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First look at the rust. Its about 12" in diameter. Should I use a chemical rush remover to prep this area for painting (I have clear Rusty spray paint), or just sand it?

The patch didn't hold at all. Water was coming out of the hole more forcefully with the patch in place. It bubbked up and there were myriad ways for water to get to the hole. I've drained the pool, now how do I take off the plastic parts around the top to pull back the liner? This pic is...

I've constistently that its never good to drain all the water out of an above ground pool. Any why would this be necessary when the rust spots are 2.5 feet above ground?

That's the course of action I decided on today while running errands. I purchased a vinyl patch kit from the pool store and headed home, optimistic. (The store claimed they did not have any liner remnants). However, the patch was a complete failure. A moment after applying it and smoothing it...

FML. How old was your pool when it began to show the rust spots on the outside? Is it likely my pool is older than 2 years as the previous owners claimed? There's actually water spraying (sometimes) out of the worst hole. Was hoping I could do some kind of patch to get us through the...

How do I begin to fix this? How do I find the leak on the inside if the pool? We've had a cold spell the last few weeks and the water is way to cold to go in there. How long should a pool last before this happens? Was told this pool was 2 years old when I bought this house this winter...

Hmm, I don't see anything about deep cleaning in pool school, just instructions for the backwash/rinse cycle I've been doing. I've watched a video on how to do a deep cleaning by putting the hose deep into the sand to disturb it and letting everything that shouldn't be there flow out and I...

My sand filter normally operated at around 14psi before I began adding 1/4 cup diatomaceous earth 2-4 times a day to clear cloudy water about 4 days ago. After about 8-10 hours after adding the DE (mixed in water and oiured into skimmer) the pressure would climb to 18 and then the circulation...

This makes sense. How does the pool breathe with the cover on? Must it be removed periodically. - - - Updated - - - I do not have algea any more. That has been resolved (details in other threads). Thanks for your concern to those who asked..

Thanks for the reply. Test results from this morning: FC: 3.2 CC: .2 PH: 7.6 TA: 180 or 190. It was pretty red with 18 drops but I *think* it got an even deeper red with 19. Either way this has crept up from 170 last night. What could be causing the drift and how do I stabilize it? CH: 110 or...

My pool gets up to 76, 77 degrees in the day and then plumets at night. We're going to be using it a lot during the day now so I was wondering if putting the solar cover on only at night would help to reduce heat loss at all. Last time I put the solar cover on we developed green algea (it...

I just opened the above ground pool that came with the house I bought in February. I'd like to find out what brand and model the pool itself is. I've scoured every inch of the exterior and can't find any text other than the stanard no diving warnings placed every few feet. I did however...