Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

Hello, Love the forum, visit quite often since becoming a pool owner in 2005. We have a Foxx inground vinyl lined 26000 gallon pool that has a...

Does the gasket go around "only" the lens - or does the lens sit on the housing flange first then the gasket goes around the lens and metal flange of...

Have we done a bad thing? We are currently filling it now. It's an L shape, IG 44,000 gallon pool. We did not drain it completely, only until...

I have tried to attach and insert some pictures of our pool. Hope it works. I will post more later, but this is enough to show the pool and the...

Our poolbuilder just installed charcoal Marquis plaster rather than the pewter finish specified. We had picked the pewter finish because, when wet,...

I have a suction side leak in my skimmer pipe. The pool was built in the late 70's and they used the black plastic pipe. I have already cut through...

My pool pump - Hayward 1 HP is about 1 year old and was working fine until about Aug of last year. A strange problem is occuring where it takes 1-10...

Hi All, Strange question. All of my plumbing is 1.5". I replumbed my new filter, pump etc using 2" pipe. I was able to do this since the Jandy...

I have been running my pump/filter 24/7 since March.... Noticed a somewhat surprising jump in my utility bill. If I understand correctly, I only...

Hello all again! here for help once again. I bought a home one year ago with an in ground vinyl lined pool that was about 2-3 years old at the...

The old liner has finally had the biscuit. Originally installed in 1982 or 83, I knew it was on its last legs when I bought the house 4 summers ago...

hey there! we need to get our pool resurfaced and i thought i would draw on your expertise to see if i am going in the right direction. we are...

I have an inground pool with a Hayward Super Pump. In the last week or so, I've been noticing a strange noise - sort of a woosh every 5-10 seconds,...

Help. I've got a problem with my pool that is baffling me. When I reach out from the pool and touch the pavers (wet) I get a mild shock. I have...

Hi, I had bought a book for building a spa from www.custombuiltspas.com and it is excellent. It shows how to build one using concrete blocks. Some...

What does everyone think of the plastimayd liners?

Hi, It looks like there's a small "pinhole" leak in the body of the Nature2 vessel that we have. The leak is on the vessel body itself, not on...

A piece of fiberglass chipped off the end of our db. It is about 1" x 2" on the front edge. Any thoughts on repairing? I think it is just a...

We need to caulk the beauty ring area of the pool. Lots of holes and cracks...some good size. The beauty ring (think that is the term, please...

I have a hair line crack at the back of my skimmer, It is about 2" long and is just below the skimmer basket. Is there anyway to fix this this...

Hi all - I managed to get in the pool for the first time this season (the water just hit 70 degrees!) and noticed some portions of grout around the...

this started about 2 years ago when we purchased a new home with a pool (20x40 33K gal). As we all know it was hot real estate market then. We liked...

this morning, i did my usual equipment check..about 10 minutes after my pump, heater and swg automatically came on with the timer..just happened to...

All, I have a couple of loose tiles on my spa wall 2 feet above the water line where they meet the coping. The grout where the coping meets the tile...

Hi, We have an inground shockrete pool, about 6 years old now. Last year, we noticed that one of the coping (molded brick-colored, I think)...

After having our pool re-plastered in March, the pool guy came out w/ FOUR gals of Muratic Acid. He said he had been told to put in 8 gals, but only...

The belt on my Polaris 380 from the back wheels to the front wheel is broken. It looks like I need to take the front wheel off to put a new belt on....

I just opened for the spring/summer season. Water has now cleared, and there are 4 cracks, all in the same line, each about 4 inches long,...

Our pool is extremely rough. Plaster pool, 5 years old, BBB method. Noticed it this year for the first time. When I put a mask on and swim down...