Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

We're made an offer on a rehabbed home with a pool...problem is that the pool is covered, probably been that way for a really long time...the cover...

Hello! I’ve spent the last 12 hours working to try to get my IG pool square. This is a DIY 18 x 36 with 8ft deep end and polymer wall pool which...

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Hi everyone. I am replacing my IG pool liner. It was coming away from the coping and it didn't have enough elasticity for me to do the boiling...

Hello, Few questions for everyone: 1) I'm working on getting my old gunite pool resurfaced. It's pretty badly etched and there is no way to...

I am looking at building an in-ground pool over in then next couple of months. Several builders are proposing In-floor cleaners. I have been...

I think the aqua bot Vacuum took out 1-2 of the patches made by American Pool Detection made a few years ago (4-5 yrs back). What is the best way of...

Water was at level. Pool had some patches done before by American Leak company some years back. but after Pool vacuum put on the water level drop...

Pool leak I believe caused by vacuum pulling out vinyl patches made some years ago by American Leak Company. I need to go down and re-patch back what...

Originally I thought I had air coming into my system (another thread) and now that I've replaced the pump (sigh) I realize there is "just" a clog...

Hello - I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on this - I've noticed that when I set my valve to full main drain, the filter drops about 4 or 5 PSI...

Hello Everyone - I'm finally preparing to locate a contractor to repair my IG pool - I've been keeping it going over the past few years but it's...

Hello We recently resurfaced our pool., on May 9th the pool started to fill with water. We were told to wait 6 weeks before starting a suction...

Last year, we had a brand new liner installed in our unground pool. It looked great after installation and the duration of the time we swam in it...

I’m looking advice, we bought some property with a pool that has been let go. We’ve cleaned it out and I wanted to know is this something we can...

I am in the process of building my new pool. I am new pool owner who is getting a gunite pool. I am located near Charlotte, NC but in South...

Hello, first time pool owner and member here. We are putting in an L-shaped pool (32'x14'x22') that has an 8" tanning ledge (14'x8' in the "L")...

We recently bought a house with an inground vinyl pool. The coping is rounded and concrete deck is poured into outside of it. Some of the plastic...

I have a pool heater with a 6" vent pipe that is routed through a wood picket fence. I am concerned that the heat from the pipe will damage the wood...

Everything was working fine with the old pump, which ran constant at the same priming speed of the new VS pump. They were both the same manufacturer...

Hi all, I had our pool installed about 15 years ago, so have been through quite a bit with it. :) Relying mostly on the local pool store, I have...

Does anyone know where to buy old Heldor coping? I have a ~ 8' piece that needs replacing from tree damage. Its from the Cinderella or Cardinal...

Ok I tried the bucket test, yes found loss of water from pool more than bucket. I then checked skimmer bottom because of past leak from cracking at...

What is the most popular pool depth/style - traditional -> sport ? 3-6?

New pool a long time coming. Long story short pool builder said he has "built a ton of pools" in the city where I live. Nonetheless, he has run...

Hi We are considering getting an inground pool installed (we are in MA)- have figured out size and generally what we are looking for in a pool and...