Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

hello all. i read the posts on brown looking dust that wont goaway which was determined to be some kind of brown algae. i have followed posts...

Hello all - I thought I was behind this year and late getting my pool up, but the weather here in the heartland has been horrible so I still have...

I just moved into a new home that has a salt water pool. The previous owners did not leave any instructions or manuals. I am trying to learn the...

Greetings all, As title says...wife and I bought a house with a 28 foot AB pool. Season is just getting under way and I'm on the quest for forums...

My son and I just took the cover off the pool and checked the water. The water is as clear as can be, just a little debris here and there. The...

Hey everyone - I'm in the process of opening my pool and opened to a green mess (Chicago area). It's starting to clear up with plenty of liquid...

Hi, Last year was a nightmare opening our pool. I am thankful I found this site to help me with my problems with a green pool. I spent so much...

Hi all, New member to the forum and have a question. I am currently working out of state and found out I will be here for at least another 6 months....

I just wanted to say what a great feeling it is to have all my chemical levels in balance. It seems that the world is in harmony. :) We bought...

I just moved into a house with a green pool. The previous owner left no information about they system. I know it is a Hayward Sand Filter with a...

What do you do when you have so much algae dead and waiting to be killed, that the filter and skimmer socks clog up every 30 minutes or so?

So I just opened my pool (16 x 37ft, ~20K gallons) yesterday and It was the cloudiest that I have ever seen. This is my 2nd year living at this...

Have a 25,000 gal in ground gunite pool, cover off today here in NJ, water is clear, but bottom and walls have silt from the mesh cover (lots of...

Over the summer my pump motor broke, which I replaced with a A.O. Smith ST1152. I have a C4000 Hayward filter system. I just received 4 new...

I have an above ground pool and the builder closes it in the fall and opens it each spring. Their opening involves removing the plugs, flushing the...

Just bought new home has 28' cirlce above ground pool. Opened 2 days ago. Filled and started pump. Seems like the filter is not keeping up. Don't...

Last year I had algee bloom somthing terrible. I closed down the pool in disgust without treating it. Just refilled it put in a ton of bleach 6%. ...

We have a 28,000 gallon, in-ground, gunite pool, with cartridge filtration at the house we rent. We have spent more than $300 in the last 15 days and...

Okay this seems weird but 2 years ago upon opening my pool (1st time with new in ground) the water started draining out. The pool company came out...

Good afternoon, I saw your blog/posts and wanted to solicit your insight as the pool store that I purchased my chemicals from is stumped on what...

Hello Everyone, I am a new pool owner. I purchased a home in February that has a big in-ground pool (48x18). Since I am new to the world of pools...

I am a new pool owner. The previous owner left me with a tablet floater and a 3-way Chlorine/Bromine & pH tester. I had to make a few repairs...

Hello, New to the pool ownership. Read some books, and unfortunately stumbled into this site just yesterday (fortunate they I stumbled into it at...

Hi, I am not sure if I want to close my pool, but I would not like to use it this year. I have a very heavy winter cover on it that lets no sunlight...

We recently purchased a house with an inground pool. It was already closed for the winter when we moved in so we didn't get any experience with it...

I'm a new pool owner and am busy learning about pool chemistry and how to spend money. I think I have the basics, and that pH is important, along...

We recently purchased a home with a pool that was full of green muck. I have no pool experience, but after reading lots of the threads on this site...

I found this forum a few days ago and have already spent several hours reading as much as possible. I've read so much that I'm afraid Ive gone into a...