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    Brown/muddy water flowing out of return holes?

    Hi I'm in the Bay Area (CA) and currently building a backyard pool. The gunite was just done about a week ago and we've noticed that some brown liquid (possibly muddy water? but not sure) is seeping out of some of the return pipe holes. I've attached a picture of the current state of the pool...
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    TX Freeze - Autofill Line Question

    Afternoon all - we are experiencing freezing temps here in Texas. I am running the pump 24/7, however I have an auto filler line that meets with a spigot on the house. To prevent any issues, I’ve turned the water off to the spigot and left the spigot and autofill valves open, so any pressure...
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    Help identifying pipe in pool deck

    Hello, my pool was built in 1967 and I have a unidentified pipe in the deck. It's located about 1.5 feet from the skimmer and the pool edge. It is flexible, about 2" with another flexible 3/4" pipe inside. There was a grey fitting that was pipe clamped with a white removable cap flush with the...
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    Temporary return line above ground

    Hi! We open my in gorund pool this summer to find the plugs out of the jet and at the bottom of the pool...ugh. When the pump is not running we do not lose any water! When we turn the pump on after about 15 minutes we start seeing water bubbling out of a drainage grate on my pool patio a way...
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    Mystery suction-side pipe?! (+ introduction)

    Hello, TFP forum! :wave: Before I get to my question, a quick intro: My family purchased a foreclosure home with an in-ground pool 1.5 years ago, and I spent last summer trying to get the pool up and running. We followed advice from this site given to others who had dealt with foreclosure pools...
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    Return Line Leak - Skimmer

    Hello, Hoping to get some assistance. After some detective work, I'm confident that I have a skimmer leak and unfortunately it's coming from the plumbing - not the face plate or interior of the skimmer. With the pump off the pool holds water fine. I unplugged my jets, and the pool holds...
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    What are these??

    I am about to redo all of my above ground plumbing but I cannot figure out what these two lines go to. They both are only connected to themselves and one has no valve on it while the one in the second picture has a valve where they connect. Please help.
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    Quick Fix Suggestions Needed for Pipe Leak

    My hot tub was losing water quickly so I've let it drain to try to isolate where the leak might be. I am pretty confident that it is in the last 2 feet of piping that feeds the bubbler jets - so not an important pathway for filtration. The pipe is below ground and I really do not want to dig...
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    Cracked skimmer pipe

    Hi guys. I'm still new to the whole pool ownership but here's the story. We bought a house in Massachusetts last year which had a gunite inground pool. The people that lived here the past 20 yrs never had any issues as far as I know. We had a local pool company, which got good reviews and...