Recent content by mypooljc

Want to replace standard ladder with steps that will be easier for us older pool owners to navigate. (Climbing out of pool with a regular ladder getting especially difficult.) Wondering if anyone has any experience with steps that can be "dropped in" in place of the ladder. (We have a deck on...

Not getting any (condensation) water coming out of pinholes so don't know how could get a ph reading. Bearing in mind our original objective of getting another year or two out of the pool, am considering just opening the pool normal way and monitoring it. Don't think we are up to major job of...

I have been testing and observing the pool and agree that the water I am seeing is condensation. I have been slowly adding water to the pool, now having raised the water level over three inches with little if any water coming through pinholes. In fact any wetness seems to correlate with the...

Thank you for your reply and sharing your experience. Certainly not what I wanted to hear but I appreciate your directness and honesty. One question - you talk about rust and painting with Rust-Oleum so I assume your pool was steel. Ours is aluminum so it is not rusting but there obviously...

Here is another picture to give better perspective. Sorry for the delay - technical issues here

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27 foot round above ground Ester Williams aluminum pool installed 1985, new liner 1990, so old but well cared for and equipment has been trouble free all these years. Wall has two or three pinholes in one area two inches above ground level and can see some water leaking through. Remainder of...