Recent content by Helltech

Well, I am officially at a loss. I bought a house (family owned) about 7 years ago, that had a very old (1988 install) doughboy above ground pool. The pool is above ground style with a vinyl liner, but actually is built in ground with an expanded liner giving it an 8 foot deep end, and a 3 foot...

So I bought a home a couple years ago with a very old pool that came with it. The ground around the pool is caving in and crushing the sides, and I don't think the pool will last but a few more seasons. I am in midwest where we get heavy freezes in the winter. I put the filter away but I just...

I tried that already. And yes.. it seems like air is exiting the return. But I see no noticeable leaks or cracks anywhere. I seem to have found some problems i might be able to find solutions too. One is the my pump skimmer basket needs a new O - ring, or in this case oddly shaped rectangular...

Ok, so I'm not sure what happened honestly. I am not the first owner of the pool and I did not do the initial plumping, nor do I know anything about the plumbing except how to hook it up and make it go. I will say that I have been caring for the pool for about 8 years and I've never had much of...

Thank you very much. I asked about one about 8 years ago and people advised me against it because my pool wasn't flat, not from these forums but people at different pool stores so I've always been weary of purchasing one, and want to be extra cautious.

You've basically just sold me on that. Looks like it has a 50 foot cord so I should be good. And it will work fine with the description of my pool?

The pool is 20 foot by 40 foot, I think the Dolphin E10 is for 30 foot max.

So I read the sticky, and maybe I am confused but it said robotic cleaners were a LOT more expensive than I am seeing on In The Swim and Dohenys (the two places I usually buy pool supplies). That said I have no idea what I should get. I don't want to spend over 500, and the cheaper the better as...

That's the one, thank you!

Found some from a reputable (seems) seller on eBay 40 dollars for 25 pounds? Is there something better? I don't really like to use ebay but he has thousands of good reviews.

Can't do either of those really.

I just found out because its a doughboy it isn't standard. it is a very large crack, about 10 inches.

Still pretty new pool owner with a very old pool. Just opened the pool today for the year. I don't know anything about pool standards really. So my questions are; Are they standard? Mine is very old, can I just get a new one and it still fits because of standards or no? If they are standard...

Awesome thanks, I'm not sure why the guy that put the pool in that my family hired didn't do it that way in the first place.

What about when you lower the water level for the winter, will it still be fine?