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    How to prevent birds from building nests under top rail cap gaps, and stop spiders from building their webs in pool legs?

    This is probably an odd question, but thought I'd ask anyway. I just replaced my pool because the wind destroyed my old one. When tearing down the old pool. A bird had built their nest under about every top rail cap on there. Also, inside 9 of the actual leg frames that come down from the...
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    Hard Plumb with PVC Failed Because Something Very Weird Caused It. Can You Guess What

    Hello All,:wave: Sorry that I've not been around to help you guys out, or made any posts for quite sometime d/t my medical condition, not that I've not thought of you fine gals and guys often though. LOL After reading this you may not want my kind of help ever again anyway. I've been wanting...
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    Magic Erasers -Are they safe to use on, and in your pool or not?

    This is being written as a stand alone Thread, but the topic is also being discussed, and some of my info here is also in the other particular Thread as well. http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/104454-Bought-a-Pool-and-it-came-with-a-houses/page4 The OP of the linked Thread above has left...
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    The Pool is all clean, now we need to be able to safely get in/out of it. Thoughts?

    Hello All, I just finished Slamming my gross, 3 yr uncovered, and completely neglected pool. 19 days, and 76 gallons of 10% liquid shock later, it is finally swim ready, and so are we. Here is my dilemma. My husband and I are both disabled. I have a history of falls, A Lot of medical...
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    SLAM IS ALMOST FINISHED, NOW WHAT? ??'s on HOW TO LEVEL AND THEN MAINTAIN AFTER SLAM

    Hello Algae Warriors- (PS- LOL I think the TERM "ALGAE WARRIOR" needs to be on a TFP T-shirt) :) My SLAM is almost finished thanks to the awesome knowledgeable people here at TFP. (SLAM started on 7-18-15). My once green swamp of a pool, that was left untouched, and uncovered for over 3...
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    Goodbye and Good Riddance Undesirables, You Will NOT Be Missed.

    Hello all, I said I was going todo it, and I did. Did what? You'reprobably wondering. I returned All the Undesirables I had here at my house, and came back homewith a much fuller wallet. If you're wondering what Undesirables are. They are all those bags of Powdered Shocks,Algaecides...
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    I have been doing a slam attempting to get a 3 yr neglect pool back up

    Hello All, My pool had been uncovered, and untouched for 3 years. The inside was a disgusting, slimy, algae invested swamp. After about a truckload of dead rotting leaves, etc. was removed, I began Slamming the pool on 7/18 with the help of the people on this site. The pool is looking A...
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    Help!!! I can't reestablish full prime after MFV and sand repalcement

    Hello All, I am (was)right smack in the middle of a SLAM attempting to clear a pool that was left unattended, and uncovered for over 3 years. (IT WAS REALLY GROSS, but significant progress was being made). Something was causing me to lose some water daily, forcing me to top of the pool with...
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    Pantyhose not just for a night on the town, or a Winter hunting trip anymore.

    I've come to the conclusion that whoever came up with the idea of putting a knee high pantyhose over your skimmer basket was in fact brilliant. This thread is to explain how to safely use a knee high pantyhose over your skimmer basket, what I suggest you do and don't do while it is on there...
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    New member from Kentucky. Tks for letting me join your awesome group.

    Hello. 1st off, thank you all so much for allowing me to join all you awesome folks at TFP, and thank you for all the wonderful information you offer on this site. I am disabled, and within the next month will be having surgery #35. Yes, you read that right, #35. Sadly, I've had my pool for...
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