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I have noticed a few rust spots appearing on the pool wall. I'm attaching a couple pictures. The one that shows the rust spot seems strange to me. The pool wall is dry on the outside, but when I gently press on that rust spot, water drips out. I'm assuming this means I have water between the...

I have an AGP and I noticed each end of the service panel is starting to push in towards the liner. It wasn't like this a couple years ago. I called the place I bought the pool and the want $250 to even just come look at it. Over the phone he says they would probably have to replace the liner...

I just hooked up the pump and started the pool for the summer today. I want out this evening to see if everything was still running well and noticed some leaves in the skimmer basket from a storm a couple hours ago. When I took the basket out to empty the leaves, it started making a sound like...

Started this morning getting ready to winterize the pool. I noticed when I took off the solar cover that the wall joints are starting to push towards the liner. How do I address this, and do I need to do something before closing for the winter?

I have a Waterway Pump Model SD-15-1N11CC The On/Off Toggle Switch broke off. I'm trying to find a replacement switch online. So far haven't found anything. Anyone know where I can buy a new switch?

I have a whirlwind solar cover reel. It is 27' wide so there is a little bit of sag in the middle. I just purchased a new solar cover this year and bought a little heavier strapping material. How is the best way to adjust the length of the straps so that it rolls up well? So do I want it to...

I'm getting ready to purchase my 3rd solar cover in just 3 years. I have a problem with wind tearing the cover from the reel straps. My thoughts are putting something plastic (need ideas on what to use) that maybe goes the entire 27' across the pool inside inside the 2" bend of the solar cover...

I went away for 4 days on a girl scout trip with my daughter. I didn't want hubby to have to mess with the pool while I was gone because he doesn't really use it care much for it. So I decided to put in a Chlorine pack into the Aqua Smart System for the 4 days I was gone. I'm back home and just...

It's too cold here in Ohio to get in and vacuum the pool so far and I've been pretty busy as well. I put the Zodiac 1500 in and watched it for a while. It seems to take the same path over and over instead of covering the whole pool. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong or ideas to fix this...

I took the cover off yesterday afternoon. There were a few leaves that had got in as I was closing last year. I got them all out with the net. The bottom looked great! Then I turned on the hose (municipal water) and started to bring the water level back up to mid skimmer. I ran the water for...

I opened the pool and finished bringing the water level back up. No leaks on any connections except for a slow drip on the bolt of the Multi Port. I tightened it a little but it seams tight. Not sure what is inside. Any ideas? I'm afraid to tighten it much more. Here is a pic.

Last year was my first year to close. I used 1 4x4 pillow in the center of my 27' pool. It was hard to keep water off of the cover at times. So I thought this year I would use more pillows so that the water on the cover would be closer to the sides and easier to get drain off. I put 3 4x8...

For the last month I have a powdery substance on the bottom of the pool and a little on the step. (The steps are just to the right of the return which points that direction) I vacuum it only to have it back a couple days later. My pool only gets used by me a couple times a week. When busy only...

Here is the info from my pump. How do I figure out how many hours I need to turnover the water once? I had a timer installed this evening and I'm trying to decide how long I need to run my pump. I've read a lot on here and have ideas to start but have no clue how long it takes my pool to turn...

I want some advice from those of you who have this reel. I just installed mine. I must be doing something wrong because this thing is a huge pain! :rant: When I went out today, 1/2 of the cover was now folded in half with the one side under on the other side. ??? Wind?? Even with no reel and...

http://www.poolsupplyunlimited.com/BluewaveEasyPoolStepEntrySystemNE138/142437p1?gclid=COb4jsibg74CFcURMwodtkcAgA I was looking online at these steps with gate. My main question is if it adjusts well for a slightly different elevation outside the pool. After back filling around the pool, wash...

I would like to leave an empty cartridge in so that if I have to use a chlorine pack while I'm on vacation I can. Does anyone know how to remove the minerals out of the mineral cartridge.

They were calling for a low of 28 for a couple hours overnight a few days ago. Other than that no where near freezing in the long range forecast. It just changed. We have a freeze warning overnight. Low of 22° now. I sure hope that pump keeps pumping. :shock: Maybe I opened a few days too early...

On Saturday my TA was 230 and my PH was 7.5. I decided to go ahead and put in 32 oz of muriatic acid this morning to start the process of bringing the TA down a little. I also turned the return eyeball up to help aerate the water to keep the PH up. Last year when I watched a man pour 32 oz in...

Just opened my pool over the weekend. I added bleach early evening yesterday. It hadn't had anything added to the water since late October although the water was crystal clear when I pulled off the winter cover. I put enough bleach to take it up to 14 FC figuring that there would be junk that...

Just got our pool mid July last year. This is my first time in opening a pool. I have about 4-5 more inches of water and then I can start up the pump and see if anything is leaking. It is supposed to be 80 here tomorrow, but will be 28 overnight Tuesday. I have until Tuesday to fix any leaks so...

I took the eye out and put a cap on the return over winter. Now I have the eye out to put back on and it won't budge. I need ideas how to get it moving again. At the moment I just put it in a bowl of vinegar to soak. Anyone have a trick??? And thank you to everyone on this site. I just took...

This is my first year of opening the pool. It was a new install in July. When we closed up the pool, the hose would not pull off of this fitting. We ended up having to cut the hose away. Now I can't get a hose back on it. I'm afraid of breaking the skimmer if I push or pull to hard on it. Do any...

Just curious if running the pump at night cooled the water down this time of year? Electrician has never gotten here yet to install the timer so been running the pump 24/7. Anyone know if it would retain heat better by not running it at night? I keep a solar cover on it anytime we are not in...

So it has been colder here the last couple days. Over night low 40's and right now it is 68. Just checked the pool and it is 80 degrees. (The lowest reading ever since installing the pool in July) In the next few days it will get up to around 74 and sunny. With a solar cover on, is there any...

I've decided to install a timer so that I can run the pump less automatically. Originally I was going to just buy the plug in type, but found out that they are NOT designed for a 1.5hp pump motor. So I'm looking at hardwired timers. I bought one at Lowe's tonight on a quick stop and when I got...

Okay. I'm still new to this pool stuff. I'm using BBB and have been keeping the FC around 5-6ppm. My son is having 25-30 friends over Friday night for a cookout and swim party. Do I need to do anything special before having that many people in the pool? I keep a solar cover on other than when I...

I've been considering installing a solar cover reel and do not like the idea of two posts next to the pool. I'm looking at the Whirlwind reel that is designed to attach to the top seat of an above ground pool. I hate the idea of putting holes in the seat but would rather have that then two...

So I'm one month into owning a pool. After reading everything on here and watching my CYA level climb with the trichlor, tonight I took out the mineral cartridge and trichlor cartridge out of the Aqua Smarte. I will only use it if I go on vacation. So at this point I guess I'm now using the BBB...

So my test kit finally arrived a couple hours ago. I read through the manual and went out to test the water. FC 4ppm (Pool Company said .5 - 1.ppm with Aqua Smarte) CC .5ppm TC 4.5ppm pH 7.8 ALK 275 :shock: CH 90 CYA 53? (was closer to 50 than 60) So I'm thinking after reading the Basic...