Forum: Pool Startup, Shutdown, & Winter Operation

Last year I fought with my pool water almost daily - apparently the "post Katrina" water was not to kind to pools, and did some strange things to...

Opened our 28,000 gal, sand filter, inground vinyl lined pool 2 days ago (sun.), in southern Michigan. Once we are up and running we use a SWG for...

I usually try to keep my water level at the upper middle of the skimmer, the installer pointed out using the the 3rd screw up as a reference guide,...

OK, I have a 27' above ground pool. Hawyard sand filter. I've just started getting it ready, the pool was left uncovered over the winter. I...

i feel really dumb,but my husband is notn here and i can't figure out how to hook up the vacyym. i have two hoses, 1 broom and a suction device...

I opened the pool this year by myself and I have a drain plug at the bottom of a skimmer that I can not open. The skimmer is narrow (around 6" in...

OK, Heres the necessary info, let me know if I missed something. It is inground, indoor, 12 x 24, four foot deep, no deep end, vinyl lined pool....

I live in MA. The temps here have been in the low 60's, today supposed to be 84 but right now at 1pm it's only 65, Friday only 55, 40's at night. ...

Pool was opened today. It is crystal clear. My FC is 5, CC is .5 pH is 7.4 I was unable to to CYA because I am out of reagent and can't get to...

Not too different, mind you, but hopefully a time saver since I don't have a whole day to devote to opening our pool this year. What I'm doing is...

found this site last year, read everything i could, closed the pool by this forum, water clear, cl little low 1.3, ph 7.6,alk 110, cya 30, im still...

I have my pool opened and the water is clear but I cannot keep the bottom clean. I have vaccumed numerous times. There keeps on being brown stuff...

I am performing the spring start-up myself for the first time and checked the level in my sand filter, assuming that the pool company had never...

The recommendation of our pool maintenance company has been , for many years, to open our pool in the first week of April. They have given me many...

Took apart DE grids to clean because it did not make sense to me to place the entire unit in the acidic cleaning solution. It has a metal rod...

I have a 18X4 easy set pool. I normally don't have a problem getting it going (with everyones help from here of course) but this year its killing...

This is my plan, stop or add to me if you so see the need....please! Clean off cover, pull it off keeping as much of the ick on top OUT of the...

I am trying to figure about how many gallons my pool has. It is 27' round x 4' deep. I am going to try using bleach this year. Any suggestions or...

Hi all I have a 18'x36' IG ~36,000 Gal with a 2 year-old vinyl liner. Last Spring when I opened I noticed some wrinkles/folds on the bottom on...

Ok, wondering what the "ideal" pool temperature is ? I opened my pool 5 days ago, and the water temp is 70 degrees. Of course, that's not keeping the...

Took the cover off my 24ft AG pool yesterday. Already lots of algee in pool. Sides and bottom are covered. Filled pool up to skimmer, vacumed what I...

Can I start my pump to go to waste right away? I would like to get the anti freeze out of the pool water. I am going to try this in a few...

We have an Intex 18 x 4 EasySet pool. Have been thru three seasons with it without any complaints except for a couple of pinhole leaks in the side...

Hello there, This is the first spring opening my new pool and I was wondering if some of the fabulous pool experts in the forum were going to post a...

Ok, so 2 weeks ago we pulled the security cover back and welcomed a nice pond. We closed per instructions but it doesn't seem to matter here in...

Not sure if this thread belongs here, but since I'm opening up my pool for spring.... I am getting some bubbles from the return into my 24' round...

Argument settling time for all the GURUs. MSO (My Significant Other) says there is no reason to shock this spring.:rolleyes: He has been...

The good news is the water is crystal clear :) The bad news is the water is 44 degrees :(