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Your pool liner needs replacing when it starts leaking, wrinkling, or fading to the point of brittleness.Home swimming pools pool maintenance skimmer
Your pool filter cartridge tells you when it's done.Outdoors pool maintenance pool chemistry pool pump
Your pool cleaner is flipping because the hose is unbalanced.Home pool-care chlorine pool-maintenance
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Start with a stain ID kit and use ascorbic acid for metal stains.Home swimming pools pool maintenance pool chemistry
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Shock your above-ground pool at night, after balancing pH.Home swimming pools pool maintenance pool chemistry
