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I must admit that this advice is quite shocking to me. I've owned 5 homes with in ground pools and would take a cartridge filter 100 out of 100...
New to the forum On a Sylvan IGP from the mid 1980's we continue to have tile that pops off with residual loose concrete. I've replaced a great...
I've been struggling with water quality problems, and running the filter 24/7 for a couple weeks. The Forum has been invaluable in steering me in the...
Can anyone help me identify what bulb would go in this light socket? The guys down at the local pool store can't seem to ID it, and I've bought and...
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My IG pool has been leaking for a long time. For various reasons, I have just been putting more water in it. Now I am determined to fix it. ...
I had an old neighbor with a 25 year old vinyl pool. It still looks great and I may go with the company that built hers. Obviouslty technolgy has...
Hi! This newbie to the forum wants to hear from an expert on IG pool plaster formulas. I'm in the final stage of a 3 summer project, it started...
We have a Colosseum 30' round AG 52" high pool. It's about 6 years old and this year we noticed rust stains on the outside of the walls. It...
Hello all - new member here and a new pool owner. We just bought the house 6 months ago and I've learned a ton already about pool care. Two weeks...
The paint on the aluminum molding on my vinyl liner pool is starting to peel. I have a salt water generator. Could it cause the paint to peel? How...
I'm new at this forum. Forgive me if this is the wrong board, but I could not find a board that discussed financing. Am looking into getting a...
All summer I've been trying to track down a small leak in my pool. I've used some tests I've read about on here (thanks for all the help on that,...
Hi all... Our Pentair SAM pool light failed. It had been limping along the last two years (I replaced the color wheel motor twice, and the gasket...
Is there a "generic" Dye I can use for leak detection? thanks ...mike
I've been reading up on inground steel and polymer wall pools here (and wherever else Google takes me). There are lots of things I haven't quite...
I have to have a fence around the pool in my neighborhood. I really would like a privacy fence but we have too much wind for a closed in fence. I...
I am considering a new inground vinyl pool installation. I am looking for a 20 X 40 in size with few bells and whistles. Definately a diving board...
I'm thinking of building an insulated box to drop over my pump and drown out some of the noise. My pump is under my deck and so are my outdoor...
I want to build an above ground pool so that it's the same height as my side porch (5' above ground). I want to spray gunite or shotcrete but I'm a...
My in ground Gunite pool liner is 12 years old, some areas are rough and some are itched where algae is a problem. I'm thinking of replacing the...
Hi all, hope everyone's getting lots of pool time in. They're talking about a longer than normal summer this year! Anyhoo, I have an Imperial...
I was doing some replacing the liner into the track after opening the pool this spring. When I got to the corner that was pulled out, I tried to...
I have a large "L-shaped" liner pool (48x18x28 or approximately 35K gallons) that is about 10 years old and I can see the first signs of liner wear...
Hello, Today we opened the pool and the liner seemed to have come off, about 3 or 4 feet wide. I've been doing some reading (also the tips that...
Long story short I had a new liner put in and the pool was empty from fall to spring when the pool contractor finally installed the new liner. The...
Pool Forum Team: Need your help. I am currently gathering estimates for pools. The front runner is suggesting the following: -16x32 -2"...
Hi all, This is my first post. I have an old in-ground concrete pool at the house I have owned for two years. I'm not sure how old the pool is but...
is it possible to reuse a liner that is 1 year old when i move my pool.
I lost an inch off water overnight in my I/G Gunite pool! Any advice? Thanks
Need help in finding good price for paint and concrete. Can anybody help me find some good resources for this. I'm getting inclined towards Smart...
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