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@YippeeSkippy (Maddie). No trouble getting a liner. It is a standard beaded liner. The pool structure is in pretty good shape for being so old. When they replaced the liner, there were some roots growing along the channel along the bottom but they were removed and the liner went in with no...

Hi Maddie The pool is a Mardi Gras which is no longer mfg unfortunately. The pool was already here when we moved in in 1995. The house was built in 1986. I am guessing the pool was installed in 1987-1990 because the liner had some miles on it the first year we opened it in 1996. When I went to...

Here's a couple of my AGP and of my son's IGP. Both are TFP. Mine is manual with bleach and his is SWG with full automation.

I always have a tough time getting the silver skin off too. I have had good success with *CAREFULLY* scoring the silver skin with a clean utility knife. By utility knife I mean one of the kind with replaceable razor blades like you buy at Home Depot or Lowes. I use a diamond pattern with the...

Ok. I'll defer to the OP that postulated that something might be drying out and opening up starting in the mid-August time frame.

Is it possible that the seasonal groundwater levels are very close to the ground surface for most of the summer and then drop down in August? Imagine a bowl full of water with a small crack in the side near the rim (your pool). It is in a basin of water (the groundwater outside your pool and...

I've successfully cleaned mine with bleach. Just did it tonight actually for the first time this season. You only need a little bit 1-2 ml, use a paper towel to gently clean the inside and then rinse very well.

My pool store had the small kits but they also had the big piece of vinyl about 24 in square. Near the vinyl they also had large cans of the patch adhesive. The can was about the size of a can of PVC pipe cement about 4 in high by 2-1/2 in in diameter. I used about half the can on the big patch...

Hi CFPoolguy, Take a look at this thread. I had to do this myself a couple of years ago and posted this. You can read the whole thing by my post starts at #5. Liner around skimmer Hope it helps, Bill

Thanks, Joe. I have a few of those river floats but I have been afraid to use them for this because of possible ice damage. We want to use them as river floats in the pines each year. Does the ice in the pool damage them?

I also find that covers rarely last more than 3 years tops. So now I buy the cheaper ones. Lately, I've gone with two covers. The newest one on first and the oldest one on top. I have an 15x30 AGP with a 15 in deck all around and a railing. I've had this pool for 21 years and I have tried most...

Hey JoeSelf, I'm over in Mickleton, NJ. Where do you buy your covers? I have a 15x30 oval with a 15 inch deck around 3/4 of it and a 6 ft deck at one end. I usually get what you get with a 3 ft overlap but I've seen some lately with a 4 ft overlap for a bit more. How much was your cover if you...

I never took my skimmer off and I left the water below the bottom of the skimmer like in the first picture for the whole winter from mid-Oct to the end of May when I took the cover off. Then I left it as it was until the fourth of July weekend. That's when I did the patch and filled the pool and...