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I appreciate the fact that we all recognize a painted pool is a band aide. I'm not suggesting that TFP suggested I paint it. As I stated it was to buy time to get the pool re-plastered/ surfaced down the line. For the record, I did get quotes. 6 to be exact. All were upwards of 25K, a $$$ I do...

Hi All. We've gotten too the bottom of our water loss issues last season. In the process of our renovation last year, we sand blasted to bare concrete, primed and re-painted the pool using National Pool Finishes Mono Epoxy LG-730. We followed every instruction for all prep to a T and with in the...

Hi Zea3. My main drain has been plugged for years. And I had it checked and resealed in July. the company I have used for repairs etc are not available in the off season. How would I go about plugging this myself. I'd have to dive in the freezing water? Texas is much warmer than out north...

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Thanks you for replying. I'm not too sure what to do with the information provided on the last two threads (Bmoreswim & Gtmkin) Yes I risk for poping with no water in the pool. And trust me nothing is being emptied by ways of human effort. The pool does sit on a slight hill to one side. To...

Hi everyone. My pool has been leaking all season @ 1-2" in a day. When we were open we had diver/ and pressure test done. Other than some minor cracks to surface nothin else had been detected. We managed figuring that come the spring we needed to resurface. We closed the pool in early October. I...

Hi I'm back again. Long story short took the water line down 8.25" at the end of August when I had to do something about the algae over growth. At this point I was only losing 1/4" a day. Filled it back up and I started the slam process. several days later I was cleared. I added back the...

Hi Zea3. Frustrating indeed. That's exactly what I'm doing. In the first day I lost 1.5" of water.. Each consecutive day I'm loosing @1". Pretty evenly losing 1/2" over night and 1/2 through the day. For ****s and giggles I'm going to do an evaporation test since it's not 'that' much water. And...

the previous owners disclosed at the beginning of this season that @25-30 years ago they made efforts to replace the main drain. I do not know if it was closed prior or if it was having issues at that juncture. In any event durning this renovation process they hired a co to dig a trench to add a...

I just went out to pool. Pump was on and now skimmer (closest to equipment, and one I normally use to vacuum) was pulling air in. This was above the normal level two hours ago. The other skimmer is the one that tends to run at a lower capacity. Also turned pump off. And took some PH dye to do a...

Thanks for your reply!!! When I backwash. I absolutely turn off the equipment between each stage/cycle setting. When the new filter system was installed I used DE for about 3days (6lb de each time I had to backwash when clearing out swamp like pool.) It was crystal clear. I then switched to...

I'll try to be short and concise. Only a year in to pool ownership and inherited a 40 yr old concrete pool. It checked out in inspection/ no diver. Had issues cleaning algae from it at the end of last season when we took over the house. Had a company close it and Put new maco cover on it (rugged...