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i have the stuff as you see on the outside around my pool. can anyone tell me what it is and how i get rid of it as well as prevent it from occuring? and please tel me where i can find this message and any answers to help me. i have posted this before and am not able to find it.. on this...

our pool has begun to get a white scale building up on the outside of the pool. it is mostly at the waterline but shows up here and there around the pool. very curious as to what it is? the pool does not leak and in the areas of the heaviest scaling( my guess is nearest where the chlorine tab...

my chemistry showed after 2 months of being gone, no reading(low) on the ph and alkalinity.. so, in adding baking soda to my 4500 gal above ground, i over did it. the ph and alkalinity are now in range, but,,, it has clouded the water and will not seem to dissolve. what can i do to clear up the...

my little pool over our hot summer has begun to develop algae, espially on the vinyl seams and the pool is clouding just slightly. i have doubled my chlorine tabs in teh float and opened it all the way up. just shocked it today with about a 1/2 lb of shock. i have the sand filter. i have added...

my pool is currently nice and clear and the chemicals balanced ok. it is going to get hot here in phoenix this next month. my question is should i add any diatomaceous earth in to go through the filter? if so how much? i have tried to figure out previous questions and answers on this subject...

i have seen some reviews regarding the stabilizer that in my 4500 gallon above ground, if I use the chlorine tabs(which i do, in the float) i do NOT need the stabilizer. it seems to make sense, as in the hot summer i just add more tabs more often. On the other hand, i saw a review that stated...

we have an 18x9 4500 gallon above ground soft side. going away for 8weeks this summer. plan to cover with the vinyl tie down cover. and tips and tricks to make every thing go well? ie, fill pool, how long to run filter daily? any info would be very helpful.. thx

is a pool soft cover designed to lay on top of the water and secured around the sides, or should we put the pillows in underneath, so the rain runs off? although it rains very little here. we are going on a 7 week trip this summer and wonder which would be best?

i am concerned about the sun eating away the "top"(where the liner is directly in the sun as it comes around the pipe frame) should i treat it with something like a "303" protectant to keep it from deteriorating and eventually tearing ..due to the sun and the "pull down" on it by the pool?

if i run my pump for 2 hours a day in the summer when my wife and i use it for several hours on weekends, now that we have covered it and no longer using it, for the winter, i will keep checking the chlorine and ad a tab as needed, but do i need to run the pump once a day or can i get by with a...

we have a 9 X 18 above ground pool that gets too hot on summer afternoons up to about 95 degrees. i tried the fountain last year and it didnt help enough.(But maybe i didnt have enough volume through it. our bottom line question is, knowing that running the pump over night will get it cool...

last summer we installed our above ground pool for the first time. it was level about 3/4 of the way around it, however one corner was about an inch higher than the rest of the pool. it survived ok until we took the pool down for the winter. is the pool designed to allow for this and what do you...

is the bottom of our softside above ground pool designed such that it can flex if we have a sand base that is not and wont be tamped hard?

in the phoenix, arizona area, i need to try and cool my pool water. i have installed an aerator(see photos). per the photo, i reduced from the 2" to 3/4". you can not see, but have drilled total of 20, 1/8" diameter holes. they are located so they spray upward about 45 degrees when on. i can...