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We are replacing our vinyl liner for our inground pool, the new liner arrived, the installers drained our pool, started to install the new liner, and discovered they had been sent the wrong one. Now we have a large, empty hole in the ground where our pool is supposed to be and we won't have a...

I’ve noticed differing and contradictory information out there on factors that do or do not affect how long a vinyl pool liner will last, including: FC levels (Consensus here appears to be that as long as you’re not significantly exceeding SLAM levels, that chlorine won’t shorten your liner...

A few weeks ago, my pool started collecting greenish powder on the bottom. It did NOT climb up on the sides. It felt neither spongy nor slimy, I couldn't feel anything at all when I tried to rub it between my fingers. My pool is covered under a screen (don't know whether that's supposed to...

My pool is fully screened in, so it gets less debris from the environment. A few weeks ago, I decided to try running the pump only half an hour per day starting when I add chlorine. I've invested in a nice skimming net, and spend a few minutes daily skimming, and vacuum any debris from the...

The picture you see shows my filter housing, which contains a cartridge filter. Last fall, a "pool school" guy came out to give some basic information. If I recall correctly, one of the things he said was not to use the drain plug shown in the picture to drain water from the pool (the one...

Hello, My family moved into a new house two months ago that has an in ground pool, and I've been barely keeping problems at bay since we've moved in. I've talked to pool stores and have become skeptical of their advice, although I'd often still be too ignorant to distinguish good advice from...