Forum: In-Ground Pool Construction and Repair

Hi everybody, I am about to get bids from several contractors and I need some advice on a few things. I have been reading these forums and am about...

Hey all We want to install bubblers or fountains in our pool, but I can't find any to recommend to our builders except from Water Crystal. Are...

Suppose you have one pump for pool/spa circulation and a separate pump for spa jets. The circ pump pumps through the filter, heater, and salt...

Hi, I`ve generally been happy with our pool company. They open/close the pool and have replaced our pump. This year, we started having problems:...

Hi Everyone, Not going to believe this... but my 18x36 inground marcite pool, built in 1986 (I just bought the house in '03), has what appears to...

I am a newbe and have been reading this forum for weeks. Just came across this web site "1001 Pool Designs" ...

It was suggested on another forum that a vinyl lined pool can be safely and completely drained. The idea is to use plastic sheeting sized to be...

We just finished filling our pool after a replaster. I can't clearly recall the do's and don't of breaking in a new plaster job. I have gotten the...

We are renovating a very damaged 18X36 rectangle pool (steel walls, cement floor) We are not experienced, and have lots of questions. This is what...

I had read somewhere back in previous posts about problems with ground water behind liner. We have this problem and for years have placed a siphon...

24' round above ground, full sun. My first liner laster 13 years. This one is about 5 years old and the early sun really cooks one side of it...

Hi everyone My husband and I are fairly new to this site and I would like to thank everyone for their help. We have learned so much from this...

I am a new pool owner, my pool is now one year old. I have an in-ground pool with a Hydrazzo finish. Stating last year I strated noticing a blue...

The plaster, and as far as I can tell some of the concrete under the plaster has cracked out around the handrail base. The piece that is actually...

So I have had the pool open since May 2nd of this year and been fine except for replacing the pump motor on opening. In all this time the water...

I'm planning on building a pool next fall when the contractors get bored, and while I'd love a 75' lap extension to the thing, it just ain't gonna...

First-time poster about to become a first-time pool owner in Houston. The decision I'm struggling with the most (for now at least) is what to use as...

We just put in a liner pool with liner steps and I slipped and fell on the first step yesterday. Are there non slip strips that I can put on my...

Hello, Looking for some feed back on the best way to plumb our 18x36 inground vinyl pool. We have two skimers and am looking to figure out the...

My signature below describes my pool. I was talking to a swimming pool contractor the other day. I described to him the fact that the Utopia pool...

Hello, new member here, great site. We are thinking of putting an inground pool in the backyard. I have lots of yard so no size restrictions at...

Okay I'm asking for some advice from people who have dealt with pool builders who are very slow and never return phone calls. Here is what I'm...

After having the chlorine feeder break winter before last because of freezing (I didn't know to disassemble the pump, etc. then. It was before...

Hello All! I wrote last year when I first bought this place. Now that we have the semi-permanant lid the old owner put on off, and most of the...

I have an old ladder for an inground pool that is missing a "locking nut". This is the piece that holds the ladder in the anchor which is set in...

What criteria might one use to determine the appropriate number of returns/inlets to the pool from the pump/filter? The pool in question is not...

Greetings- I thought I kill two birds with one stone. I'm a newbie and wanted to introduce myself and follow up with an embarrasing question. Hi,...

What is the "preferred" method of plumbing main drains and skimmers? Assume two main drains and two skimmers. 1) Main drain #1 plumbed to skimmer...