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    Do fiberglass filters wear out?

    I have a filter that is of unknown age. It is a 24" Pentair Triton (though I'm not sure it is Pentair as the label is not fully there; the only legible part says Triton) on a 28000 gallon fiberglass pool. I had noticed that the top of the filter would flex up to 1/4" or more when the pump...
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    Tired of adding chlorine, more cya?

    I have a 28000 gallon fiberglass inground. Since using the BBB method everything is so easy, balanced, and cheap with pool maintenance, but I feel like I have to add bleach too frequently. Because of the size of my pool, losing half to 2/3 of my FC per day due to sunlight really takes its...
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    Question about junk getting through filter

    Still very much green in the world of pools. I have a neighbor with pampus grass (drops lots of seed pod things this time of year) and I have to clean my baskets about daily of the junk. What I have noticed, and it also happens with some grass clippings, is that the in line filter on my...
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    Green scum stain

    Pool looks awesome now that the TA and pH are in an acceptable level. I have one more issue now that I cannot turn up any info on. The previous owners neglected the pool to the point of allowing an algae/scum line to form around the deeper end of the pool under an overhanging oak (that I have...
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    New to pools and a stumper for me

    I am new to pools (from a balancing standpoint), and new to the forums. I have read and read some more trying to figure out a few things that are going on in my pool. It is a fiberglass pool that is to my knowledge 15+ years old. The previous owners heavily neglected it. I have gotten the...