Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

I shutoff the fill line to my pool and the waterline is still dropping. It's been 2 weeks and I just got down below the skimmer. I guess it's time to...

Colleagues, My first post, but you have a great forum with lots of useful information. My pool is being resurfaced because it is 20 years old...

Anyone have any experience with the preformed fiberglass type pools. We are currently weighing our options right now and a friend mentioned them and...

I am researching skimmer lids for our new pool - I don't like the look of the ugly white skimmer covers. Has anyone used the pour-a-lid skimmer...

Hello from St. Louis! Checking if there was anyone else out there from STL? We live on 26 acres and have plenty of space for a pool. Looking forward...

I am researching info needed to repair a leak on the return side that allows the pool to lose an inch or more per day. I have plugged the outlets...

So after going too many seasons with a busted skimmer (cypress trees were cut down 3 years ago), I decided today was the day to rent a concrete saw...

I cleaned my Pentair cartridge filter out for the first time last week and there was a lot of sand in the bottom of the housing. Since this was the...

I've got an 18x36 oval vinyl liner inground pool that needs a new deck. The current concrete one is old, cracked, and was very poorly patched by the...

Hello, I have a 16x32 with a vinyl liner pool. What are the recommendations for repairing cracked fiberglass steps?

I thought I would post the process I went through to repair the structural crack in the deep end of our 5 year old fiberglass pool... I am just a...

Opened my pool and found my liner floating. I pumped the water from unground and then found water level well below what it was hen I closed the pool...

I just conn my system together. I have a Hayward EC75A, a 1 1/2 HP Hayward Pump and a LAARS -Pool & Spa heater 180,000 BTU Pool Heater. The heater...

First, I'd like to say that this is a great site for a pool owner. I've just had my inground pool built and filled on 6/6/14. It's approx. 15,000...

I am about to start to plan my in-ground concrete pool, I am contracting it out to a company to help me but I want to know how to do most of this...

Good Afternoon... I have an 18'X36', kidney shaped pool with the standard (i.e. UGLY) white coping around the edge. I'm thinking about expanding...

we are replacing the liner in our in ground pool. I was wanting to know if it is ok to fill in the drain in the deep end and cap off the line at the...

My parents have an in-ground pool that they want to restore to its former glory. It's in a sad state of affairs right now for sure. At this point the...

I'm posting this as a new thread as directed in the New Users section. Let me know if I'm in error. I'm getting the air bubbles from all (3)...

I have an in ground pool with a sand filter that I'm draining and I took out the skimmer baskets to clean. When I looked into the bottom of the...

Hi there, The liner ripped over the winter but the pool, backed simply with sand has no main drain. The water table is pretty high and we can lower...

We are just beginning the pool process as far as deciding what we want, getting estimates, etc. I know absolutely nothing about inground pools! ...

Hello, I have a small leak around one of my pool light lenses and was wondering if there was a specif type of silicone what I should be using. I...

I need to replace two leaking, damaged straight PBC jets bodies (venturi guns), specifically Pentair 46540100 I have chipped concrete and cut rebar...

We're putting in a new inground - either 16x32 or 18x34/36. We've received 4 quotes and all have very different views on plumbing. We're in...

So over the past 3 months my spa has been draining back to the pool maybe 4 times a month it would do this, now over the past 2 weeks it does it 99%...

I'm starting to get some brown staining in two areas of my Pebbletec saltwater pool. The Pebbletec is 6 years old as is the water in the pool. My...

I just noticed two areas in my fiberglass pool that have dozens of small bumps. This is only our second summer with this pool. Our pb pretty much...

I have a 16' x 32' inground pool, fiberglass panel walls, painted concrete bottom, aprox. 25 yrs old. I lose 2-3 inches of water a day. Pool company...

So I am sure this topic comes up often in this forum but I think I have a unique situation. So we recently bought a home with a pool. There were a...