Forum: Pool Equipment & Operations

Hey All, I am new to the site and new to an in ground indoor pool. We purchased the house with an existing pool. It is a 16x32. The pool had an...

Pretty sure I burned up my motor by not checking my "skimmer sock" regularly enough here at the beginning of the season. I probably shouldn't have...

I just bought a new filter to pump hose, and the pool store gave me a new "union" connector to screw into my filter. I put some teflon tape on and...

Does anyone know of a less expensive hose replacement for the Polaris? $15 for a six foot piece seems a bit much. Is there a generic version? ...

We opened our pool this year and everything was going fine. We cleaned the DE filter, put in the DE and the pressure was fine. However, after 1.5...

Have a bad check valve as found the little flapper laying in the bottom of the filter .Ordered a replacement and it came so tried to install 'Mine...

Hi everyone, Fiberglass pool is 7 or 8 years old. 10,000 gal in ground. 1.5 HP pump, 36 sq ft DE Pentair filter. I backwashed and added new...

16 x 36 fiberglass rectangle - 18k gallons 3 returns - 1 skimmer, no floor drains 2 inch rigid PVC plumbing 1 18 inch waterfall - may add another...

Last yr I was unable to get my pool to filter thru the sand filter at all. We basically kept the pool clean enough to use by using skimmer socks....

My filter is ten years old and works great. The sand drain at the bottom leaks and doesn't thread properly anymore. I've tried a simple PVC plug...

I was getting some sand back into my pool, and tore apart my Triton II filter yesterday. I removed the sand, thinking I might have a broken lateral....

28k gallon IG,Pentair Variflow(up to 3HP), Hayward de4820 filter(48 sf). Pool and pump worked fine for 6 years, then started getting de back into...

I have a Black Diamond PRC90DB Cartridge Filter unit. The cylinder that houses the filter has a removable lid with a pressure gauge and an air...

2 on the top and 1 inside the below 10 ft of water. When trying to filter the water(skim) it seems one is working very well but other seems to be...

I see several places online have aftermarket grids listed for use with my Pentair FNS Plus DE filter. They look considerably cheaper than OEM grids....

My Ultratemp had been working just fine upon opening of the pool, but I didn't notice it running this last week. We hadn't been in the pool, so no...

Hi All, Always looking for answer to my questions and what a better place to receive them. Sorry for the long winded post. I am searching...

We keep a spare pair of filters and swap them out regularly, cleaning them and letting them dry out. The man at the pool store just advised me that...

We opened our pool a few weeks ago ourselves. DE filter was manually cleaned. Everything was working fine. Today, we were vacuuming up all the...

I tried everything to open it. The Pipe seems 'stuck' I use a large size tool to try to pry it open but decided againist too much force as I did not...

It seems to me, that there is a fair amount of really useless information about "Solar Covers" on the internet. As the saying goes opinions are like...

Hi all, new to the forum. I have a 20 x 40 vinyl liner pool, about 30000 gal. TC 4 FC 4 PH 7.2 TA 74 Cal 72 Copper 0.9 CYA 0

I have one that is getting very bad. I need to replace sometime again. We have something like this ...

I have an inground pool with 1 light. I replaced the bulb and then it was sealed tight well with all the grease, lids and rubber sealer. I had it run...

I had some pool guy who changed the lights for me but it blew off after 4 months or so. When we moved it I believe the pool was there for over 18...

I got home tonight and the pump had shut itself off, smelled like smoke, and was extremely hot to the touch. Now it won't start at all. The pump is...

I have had a problem for several years. The port on the pool wall where the Polaris plugs in shoots debris back into the pool. I have given up and...

We gave up our gas heater just before winter, as beachfront wear and tear rusts them out regularly. After a winter of being unable to use my pool...

Any recommendations for a heater for an in-ground pool 30,000 Gallons?

Any recommended remote pool management solutions that have the most bang for the buck? Do not want a pendant, prefer Android or iPad. Thanks!