Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

I had to replace my pump motor yesterday (2HP). All my equipment is on the south side of my house, so it gets sun most all day and also gets the...

I saw a posting earlier, naturally cant find it now, about running water behind the liner to remove wrinkles. Just exactly how does that work? How is...

Most of you will probably get a chuckle out of this but a few may find it useful. The pool is old, 1970's vintage Foxxx, and the steps are showing...

I have a 18x38 inground vinyl pool that has a 4 foot (fiberglass?) walk in steps. My problem is that I have noticed on the 2nd step out of 4, it's...

My IG Salt Water pool plaster is starting to become rough in spots, stained in others and just isnt showing the brilliance of the 3M Color Quartz...

I'm located in South Jersey. Should I expect any reduction in pricing due to it being an "off season"?

Heatherc asked about reconfiguring a vinyl-lined pool. Her thread was about making a pool shallower. You indicated you do several a year. Do you make...

There is supposed to be a plastic tab on my skimmer that keeps the door from swinging out into the pool. On one of the skimmers that tab is broken...

Hello, The intake pvc valve that I turn to open and close the skimmer and drain has a hairline crack. When the pump is running it is pulling air...

My sister is in the process of building a pool and a pool house / game room. There is a good sized deck / patio. They were planning on putting...

I'm in the process of deciding on weither I want waterline tile in my pool or not. I'm building a 90' perimeter pool, gunite IG with pebbletec...

All, I am starting the process of getting designs and quotes and would love to get feedback on how to manage the permit process (Princeton, NJ) -...

...I was thinking today ....if it was possible that when we replace our liner in a couple of years...is it possible to fill in the deep end to...

I am contemplating the expensive step of doing my entire pool with glass tiles. However, there is little to no information that I can find anywhere...

Our pool pavers (thin) are about 15 months old in central Florida. It is very noticeable that the ones covered by the roof overhang still have their...

Our pool is an inground rectangular 32x16 vinyl liner with aluminum walls. Originally it had one pool ladder in the shallow end, which was loose...

Hi everyone! Back when I was building our pool - I read through all the posts I could find and found this site and it's contributors to be...

I was going to backwash my pool this a.m. but the sight glass leading into my separation tank cracked. Any suggestions on how to replace it? The...

My old 56633 2500 gallon Intex pump, that I had for my old ring style pool, just died so I went ahead and hooked up the one that came with 4' x 18'...

I have a gunite/plaster pool that was built in the mid 80's. The builder, Aquarius pools, embedded some decorative rocks into the pool sides in 3...

my pool builder put the pipe for my autofill in wrong. the pipe is too high so that you cannot adjust it to turn off. he mentioned about some other...

We bought our house with an existing pool in December of 2003. At the time we knew little to nothing about pools except how to swim in them! We...

What options are available/recommended for repairing a small tear in the vinyl liner of an aboveground pool? I have a tear approx 2" long in the...

My SWCG has a feature that keeps the cell clean by reversing polarity at set intervals. I noticed it has not been doing that and instead just running...

I hope this is the right place to post. I am looking to repair my pool tile and coping grout. I need recomendations of contractors, handyman, etc....

I've made references to this church pool rebuild in other threads but will try to focus future discussion here. For background, see thread...

I've got a bad ball valve that needs replacing, as well as a SWG system to install. Therefore, this seems like an opportunity to replace/upgrade my...

I have a >25yr-old, 30,000+ gal., inground, gunite pool that came with the house I bought four years ago. Over that time I focused on the pool...

This is a contunition of my previous thead. In this thread I will chronicle the build of my pool. Day 1 - 2/19 Well they started the build on...