Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

hey all, my recent dilemma involves the suction side of my pool. the main drain is plumbed into the bottom of the skimmer, and there is a movable...

Hi, I have a concrete inground pool built in early 1980's and my light fixture is malfunctioning due primarily to age...It is corroded. My...

Hey guys! I am looking into building an inground pool and was thinking of using ICF Blocks to form the parimiter of the pool and using a vinyl...

When we bought the house in OH in the fall last year, we knew the liner was detaching and closed the pool this way (really having never used it), and...

I have a 24ft above ground pool with a beaded liner. THis is our second season. All was well last year until fall. When I closed the pool, the liner...

I discovered the pool contractor overlooked the overflow that was suppose to be installed in my in-ground pool. The pool has three returns. One...

Hey all, I'm relatively new to swimming pools and have operated this pool for 2 years now with fairly good luck. However this spring when i removed...

I have an inground pool. 3 feet and slants to 12 feet in deep end. When I took off winter cover my liner was floating. I put a pump behind liner and...

Just bought a house with a 45 year old inground concrete pool. I don't know if/when it has ever been replastered. Based on info from the previous...

Hi, I have a friend that is new to pools and instead of conditioning his pool water, he ended up emptying his pool thinking the water is dirty. ...

I am having my pool liner installed and the new liner had wrinkles in the shallow end. The company thats installing it say its because there was...

Im planning to get a large vinyl liner pool installed. The builders are grossly overcharging for add-ons like the salt water chlorine generator, heat...

2 years ago ,We built 18000 gallon Guinite/ plaster pool . Used diamond bright plaster- French Grey- plaster guy did a poor job , looks like clouds...

Well, after spending more than a month doing this: http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?10880-Stabilizer-Mystery&highlight=mystery I've...

My Vinyl liner was of some undetermined age when we bought the house about 12 years ago (but it appeared pretty new at the time). It began to bleach...

We have tossed around the idea of building a swimming pool for about 3 years. Now, we have decided to go ahead and do it. Almost bought a boat...

does the pool calculator volume calculation for oval pools take into account a hopper bottom with safety ledge? Our 19x43 inground came with the...

I am in mid state PA and am looking to buy an inground pool. I have been looking at vinyl, fiberglass and gunite however depending on who you ask,...

Hey everyone, I use a commercial pool for underwater hockey. This pool is nice but old, it is currently tiled with 1x1 tiles. Question one--Will...

Some of t he screws that hold that plate to my skimmer basket in are starting to rust and I would like to buy replacements. Is this something a pool...

Wondering about the aftermarket lights. Looking at the over the side 50 watt or the 100 watt. Is 50 W enough or will the 100 W be too much? Just...

We lost about three inches of water overnight...and it is still dropping. We know we had a leak at the bAck of our light. The pool company came and...

I have a 16x30 IG pool that was built in 1964. I believe all the lines are original and I have a leak in one of the suction lines. This weekend, I...

Thank you so much for welcoming me to the forum. Here is a little history: I have a 35-40,000 gallon inground diving pool with pebble tec finish....

I purchased a home 5 years ago with a 20 year old pool. The liner had just been replaced before closing. Over the years I pretty much became an...

This is our third liner replacement in 21 years of operating this pool. I have noticed that the bottom of the hopper and the shallow end has sunken...

My wife and I are in the beginning stage of looking into a pool. We both had one growing up and feel the teens in out home will use and enjoy one. ...

Just bought an 8 yr old foreclosure thats been vacated since 2008. The pool has 1 crack thats 18' long that I'm a lil concern with attempting to fix....

Early last year we bought a house that had an in-ground pool. When we first looked at the house the fall before, the pool was beautiful with...

i have an inground pool that has two wrinkles on under a return and the other on the floor of the shallow end any way of getting rid of them without...