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Daughter's 1 year old heater makes an odd noise while heating. Here noise here. Any ideas what may be causing this sound?

Daughter's pool (~24,000 gallons, plaster, in-ground) has a 1-yr old Jacuzzi variable speed pump (model #: jvs1651s, a 1.65 THP variable speed) into a Jacuzzi DE filter (jde48). I helped them open the pool this year and making sure filtering is set up right has me stumped. The pool installer...

Filter pump timer motor (wg1573-5) failed (no longer keeps time; clock face not turning). Enclosure is an Intermatic T21004R. Pump is on a 15 amp, 2-pole circuit breaker. When I removed the clock portion from the enclosure to get timer motor number, a red wire came loose (naturally, didn't spot...

Daughter needs to add a ladder to her in-ground cement pool. She has selected this from Saftron: (link to page here) The ladder system uses a surface mounted base that needs to be anchored to the cement pool deck. This is the base that receives the uprights for surface mounting; 5/16" diameter...

Daughter's ~10 year old heater is showing a FL4 service code. It had been running for a number of times in prior weeks. FL 4 (igniter) code and steps from manual: Igniter circuit is open: Check fuses on igniter wires. Identify and correct loose connections or broken wires. Element has a fine...

Daughter has an old (10+ years) Jandy Model LJ Gas heater and the display panel can't be read due to sunshine/fading. It does work but not seeing the display really makes it difficult to operate. A new panel is ~ $325. Any knowledge on how hard to replace it and if worth it in your opinion?

Daughter's new home has 15 year old or so in-ground plaster heated pool that needs the filter and pump replaced. They also want to add in salt water system to replace chlorination need (not sure if a good idea or not; perhaps another thread for that?). They use a cleaning system that does not...

Daughter's new home (to her) has an existing in-ground pool with cement sidewalk around it. There are grey plastic inserts in the concrete, presumed to be for child fencing placed around the pool perimeter: Any idea what brand names to look for? Is this a DIY project? Thanks in advance! Bob

Air has been seen in the filter window as well as coming out of supply ports in pool. A well-respected leak detection company came out and after 2 hours of investigation said that there is a leak in a line under this section of pool decking om the marked area. He heard strongest leak sound (a...

Daughter's newly purchased home's pool filter pump, a Hayward with the clear plastic top that is bolted down: Hard to see in this picture but when running, there is a fairly large air bubble at the top that swirls around. My question: Is this normal or is the system sucking air from...

Daughter's newly purchased home's pool filter is on last legs I think. This black Jandy valve is leaking I believe from underneath the round valve body. In picture below, you can see the wet streaming down from the round valve body onto the lower sections. My question: Is there likely a crack...

My daughter's new home what I've discovered is a Polaris air spa blower, model #516-03, 1.5 HP. I presume from the name that it blows air into the spa section of the in-ground pool. How is it typically turned on?

My daughter just bought a house with an in ground pool, Hayward DE-filter with a Jandy gas-fired heater. I took a picture of an obvious problem circled below: This connection (the end fitting the tubing goes into onto the PVC) is broken. Two questions: 1. what does this hose do? 2. How to fix...

Last year, the original Hayward skimmer door (weir) broke where the pivot hinge part is. I bought a new one but didn't install till this spring. Twice this year, I've come to find the door stuck upright and the water being sucked into the skimmer rather forcefully as only the water around the...

I've two $30 Pentair pool valves that I'd like to reuse if possible. I've used a 1.5" Jones Stephens Corp Socket Saver: http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/1000/94/9455ff40-fd62-40a1-bd66-2bc8461b4314_1000.jpg to ream out the sockets of the valve. The thing works pretty well but...

Will be replacing the cut section in below: Note the use of the white, plastic, expansion strips already present. I can't find out who the original contractor is to do this or to find out what he used (he was a sub and pool company out of business). I think I found a product that is similar if...

Our 10-yr old liner needs to be replaced due to some holes and significant fading. A highly recommended fellow came by with brochures from 2 companies; we settled on this one: http://www.garrettliners.com/ He recommended 27 mil and for removal of old and install of new liner quoted $2850 for a...

What might those happenings be? I am going through a similar situation.

Just opened our 7-year old vinyl liner pool. The (I assume acrylic) plastic steps have some discoloration/staining on them. The stain does not brush away nor does my pressure washer do anything. There did not appear to be anything like leaves etc on the steps when I took off the cover 2 weeks...

I just opened the pool; see pictures at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/9826176@N07/sets/ Hopefully you can see them. The problem is: groundwater is pushing the liner away from the sides of the pool. I had this problem for the last 2 years but not this bad. The last 2 times, I pumped the water...

I'm hoping to winterize my in-ground vinyl pool for the first time on my own. I live near Philadelphia so we get below-freezing winters. I've watched the pool guy do it 2 times but my memory is a bit fuzzy on sequence of events. I've a big air compressor available to blow out the lines, I've a...