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is there anything out there that cleans tile grout. not alge, just whiten it back up. this is the grout above the water line. I have tried straight liquid chlorine in a spray bottle.

Hey Everyone... I have tried a few things with not success. The tile line grout around the pool is a bit dingy looking. Some of the pool places suggested playing liquid chlorine or a acid mixture and scrubbing it. Any other suggestions or advice.

Not sure. I know they sealed the stamped concrete deck, but not the coping. Also, i know people seal their paver drive ways and it makes the pavers look nice. Thats why I was wondering if I should try seal the paver coping.

Hey Everyone.. I have an inground pool with a stamped concrete deck and paver cooping. Do people seal the cooping? I know people seal there paver driveways and stuff and they look great. Just wonder why we wouldnt do the cooping. Thanks

I live in South West Florida. My pool is about 4 years old. Its in In ground pool 14 x 28 with spa that spills over into the pool. Anyways I have noticed some of the tile grout above the water line is kind of dingy. What would be the best way to clean this? The pool supply store ad some...

Do you think the 30lbs is to high?

Hey everyone... I just had a company install a solar panel system on my roof and is hooked into my auqalink. What i have noticed is when the solar kicks on the pressure jumps about 10lbs on the guage. Is this normal? The pressure is normally around 18lbs and goes up close to 30.

The pool company found a small leak. It was just the grout between the tile and skimmer. They fixed that right up and seems to be holding water great. They also figured the pebbles were washed in.

I have a company coming out today to check for a leak. I am hoping its not something to bad...

Its only a few years old. I think I am going to have a company come out and check for a leak anyways. Its 275 and its driving me nuts... I have tried to look for one with ink and such with no luck.

BTW.. its a cartridge filter

I cleaned my filter tonight and noticed there was a bunch of gravel/rock on the top and all in the filter. I have been thinking I could possibly have a leak for a while now and have been looking for it, but this is the first time this has showed up. Also, since the last time I have cleaned the...

I think my overflow drain might be set to low and was thinking of adding an inch or 2 to it to keep the pool level a bit higher. Is there any negatives to this? Any suggests on how to set this?

Both roofs the panels would be on are south facing.... and right now with no type of heating the pool is about 88-89 degrees. My wife and I are big wimps and wont even get in unless its over 85, so we are looking to really prolong the swimming season. The difference between 8 and 10 panels is...

Would you recommend covering the pool surface area at 1 to 1 ratio? One company is putting 100% on the roof, while others are putting 80%. The panels will be on south facing roofs.