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How low is too low? We apparently still have a leak and level continues to go down slowly. Wondering how low is too low and should I add some water before we start to freeze? Thank you.

We had a new linear installed in our pool two years ago. Not a great job in my opinion. Liner kept pulling out of the to track, leaks etc. This year still more leaks. I found a spot near the light where it looks like the liner had either turn or pulled out from the light ring. It's a...

I've had this pool for seven years now. My frequency of vacuuming seems to continuously go up. Last year I thought I had an algae issue so I shocked it. Still had the problem. Shocked again and left it shocked for quite a while despite otherwise clear water and no overnight drop.... Same...

Last year I fought PH all year. This year same thing. Got TA down to 110 and PH down to 7.5. tested today and PH is off the chart 8.2+ and TA is 150. Im also thinking this probably has something to do with the rough feeling liner. Current numbers. FC 3.5 CC 0.5 PH 8.2+ TA 150 CH 225 CYA 35 I...

I've had this pool for ~6 years, liner is new a couple years ago. Each year I seem to have more and more problems with what I'm assuming is algae. Water is clear, but unless I vacuum every day I get a green film on bottom and sides and eventually, couple days, clumps of the stuff. I was under...

So I've been looking at covers and reels for a while. Looks to me like Doheny's has considerably better pricing than others on the solar covers. I saw a couple reviews for the one I was looking at Clear/16mil, that said they delaminated quickly etc. Anyone have experience with these covers...

So I took the multi valve off to take a look at the sand levels and do a cleaning. The laterals pulled out. Not really thinking "Gee how are those going to go back" I continued on cleaning the sand and then realized....well that was stupid all that has to come out anyway. I then went to drain...

I'm not really sure how old our pool is but It's probably 15-20 years at least. Recently my timer gave up the ghost entirely. I can still manually turn the pump on and off but even the contacts for that are sometimes iffy, IE have to turn it on and off a couple times. However that could also...

We have an in ground pool. I had the light apart once and I believe it is a standard 120V screw in bulb. Last year we had the linear replaced and they replaced the light. This spring I turned it on and it worked. the next time I turned it on...nada. It's not like we had the light on all the...

First question is rather easy. Can you give me some ideas for good, reputable, decent priced online pool stores. I've had about a 25% bad experience ordering things thru Amazon. Second question. I've got a problem somewhere and I'm assuming it's a leak. Air builds up in my Sand filter. When I...

I don't post here often and I couldn't find the search function so forgive me if this has been previously covered. We have a hot tub. It was here when we bought the house. We haven't used it since we moved in so it's been sitting for almost ~3 1/2 years. Since we are all in quarentine my son...

Spring of this year we had our liner replaced. Since that time we have had one leak and the areas where the top of the linear has pulled out of the retainer. First question I have is that after 30 days post install they want to charge us to fix these types of issues. Is that pretty much...

We have an in ground pool with liner. The concrete is rather stained, algae etc. I did a test area where I used muraitic acid and a wire brush and it looks shiney and new. However I'm concerned about getting the acid on the metal portion that holds the top of the liner. It looks like painted...

I'm guessing this is an often posted question here but I rarely have luck with the search engine here. I did search but again, not much luck. I posted recently about our liner tear and we are in the process of getting quotes to replace the liner so I have several questions. Pool is ~16' wide...

So My liner has a rather large tear, 2-3", in a star shape. Looks to me like there was a small tear and it tore in a few different directions like cracked glass. Couple questions. The tear is above the water line, for now so a few questions. 1) Can a tear this large be successfully repaired...

My pump had a leak last year so my pool ended up getting a bit green before I closed it. I called the pool guy to both close the pool and fix the leak because I did not have time. Fast forward to this spring....fix is clearly not fixed. I tested water levels, balanced everything and shocked the...

Does anyone make a replacement smart bulb for in ground pool lights? It's the typical 120v flood. Would like to hook it up to the rest of the smart house stuff. Thanks

Today I went out to the pool and turn the pump on and it wouldn't prime. I filled the reservoir up and it started pumping. However the top of the pump reservoir was showing that I was constantly pulling in more and more air and it never went completely "Airless" like it usually does. I work the...

double question. First is there a way to identify the light before pulling it? The thought of pulling identify, replacing, ordering, pulling, replacing.... does not appeal to me . Second question is what are some options/ suggestions in the LED sector? Multi- light, changing color, etc? Thanks

So I opened the pool and followed the SLAM process. Water is clear CC is lower then .5 but for the life of me I can't seem to get repeatable numbers on the chlorine test to verify how much I drop over night. Seems like I can do the test 2-3 time in a row and get different numbers. The...

Last fall I tested CYA and it came in at over near or over 100. Just tested to start getting ready to open and I have a CYA of...well near zero. I filled the tube to the top and could still easily see the dot. We've had a significant amount of rain as the pool is near the top at this point and...

I need to replace the multi-port valve on my filter as it's cracked in a couple places and the previous owner apparently JB welded it a couple of times. I looked around it pretty thoroughly and only found a single number on it...but part of it is covered over by the afore mentioned JB weld...

So I got some DE to add to my sand filter as it was taking a long time to clear the water. Oddly enough I pulled the cover off and despite the bottom have a nice layer of gunk the water was very clear. I decided to add the DE anyway. Followed the instructions I noted the pressure, barely below...

How do I tell if my filter is working properly? On the suggestion of people here I'm attempting to get my pool into the best condition I can before closing it for winter. I was going to follow the slam method here but found out my CYA is very high 90-100 so am simply attempting to kill the...

Just got my TF-100 kit and was going to slam my pool as a "First try" to know better how to do it next spring and to have it in good shape for fall. PH is ~7.5, maybe a tad higher. However I did the CYA test, twice, and got 90-100. I'm assuming that slamming it at this level is not so great...

So we moved a couple of weeks ago into a house with a pool. I'm still working to get my head around all the chemical stuff but am not going to start asking question about that until I have a better handle on it. Before we bought the house we had the pool inspected. Also after we had "Pool...