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    Help After Flood

    Good morning everyone, I hope ya'lls month has gone better than mine :p. If you haven't heard Houston was a bit underwater the past couple of weeks and my house was one of them. Now that I have my contractors started cleaning up the house it's time for me to start cleaning up the pool and I just...
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    pool pump died... Advice needed.

    My pool pump died on friday. It's covered by the home warranty so I'm not overly concerned but, as of today, it's going to take them a couple days to get the necessary parts to fix it. So how do I keep the pool from turning green? Over the weekend I add bleach after the sunset, ran laps around...
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    Crack in pool need advice.

    So people are finally showing up to quote me on my pool. There is a crack in the pool and tile has fallen off (this was known when we bought the house as a foreclosure.) The pool inspector originally said it was no big deal a surface crack and fixing the tile would take care of the crack. Two of...
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    pool replaster companies houston

    Can anyone recommend a company to replaster a pool in Houston? I've made several calls and have either never gotten a call back, they out right missed the initial appointment, or after stopping by they just don't send me a quote. Starting to get frustrated before I even start the replaster! :taped:
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    First Test = bad...

    FC= 0 CC= 0 PH=7.8 TA=60 CH = 260 (I don't believe this is actually accurate.. it went from pink to more of a purple instead of red to a blue ran the test twice) CYA = 0 (Ran the test three times with two different samples... The black dot started getting foggy at 20 but you could still it at...
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    Solar?

    So I tried searching but got a little overloaded :)... :blah: One thing the wife and I have talked about was adding a pool heater to extend our season. I'm not necessarily talking winter just a few more months earlier and later spring and fall. We live in houston and thus get maybe 5 days a...
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    Hi, from houston!

    Hello, I've had my house\pool for 2 years now. I've previously used a pool guy here in houston but he recently took it upon himself to cut big holes in pool filter basket. So I decided to fire him and figured I'd try saving the $150 a month and do it myself. I'm sure you'll be getting a ton of...