Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

I have an inground 16x32 vinyl pool. Water readings are: FCL - 2.53 TCL - 2.65 PH - 7.2 ALK - 101 CH - 152 CYA - 22 The water temp is 88...

Hi, Does anyone have experience with in-place repair of a main drain fitting in a concrete bottom pool? The pool is empty now for re-painting. ...

Shortly after opening my pool this year I noticed we were losing 2" of water a day with our equiptment running. I've since norrowed it down to the...

Hi, My plaster is now in its 23rd year. Over the past few years, I've done alot of underwater patching where the gunite has started to show...

I just had my pool replastered with plain white plaster on June 5, 2012. We were cleared to swim yesterday and I noticed some rough areas. Is there...

Hey everyone. My husband and I just completed our pool installation and we're having a myriad of issues. If anyone can help, it would be greatly...

Have a leak somewhere that I can't find. It has to be near, around, or above the skimmer line since the pool stops losing water when it drops below...

Fort Wayne, steel wall, vinyl liner pool w/ fiberglass step insert at shallow end...installed in 1998. Seems that I have been noticing more...

We need to replace our inground liner next summer, and will likely need coping repairs . Also, we would like to add steps to the shallow end, and...

Bought a house end of last summer that had an IG approx 30k gallon pool. From talking with neighbors the pool was put in nearly 30 years ago and had...

I have a SWG in ground pool and have noticed some of the flag stone is gradually eroding away. What is the best product out there that can be used...

I have a Hayward S200 sand filter with a side mounted SP-710 valve. This valve is old and has some small hairline cracks in it. A few years ago I got...

Hello, I was wondering what would be the cause of the low skimmer suction i am having. I drained my pool over the past winter and was able to...

We bot a home in mid april that has an in-ground pool. the pool is 20' x 40' and runs from ~3' deep to ~8' deep. It has (I believe) a solid piece...

We are about to vermiculite the bottom of our T shaped inground pool kit. We have read much about how to mix and ideal surface conditions. But we...

Hello, My pools stats: Inground-approx 24,000 gal, installed 2007 Pebble Tec-Pebble Fina finish Chlorine Factory-Salt chlorine generator Jandy...

I'm currently about to start replacing an inground skimmer in my pool. I have removed the old skimmer and am about to install the new one. I have did...

Hi Everyone! I'm just browsing through and attempting to catalog all the great information here before I can actually figure out exactly what it...

Any advise on concrete mix for a new deck I am going doing myself. Deck size is just 2' all around a 20x40 vinyl inground. about 3 yards. 3500 psi...

My IGP is an 18 x 36 T shape that was constructed around 1983/84. The concrete coping is lose in several areas and I'm looking for ways to re-attach...

The tile was lifting from our pool and rather than rip it all out and replace, we went to Lowe's and they recommended using Mastic to seal the tile. ...

Hi, I'm a new user looking for advice/guidance on how to rehabilitate my old pool. It is a 18 x 36 "kidney bean" in-ground pool installed in late...

I am installing a 16 x40 in ground pool. Our contractor uses the VynAll liner company located in NH, US. I am looking for photos of the solid Aqua...

I just had my pool contractor finish an install of a new vinyl liner on my in ground pool today (was supposed to be done April 16th, whole other...

I was a member back in the "Pool Solutions" days. Finally made it back and looking forward to getting/giving info about pools. Our pool is going...

Recently I've seen and felt several (50-60) bumps in the bottom and sides of our fiberglass pool. The bumps range in size from 1" - 3" and are convex...

Well that's the plan anyway. All the quotes I received were unsatisfactory in one way or another so I've decided to contract this myself. I'm a...

Hi, Hoping to get some opinions here as I've had several "experts" with differing recommendations. The problem: I would like to have my gunite...

I've just purchased a house with a 40x20 pool with spa. Here is what I know: The pool is about 8' at the deep end and about 4-5' a the shallow. ...