AquaBlue

Many, many thanks! I'm grateful for your kind and highly valued advice!! I'll show this to my husband, who assures me that I have no need to worry (he's a real 'handyman' at that). I appreciate all the points you mentioned and helpful tips. Thanks so much!!

Thanks for the advice and reply... I guess "lack of patience will get you nowhere" couldn't be better said in my case! Now, slightly more than 24 hours of (almost) non-stop filtering (except for 8 hours during last night), I can now see a *much* clearer bottom and clearer conditions. I will run the filter tomorrow for 8-12 hours, and then vacuum the pool, and then start my chemicals (testing/adding, etc.). Thanks for the continued help and input - much appreciated!

Thanks, to both of you very helpful posters! It appears to me that the leak is coming from the area where the t-joint meets another pipe. More specifically, the leak is coming from the area directly where our pool installer applied some kind of cement? epoxy? glue? joint paste? ... but definitely *not* from a cracked pipe. (Forgive my total lack of plumbing knowledge here!) My husband said the water is coming from the leaking of the silicone caulk that is sealing the PVC pipe joint, and he believes it is the *caulking* that has "gone bad." My husband has more plumbing know-how than I do; and he thinks he can cut and re-do the caulking... but I cringe at the thought of "biting off more than we can chew." In the best of both worlds here, would any "recaulk" ideas or suggestions be doable for us, versus having to cut/recut/recaulk, etc.??? (Trying to save $$$$, too!) Thoughts? Suggestions? Many thanks!

Upon opening our pool yesterday, our water was very cloudy. Not green. Just very cloudy. So cloudy we cannot see the white pool drain and/or bottom of the pool floor. If at all possible, I don't want to have to shock the pool. Would it be OK if I were to backwash a few times and run the filter 2 or 3 days nonstop? Should that do it? Thanks in advance!

I'm a newbie to this forum. Have a 13,000 gallon 14' x 28' inground pool, with a Hayward D.E. filter. After opening our pool yesterday, my husband and I noted a small, dripping leak coming from underneath the area near where two PVC pipes connect. (These PVC pipes are visible, above ground). Last year, same scenario (but a nearby pipe fixture) cost us $160 to have the Pool installer plumbing expert come out and repair it (plus 2-3 days loss of swim time). Can we do anything (tape? glue? or ?) to patch it and save $160? Thanks in advance; money is very tight now, as I've been unemployed for 14 months and could use any suggested "patch." Thanks!