Last night I backwashed once and then put 4lbs of DE in (it says my filter requires 5lb so I figured 4 was good after a backwash?). Of course something else went wrong. The replacement hose I used started collapsing on itself from the pressure! How annoying. I used braided PVC (I think that what it's called) which I saw on some pumps at the pool store. So I have to replace that now. arhg

The water doesn't seem THAT dirty to me but it is pretty cloudy. It's blueish though not green. The chlorine level is another problem, so far I've put several pounds of extra strenght shock in and the Chlorine still shows as nonexistant when you test the water.

Yep I'm actually in North Coventry (which is chester co) but yeah I know Downingtown pretty well (grew up in Chester Springs).