it is running. The sand filter needs bleeding lot. I have

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Repair Hayward S200 Sand Tank

I have replaced the o'ring in my Hayward S200 sand filter and now it leaks around the middle of the tank where it opens. I have the one that is connected

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Black Mold and Pool Ionizer

Black Mold and Pool Ionizer by Thomas I have an Ion pool with a vinyl liner that was installed approximately 2 years ago. Recently I have noticed a

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Black Algae in my 20,000 gallon fiberglass pool

Over a 2 week period of time, I have emptied two bottles of black algae killer which looks blue when it is poured in with the skimmer working. I have

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Swimming Pool Inspection | Clearwater, FL Pool Service

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A Pool Inspection Can Be An Invaluable Service If You're Buying A Home.

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