Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

After reading several posts, I am more confused and uncertain than before as to which of these chemicals is best to use for spring start up. We will...

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...

Hey, Well my season just started on a terrible note. I just looked under the cover for the first time this spring to see how bad the water is and...

We moved last year to a house with a 30,000 gal gunite (with fiber glass sides) pool. I had a pool guy keep it up for us last year while we got...

I just bought a house that has a 24' above ground pool and I don't have a clue about how to care for it. The water is green and dirty. I went...

I posted once already but not sure it went through Should I add Polyquat this spring? When? Currently my pool is open. Water was balanced and...

I am still pretty new at this pool maintenace stuff and it seems like I have always had a high total and free chlorine levels my first 2 seasons, but...

I'm from NE Ohio. We've been experiencing amazing weather here for it only being March. The past week has been in the 80's. So were are thinking...

Holy criminey. We have had a pool for 5 years proceeded by those Intex pools from the smallest to largest the previous 10 and 3 hot tubs. With the...

I am going to try the BBB method this year. Conditions 14,000 gallons fiberglass PH 7.4 CYA 20 or lower CL starts out at 10 in the morning, by...

Vinyl pool approx 7000 gallons water cartridge filter chlorinate with floating tablets up to now (purchased salt water system to use, starting...

I live in Mississippi and normally keep my pool up and running during the winter months. This past winter, however, I had a leak in a pipe and...

Hi all! I am a new member...and basically a new pool owner. We moved to Alabama from Indiana 3 years ago. The house we bought came with an inground...

I purchased a house with a large 52,000 gallon pool a few years ago and have done most maintainance for it except for blowing out th lines getting...

Hi everyone, My husband and I are in the process of buying our first home (we close March 30th!) and the pool (and related equipment) are as old...

Just bought a house with a pool. I don't think my cover pump is working since I found it submerged. I tried opening the cover but it was too heavy to...

Hi, My name's Matt and I just took over responsibility of my Gf's parents' pool. Just been doing some maintenence and basic care, trying to get...

hello very new here, just bought an abandoned house and it has a pool last lived in in 2009, I cleaned the cover off really well and decided to...

Hi, I am in Canada and I have an in-ground pool. I used to clean the concrete patio around the pool from the snow. Now I am thinking - maybe it is...

We have a 2 year old 24,000 gallon IG SWG pool with a cover in southern California. It rarely gets below freezing here. My pool has been pretty...

First things first.....many thanks to the founders and active members and admins that make this site so great. I found the site last year just as I...

I have read the stickies and other threads. We will be closing our pool this weekend and I have a couple of questions. We have decided not to...

We've finally had the time to drain down the pool and disconnect the equipment. Just in time, since yesterday morning there was a thin film of ice on...

Hi guys and gals, (Watermom) I read the sticky but just got more confused. so here are some questions and if I ask something that is already...

Hi gang, another winterizing question from a neewbie (2nd yr pool owner, first time self-closing.) Do Pool Cover Clips actually hold the cover firmly...

Hey all, I read the stickies and searched the forum, but still have a couple of questions. I am prepping to winterize my IG pool for the 2nd...

Should I leave my thermal blanket under my safety cover during winter to slow the growth of algae?

Last year (my first as a pool owner) I payed to have my pool store winterize. I watched carefully and wanted to do it mysef for winters after that....