Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

We are getting ready to set our forms tomorrow! It is my understanding that the top of our 1x4 forms will be the top of the bond beam. The pool...

What type paint do you recommend? Need to get a few years out of it before we re plaster.

My apologies for popping into your forum to ask, but if anyone could give me some idea as to the responsibility's that most pool services adhere to....

Hello from Natchitoches, Louisiana. I am a first time pool builder and will be GC'ing the construction of my pool. I found this website from the...

Our pool set for two years before we started it back up last summer, at which time it had a hard white build up. This year, there is more. From...

Imagine a 9'x9'x6' cavity. The top is my concrete pool deck (spanning 9' w/ only a couple of 33 yr old 2x4s supporting it) & 3 of the sides are my...

Hello, I purchased a home last year with an in ground fiberglass pool and spa. The pool\spa are well aged and seem to be holding up good but they...

Alright guys, I seriously need some advice here (and greatly appreciate any/all you give, even if it's burn it down and get out). My wife and I...

We are redoing our coping and we are trying to make the right decision on what type of brick to use since our tile line and our deck surface have a...

I have a 7 yr old liner( in a 40 yr old pool) that is leaking at the liner to skimmer faceplate gasket (the pool framing is steel). In addition I...

I have a large 10 yr old gunite pool which has been leaking for some time, however with the moderate earthquake in Va last year, it has been leaking...

I helped someone else change theirs and know what goes into doing it. I am hoping to get one more season out of this one. Is there a preferred...

Hello, i am new to this forum and am moving to Austin, TX. I am building a pool, and I have some questions after meeting with two different pool...

The air switch for my spa pump stopped working recently so I bought a replacement and that didn't work either. Yet, if I take the switch off the air...

Hello everyone. I am under contract to buy a home, this home has a pool/spa combo. It is a salt water pool as well. The concern I have is that the...

We installed a new AG liner two years ago in the spring. It was a great summer. THEN, winter came, and we realized it leaked (almost completely...

Hi all, My wife and I bought our house back in May in the Seattle, WA area which came with a fantastic IG pool that we love. However, the original...

Hi, This is my first (and long) post. Thanks for reading. My 14K gallon pool was built by Shasta Pool (AZ) and has a in-ground cleaning system...

I currently have 3 cracks in my 10 yr old fiberglass pool. They are at different parts of the pool. 2 of the cracks are about 15' apart from each...

Hi All -- I'd like to know the experts' thoughts on this topic. We have a 10,000-gallon in-ground plaster pool that is badly stained and rather...

We bought a home a couple years ago the owner told us the had recently filled the pool in with sand because she was tired of cleaning it and her...

Is there a viable way to heat my below ground pool using solar energy? I know I've read about solar water heaters that heat the water in pipes which...

One of my properties they i own has a pool and spa thats has a DE filtration system. the spa is attched to the pool an it has a waterfall effect,...

Hi, I have an older pool (30 years old) and recently got it replastered. To the best of my knowledge, the old plaster was the original plaster in...

Just bought a house in Peoria, AZ (in the Phoenix Metro area). My pool is a plastered pool. It's approximately 15 x 30 ft. and approx 8 ft at the...

I am installing a 2 hp a o smith centurion motor and the wires are one green ( ground )and two brown. Does it matter which brown wire goes on the...

I searched the forums and got a bit confused on the use of acid in a new plaster pool. The plaster company seemed to give up on my phone calls....

I have a Heliocol solar pool heater (circa 1997), and it sprung a leak in one of the collector tubes. I read about putting a 1/4" nylon tube or...

We had an above ground pool in NJ, but are now planning an inground one here in central Florida. I'd appreciate any suggestions you could offer on...

I have a Pentair Backwash valve that is fairly new. It leaks at the top of the shaft at the handle when closed in the filter position. However, if...