Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

I have had this house for a bout 6 years. It is time to either replaster the pool or do something else? I was wondering what are my options? Do the...

I have an in-ground concrete pool (epoxy paint finish) with an Amerlite underwater light. The chrome bezel continuously turns black. The tarnish...

I noticed the water level being lower than usual so i topped off the pool. Then when i turned the hose off, i noticed the level come back down again...

I'm planning on having my pool repainted this season and my pool guy says most modern pools are white. We had been thinking blue. Our current color...

I need to caulk the joint between my pool deck and the pool coping. I'm leaning towards using Vulkem 45 but can't decide which so buy -- semi self...

I went out this weekend to do my springtime inspection (Eastern Ontario) to be greeted with an 18 inch crack and torn liner on one side of my...

Hello all, happy 2013... time for a new liner and first time starting from scratch with new water. I didn't get my measurements done before it got...

We decided to buy an above ground pool and would greatly appreciate any advice. We checked the Better Business (BBB) in our area for contractors but...

My 6 year old Raypak RHP100 Heat pump pool heater is leaking from a small clear-rubber tubing that comes off the water manifold. The tube goes to an...

i have an inground 18x36 oval pool and in the process of replacing the liner. just having a hard decision with chosing which vinyl liner. it is so...

W e will be replacing our inground vinyl liner this spring.( after my wonderful Mc Guyvering to hold my liner up at the end of last summer!). Since...

I've got a small leak where the pump and the motor join. I've tightened all the bolts but there is still a drip. Id there a gasket between the motor...

Hi, I'm actually posting a question for a friend (but I happen to be a new pool owner too) that has an inground plastered pool with a crack that...

Our newly installed pool liner (done by a pool company) has an approximately 12 inch section where the liner is wavy, and isn't laying flat against...

I have a gunite pool. Recently I've noticed occasional wet spots in some of the seams in the coolcrete and coping. It's around one of the return...

Our new vinyl pool is being installed and they did the poolcrete two days ago. They covered the pool opening with a big tarp and told me to run a...

We are just beginning to have an inground pool installed. It is a Pacific pool with the gray plastic-looking walls with black braces behind it. I...

My pool is 25 years old and over the past couple of years has begun it's really begun to show its age. The bull nose brick edge is falling apart,...

I have a 20' x 40" simple rectangle in-ground with a vinyl liner of some undetermined age. We bought the house in 1999 and it was fairly fresh, but...

I have to decide what depth I want the pool to be and don't want to make a big mistake. We have decided to not have a diving board or a slide (we are...

A section of my deck has settled a great deal (over the past couple years) due to construction contractor's failure to pack the soil. The section is...

Greetings to all Forum folk! I just signed the contract with my PB, and am wondering if any of the equipment parameters merit last-minute...

Hi, I am currently planning a pool in north Dallas and I am trying to decide on a way to clean the water. So far I am leaning towards a SWCG...

Hi … I have an in ground pool with spa in ground next to pool slightly elevated above pool. When operating pool filter normally water flows over spa...

An option that my pool installer is giving me is to add Blue Quartz to the plaster surface for a pool finish that will not reveal as many stains. Is...

Hello all, For starters I want to say thanks for a great forum! So far it has been a big help with my research in purchasing a new pool (my first...

I have an Anthony pool/ spa combination built in 1968 and never re-plumbed underground to my knowledge (I have owned the home since 1985) The pool...

I am just getting started in the planning process for a new pool and one of the options offered is a variable speed Pool Pump with the claim that it...