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    Pool liner stained

    Hi all, I have a big stain problem (caused by a previous guest) that I've not seen in 8 years of having the pool. You can see from the picture a green/yellow above the water line. I can only assume this has been caused by suntan lotion of some sort of false tanning product. There are one or two...
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    Black Algae on the side of pool lining

    Hi all. I have a salt water based pool which is lined (plastic or vinyl not sure). The pool has been covered for longer than usual (8-9 months) because of Covid as we haven't been able to get to the house which is Italy. A local pool company has opened it for me, but has found quite a bit of...
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    Damaged pool drain grill

    Hi folks, I have a damaged pool drain grill at the bottom of my pool (deep end) 1.5 meters. I've no idea what make, model of my pool is, but urgently need to find a replacement grill. Are these things usually a standard size ? (see attached)
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    Closing a salt water pool for the first time

    Hi folks, For the past few years my pool has been looked after by a 3rd party, but this autumn I would like to attempt close the pool myself. The pool is salt water based, located in Italy and 12 x 5 metres in size. It doesn't get that cold, but occasional snow once every few years. I have the...
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    Dolphin Diagnostics power lead

    Looks like my power lead has been over stretched and is no longer working. I know i could substitute this with a standard computer type power lead, but the Maytronics lead has additional water protection. Does anyone know if this Dolphin lead is standard type of a cable or is it unique to the...
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    Salt warter Chorinator not functioning

    Hi all, It looks like my Aqualine Saltwater generator has stopped functioning correctly. There is no voltage at the electrolysis unit and some of the menus don't work. I must admit I know very little about these. If it does need replacing I have a couple of questions..... 1. Can I use any...
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    Closing my salt water pool for the first time

    Hi all, I have a saltwater based pool 12x5 metres in size. I would like to attempt to close the pool myself for the first time in a few weeks time. I'm ok with the pump removal, covering the pool etc, but know nothing about what chemicals I'm supposed to put in for anti algae. The pool will be...
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    Help with aqualine chlorinator

    Hi all, I'm trying to find some info on this Aqualine Chlorinator, but can't find anything at all on the Internet. Hoping someone on here might know how this works. This is all quite new to me. The company who built the pool didn't supply me with any information regarding this device. Any...
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    Maytronics Robot Diagnostic Dolphin 2001 ?

    wow, there are that many pool cleaners on the market. Who knows where to start! Anyone tried the Maytronics Robot Diagnostic Dolphin 2001? Seems to be reasonably priced, just wondered if anyone had tried this one and your thoughts ? thanks,
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    Pool cleaner help required choosing the right one.

    Hi all, I need to purchase some sort of robot that can clean a salt water based pool size 12x5 meters. I know nothing about them, but could do with something that runs independently on its own with out being connected to the pool suction (which isn't great). We rent out our holiday home, so...
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    Suction problems when cleaning with hose & brush

    Only had the pool 12 months and only used it a few times as its at our holiday home. The pool installers didn't give us much information, they simply took the money and ran. I have a salt water pool with skimmers. More recently the pool suction when cleaning the pool has got noticeably worse...
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    Pool cover problem

    Hi, I'm a new-ish owner of a pool which was installed 6 months back. The pool is salt water based and was covred and closed for the winter by a pool company 6 months back, so this is my first winter with a pool. I don't live at the property as its a holiday home, but on a recent visits over the...
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    The cost of salt ?`

    Hi all, I'm a very new owner of a salt water pool in Tuscany Italy. I've been left with some 15KG salt buckets by the pool company which are now empty. Anyone know roughly what it costs to buy these ? I know its going to vary from country to country, but just trying to get some rough ideas...
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    shutting the pool down

    Hi all, I'm a very new owner of a salt water pool. Its just been built and new water pumped in. As this is our holiday home we are not there very often and during the winter months October-May it would'nt be warm enough to use the pool, so we plan to close it and cover it up. I've been given...
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    Another pool newbie

    Hi all, Not sure where to start. They are just about to finish building our new pool in Italy, but unfortunately I wasn't around to project manage the install, so not been able to get much information about pool maintenance what so ever. First of all I know nothing about pool maintenance. What...