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My pool water has somehow become electrified! My daughter started dipping her feet while holding onto the metal handrail, and was complaining of feeling a shock run through her. Sure enough, I tested my wetting my hands, putting one hand in the pool, and holding onto the handrail. Felt like when...

Hey all - I have an old pool heater that ended up breaking and leaking. As you can see in the picture, it is now out of the loop (literally). The pool is 18 x 34 (if I recall correctly), roughly 20k gallons. I have heard people talking about heat pumps, but I don't know what the right...

Hey all - my old pool heater (which was pretty old) finally had the chlorine eat through the copper. I run pretty high chlorine levels - I have an auto chlorinator. Is there a pool heater that anyone would recommend that can handle higher chlorine levels, or Ph our of balance if I am remiss in...

"Periscope" method used on water returns for closing - makes me nervous - need help! Hey all - I had a new pool guy close my pool this year. Something made me a little nervous. He used what he called periscopes on the water returns. I don't know if this is a common term - so I will explain...

Hey all. I hired a company to close my in ground pool last year. The water jets in the pool have screw in covers for the winter. It looks like on one of them - the guys must have had problems getting the screw-in cover on - so must have used a 'plug' in its place. I just took the safety...

Hey all - I just recently got a safety cover installed from a local company. When I see the covers on the brochures - they always look contoured to the pools concrete surround - with anchors only in the concrete. My safety cover has anchors in the concrete on the sides, and 1 on each end -...

Hey all. I have a 25,000 gallon in ground pool. I have a Hayward 1hp super pump (new) pushing the water through a 300lb Hayward sand filter (used for 2 seasons). I just got a new liner put into the pool, and since I have turned on the water - I notice a small bit of sandy stuff on the bottom...

Hey all, this is my first post here, so thanks in advance for any advice and information given to this pool noob. I just got a new Hayward 1HP Super Pump to replace my existing 3/4hp Hayward pump. I had to hook up the pump in an 'interesting' manor to get everything to fit right. The lady at...