Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

Hello everyone, I have already learned so much from this website ! Our Pool was built late last fall, and I just opened it for the season. it's...

Here's my dilemma. Do I drain pool or fight it w/ BBB , Vacuuming, Filtering & brushing down. Specs on Pool: N. Ga. Pool - Temp. outside - 90's, ...

Spring is here, flowers are blooming, grass is growing, birds are chirping......and so is my wife, but not the kind of chirping I like to hear. ...

Greetings, Hoping I can get some guidance. Opened pool yesterday. It was pretty green with a lot of debris (leaves, pine needles, pollen). It...

I didnt have anyone to help me cover the pool and i left it uncovered .it is so yucky .I have added 10 bottles of clorox .what else do i need to do...

Hi! My husband pulled back the pool cover this week and found a couple of hundred tadpoles who had taken up residence in the pool, so we decided now...

This is only the third year I've had a pool (it's a rental house) and the first that I'm opening it myself. I've been working on my pool for two...

I delayed, way to long, blowing the lines, adding antifreeze and winterizing the skimmer. We have hard lots of snow and a hard freeze. I just re-did...

I have an old pool with DE filter and 2-way valve (back wash / filter), Polaris with it's own pump, and heater. The skimmer is hooked up to the main...

Now that I know what to add to my water to get my numbers right, will someone tell me if it's ok to add it all at the same time? My numbers are CL...

Ok, I just posted recently about the drought we are having, and the low water level in my pool, etc. Well, we have had a lot of rain over the past...

I hired a company to open my pool. He came out the other day, pulled the plugs, shocked it and told me to fill the water up to the filters (half...

hey. i have an intex above ground pool 48” x 20’. it has the metal poles holding it up. We opened the pool. I have been testing with the taylor kit....

...we are hoping to replace our vinyl liner next summer...today I notice a tear by the attachment where the rope attaches in shallow end. We dont use...

My neighbor has been getting pool store'd! So I decided to lend a hand. 35,000 gallons, liner, light green water, they use a tablet feeder and...

Hello, I have an AG, vinyl lined pool with deep end, 13,500 gallons, use bleach for sanitizer, borax and baking soda when necessary. I am...

Hi Everyone, First of all, thanks to everyone who posts here. I had an easier time opening my pool than ever before after spending some time on...

Brought my water level up. Let it pump run for a day. Tested Ak (first step I think) And it came out pretty high 120 ppm. Do I need to get it...

Hello: I was hoping to close the pool this weekend. I super-chlorinated over a week ago (I usually do before closing), but now that I have my...

Okay, my pool is sparkling clean, I am dumping in some polyquat today, after 24 hours I will be shocking with bleach and covering for the winter. I...

The last few days it has been 90+ and I've been remodeling a house the last month and didn't start the annual pool clean up. Its been sitting...

AG pool, vinyl lined with deep end. 12,000 gallons. We do freeze hard here, so this year I am trying an Aquador instead of draining the pool part...

Yesterday I was going through my pool closing and was draining the water level down. I was using a small sump pump to drain the additional water...