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The cracks above the tile. With the pump on any speed higher than low, it fills up to thos cracks and seeps out the other side and gets the ground all soft and flooded. I want to seal it with something that will be able to stay under water for a few hours so the pump can run at a higher speed...

Well actually I figured out the problem yesterday. So on the edge of the spa that’s connected to the pool, it’s cracked just above the tile but below the lip of the patio. When the pump is on high, the water goes above that and that’s when it leaks. What would I seal that with?

So my pool I noticed leaks water only when pump is on high to run the cleaner. It floods the low ground and gets everything pretty mushy. I thought it was a pipe leak on the return near the spa since that’s were water shows up first but now I’m not sure it’s a pipe. I’ve started digging next...

So my pool is no longer green... but I'm getting so frustrated with it, it's hard to keep it that way cause it's still such a mess (and I mean it's hard to keep it that way cause you spend so much time with it and seems it doesn't get much better and just feels overwhelming and just wanna ignore...

Hmm... well, I called a pool guy out and he pointed to all the obvious things I already checked. Left saying clean the filter and if that doesn't work, call him back. In the mean time... I stuck the hose in and forced water backwards for a while but nothing came up. I noticed that when the...

Yeah, that was the first thing I tried. The pump strainer pot was what I was talking about when it wasn't filling up with water, I didn't know what it was called :D Anyway I was thinking it was something in the line too but how would I remove that?

Ok I have one of those energy saving pumps. I usually run it 10 hours a day or so at around 1100 rpm (or whatever it is on the pump)... I have a quick clean setting for when I put powder chemicals or bleach in the skimmer. If I don't turn it on higher, the powder stuff comes out the drain cause...

Well see, I haven't touched the valves at all. And from what I was told, the left valve opens and closes the spa and pool skimmers/drains (up closes pool, down closes spa). The right valves opens and close the return jets from what I was told (so that the hot water can go just to the spa or too...

Yea water is coming out of the returns but it's pretty weak except for the main one that shoots into the pool (and powers the pool vac when the booster pump is on). It's always been this way since I've had the new pump installed though unless the speed has been increased (and yeah I tried it and...

I was under the pression the main drains in pool and spa are supposed to suck. I just noticed today after adding power powder plus down the skimmer, that it's coming back in through the main drains. I don't know of it's always been doing this but I just noticed it today as there was a big...

Any creative ideas for a pool light without fixing the real one? I just spent quite a bit of money getting this pool running, repairing and replacing stuff and I REALLY do not think the pool light is worth the money it would cost to fix (the transformer is bad and then if they fix that, they...

Cool... I can get the pool vac then... Good. The spa drain doesn't seem to have much suction regardless of which way the valve is. Maybe it's just plugged then.

My system has two pumps... a big one and a small one. I thought the small one was for like the spa or something. I was searching pool cleaners and they keep mentioning how you need a booster pump too. I was starting to wonder if the smaller pump is a booster pump... Also while I have this...

I have a feeling I'm going to be spending a lot of time here... So I thought I might as well officially introduce myself. I just bought my first house and it came with a 30-35k gallon pool. I mean I got a good deal on the house and I'm very happy with it and the pool was kind of exciting even...