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    might have a bad pump

    I have a 3 year old proline cartridge filter with a 2 hp pump for my 30 round above ground pool. Just fired it up for the first time this season and the pump sounds weird. Like there is something in the fan or maybe bearings going. are there any common pump problems that are easily repaired...
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    pool not level

    we had a 30 round put in last year and I have never felt the vertical support legs (what ever you call them) were straight. Everyone told me it was in my head. I just held a level up to them and they are indeed not straight up and down. They are odd by a small amount maybe 1/4 of an inch...
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    water levels after winter

    Hi My first winter with the 30' round above ground pool and I think the water level might be lower than it should be. Its still hard to tell because it has some ice on it but I would guess if it had 4 feet when I closed it up it now has under 3 feet. maybe 2 1/2 ish give or take. Is it normal...
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    winter cover float

    I had my pool winterized by a company but the small float under the cover they put in deflated. Simple mistake I had another on hand but it is a big 4 x 15 size float. my pool is a 27 round. I blew it up and put it in but it looks huge under the cover. the cover goes over it seemingly fine...
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    should there be a "lump" under liner at the seam

    might be a silly question but I just noticed after 2 months the seam where the pool joins together (the wall not the liner seam) there is a noticeable bump in the liner. I can feel an edge. I had thought it was seamless. It might be perfectly normal I dont know why I just noticed it could it...
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    rock under liner

    noticed a small rock about the size of a marble under my 27 round liner today. its jagged not smooth. I have a leveled dirt spot with maybe 3 - 6 inch sand base under the pool. This is my first pool. I stuck an under water patch kit over the spot just to reinforce it. Do I just deal with...
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    it just hit me

    so first pool and I have been worrying about everything. the filter was leaking then it was sucking in air, my deck was positioned funny, the ladder that came with the pool was junk so I bought wedding cake style steps which I think my 5 year old could have made better, I am paranoid everything...
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    liner wrinkles ok

    prob a stupid question but my first above ground pool I actually went in it for the first time this past weekend and I notice the bottom has some wrinkles in it. It was installed on sand and vacuumed and pulled smooth on install but I guess you still get wrinkles and creases in it. Do wrinkles...
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    air in filter

    I originally set the filter up and had both water leaking and air getting into the the filter. I worked on it for a while and seemed to clean it all up. no air in skimmer at all, no water leaks in hoses that I can detect. however I still get air seeping into the filter I need to about every 2...
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    quick chlorine question

    by the way thanks for all the great replies to my other posts getting my first pool up and running pool was filled one week ago but because I have had construction on my new deck in and around it I have not run the pump more than 2 hours a night. I have poured in 1 gallon of shock, I have 2...
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    how much weight can support on rim

    ok badly worded subject but here is my question can you sit or stand on the rim of an above ground pool? how much weight can it hold. also I had a deck built 1/4 of the way around the pool to have it look more finished the deck comes of the top of the rail for that quarter I am now wondering...
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    filter backflow problem

    Just getting a new 27 round pool set up with a 1.5 HP cartridge filter. The filter also has an inline chlorinater on it. When I shut off the filter it violently for lack of a better word "baclflows" water shoots up out of the simmer and air shoots out of the return for about 10 seconds...