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    Pool Skimmer Crack

    Thanks, everyone for any help you can give. On the large photo that is a leaf on the left. The crack is around the water outlet. The pink color is from putting die in to determine the leak. I am wondering if there are any suggestions as to whether Flex-seal (local pool store recommended) or...
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    How would you repair this leak? Video

    Hello, I have a pretty large pool leak under my concrete. I have read many of the threads on this site about cutting concrete. I'm thinking of getting a diamond blade for my circular saw and trying to take a square out of the concrete to get to the broken pipe. Please, look at the video and...
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    Clay Dirt on Bottom of Pool

    I did read the other thread on the dirt on the bottom of the pool and it seems that most people vacuum it. We have a Polaris 280 cleaner. I have put socks on it, socks on the skimmers and it is catching some of my clay dirt. It still settles to the bottom. I don't have a hand held vacuum, that...
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    Please Help! Pool leak (under concrete) freeze tonight

    We ran our pump last night due to cold weather. We noticed yesterday that the water level had seemed to go down faster than normal. We filled the pool yesterday. This morning we had lost 6" of water. We can hear a leak under the concrete at one of the seams. When I turn off the main drain...
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    Longer Volleyball Net

    Has anyone been able to find a volleyball net the stretches the length of the pool instead of the width. It would need to be about 40 + feet long. We have a 38 ft pool with steps in the end. Also, does anyone have a pool basketball set you especially like? We built our pool late in the year...
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    Blow out just deck jets (pic)

    We are going to try and keep our pool open through the winter. For now, we want to blow out just the deck jets and just the pool slide line. How do we just empty these lines and fill them with RV antifreeze, while leaving the other lines open? We are new pool owners and live in middle TN. The...
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    Keeping Pool Open..Equipt Enclosure...Pool Dome...in TN

    Does anyone have an idea for a solution that would allow the heat pump to be inside the shed, so it would benefit from the heat of the pump? That would allow the heat pump to heat later in the year because of the increase in temp. We are thinking of getting a dome and would like the Jandy...
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    Valve Questions....sluggish skimmer...vacuum, etc

    I have searched and read pool school, but I didn't see the answers to these questions. I'm sorry, but my pool builder got very sick before we got the in house "pool school" they offer, so I know nothing about the valves and settings or how to make changes. I have left them the way they were set...
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    What do I need to do? Cloudy Pool...Dirt on bottom...

    I have cloudy water. I do have a fine deposit of dust on the bottom of my pool each day. It is the same color as the dirt surrounding my new pool, a clay color. We have not seeded around the pool yet and with all the rain, we can't completely avoid muddy feet on the deck. I have felt the dust...
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    Please, help me choose automation (with pics)

    I have spent a ton of money on a new pool that is all manually operated. I am disappointed in myself for not knowing better and a little disappointed in all the other people that had a hand in building the pool and didn't tell me. In the end, it is my fault though. Too late, I realized I would...
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    Help Cyanuric Acid in Bottom of Pool

    I read the back of the bottle and did as it suggested, sprinkle on top of the water in the deep end. Now I have Cyanuric acid granules in the bottom of my liner pool. Will this hurt my liner. Thank you! Donna
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    New Test Kit Results Bad

    I got my T100 test kit in the mail today. My results are not good. I had been having it tested at the pool store and they weren't good there either. I am armed with bleach, muratic acid and additional salt. It is about a 25,000 gallon pool. It is an 18X37 Grecian with a deep end. I have not...
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    Need to order test kit...What else? Numbers Bad

    I am planning to order the tfp100 test kit. What else should I get? We just installed a SWG, so I probably need the salt test strips. According to the pool store and before the SWG, this was our last test: 0 chlorine, PH 8, Alk 160, Calcium 190, acid 5, and some phosphate New SWG is...
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    Salt from Lowes?

    Someone told us NOT to use the pool/food quality salt from Lowes. Does anybody know if there is a problem with it? Thanks! Donna
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    Confused and in a Pinch. Please Help Me!

    I have all kinds of problems trying to get the answers to my questions. Everything from my electrician not having experience with electric heat pumps to the sales person telling us to pull the wrong number of wires a 120 feet from the house to losing my first attempt at this post and having to...
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    New pool zero chlorine 180 Alk

    I have a new 18x37 vinyl liner pool. We filled it with well water. We started filling it 6 days ago and it has been full for 3 days, now. It has zero chlorine. There has been no chlorine put in it except 2 tabs to the skimmer basket and 2 tabs to the auto chlorine feeder. I bought bottles of...
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    What kind of Slide, please!

    I would love to have some feedback on inground pool slides. What kind do you have and do you like it? We are looking at a G-Force for $2694 with shipping, an X-Stream with shipping for $1967 and a Typhoon with shipping for $2200. The pool builder also mentioned a Wild Ride. I don't know if the...
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    Pool Waterfalls...I've got to pick one quickly

    We are in the process of building a pool now. It is an 18X37 inground vinyl liner pool. It has been dug and backfilled, but the inside has not been finished. I mentioned that I want a waterfall and he stubbed in a water pipe. The concrete deck has not been poured. The waterpipe he stubbed in...