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Hi folks! Pool maintenance question! We have a stack stone retaining wall that has waterfall bars that flow down into our pool (I'll try to attach a pic below). The stones look a little "bleached out" compared to when we had the pool put in 4 years ago. We also noticed some white build up on...

Hi there! We had our pool installed back in March of 2017. We have a large concrete pool deck with a stamped colored concrete coping around it. The color of the stamped coping has faded over time and I was wondering if there was a DIY product out there that might "brighten" it back up? While...

Hi All! We are entering season 3 with our fiberglass pool. We have manually brushed and vacuumed the first two seasons, but I am seriously considering a robot for the upcoming pool season. My concern is whether it will really be worth it in our situation. We have a fairly large pool in the...

I have subscribed myself to using bleach in our pool (last year was pucks, which blew my CYA out of the park...ughhhh). I have a few leftover 1lb bags of shock (the pool essentials brand). https://www.amazon.com/Pool-Essentials-25506ESS-Treatment-1-Pound/dp/B00PZZG1Z8 Should I throw them away...

I remember our pool builder saying that they occasionally used this product ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017T0IZ0/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_9?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2P0TLFAGPOBU4 )and that they recommended it to add a little "extra sparkle." Obviously you all have brought me over to the TFP...

Hi folks! Not sure if I am posting this in the right place, but hopefully one of you lovely folks will redirect my post if needed. We have two sheer descent waterfalls coming from a rock wall into our fiberglass pool. We almost ALWAYS run the waterfalls, so I never really noticed this until...

Hi folks! When we installed our pool last year we put in a sizable concrete pool deck with the intention of redoing our wood deck which comes out from our back door this year. Here is my question, we have decided on wood vs composite to save on cost. Our deck doesn't get much direct sunlight...

Hey Pool Masters! I noticed that when the pool pump is running (Pentair VSP), whether on full blast or a trickle it looks like there is air in the pump. Like it hasn't fully primed. This has never happened before. Any ideas on what could be causing this?

Are there any avid vegetable gardeners in here? Now that we spend so much time outdoors I am attempting a small vegetable garden this year. This is coming from the black widow of all things plant, so this could go south REALLY fast...but I'm up for a challenge. Plus, now that my kiddos are...

We have started building an enclosure to keep our pool equipment out of the elements. Thankfully it is not in the sun much, but we want to make sure we prolong the life of the equipment as long as possible. I wanted to share the progress/photos in case it helps someone else in the future...

Hi All! Here in NC the weather was below freezing a staggering number of days in a row back in January. I mean, a ridiculous number of days for this area! Our pool was open and thank goodness we had already found you all because you talked me off a cliff about the equipment freezing and...

Hi all! We put our pool in last season, but never built an enclosure around it. Thankfully it is almost always in the shade, so we didn't have any sun beating down on it...but we want it covered and protected this Spring to keep it in good shape. Here is a picture of what we have: If you...

Hi Pool Experts! We have a fiberglass pool (details in sig.), we survived our first season with the pool (barely) by using the basic kit the pool company provided us with and a few prayers. By the end of the summer we were battling algae and cloudy water as well as a white line along the water...

Y'all I am having a little bit of a heart attack over here. We had our VS Pentair set up to run overnight last night since the weather here in NC is frigid at the moment (and for most of the foreseeable future). The pump never turned on last night and I didn't notice until this morning when it...

Hi there! We just finished our first pool season with only a manual vacuum, and while it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be....I'd love to have a robotic one next season. I don't want to blindly choose one because if it doesn't do an effective job it is money wasted. We have a fiberglass...

Hi there! New pool owner here this season. Talk to me about sediment and vacuuming. I keep vacuuming the pool, and no matter how many times I go over the pool a fine sediment falls to the bottom of the pool within hours. It seems to follow the path of the return jets. Is this just...

Y'all...HELP! My pool has been sparkling clean and perfect, but last night when I went to skim off the pool before a swim with the kiddos there was a lovely (sarcasm intended) pile of insects in one little curve of our pool. There were about 50 of them all appear to be dead. I scooped them...

Had a great scare this morning. We just had our pool installed in March and things have been going really well, until this morning. We have a Chlorine tablet feeder. This morning I turned off the pump and opened the feeder to check the tablets. It was nearly empty so I went to open our...

Help! We have been getting an insane amount of rain here for the last 48 hours and it will continue at least through the night. Right now our water level is approaching equal with the top of the fiberglass shell (still 3-4 inches of concrete decking above that). Should we drain to waste to...

Hi All! Newbie here trying to figure everything out! We have been handling our pool on our own for about 2 weeks now. Things have been going well, especially now that the dust and dirt kicked up by the construction has been vacuumed out of the pool. The PB gave us a basic 3 way test kit with...

Hi Masters of all things pool related! Our brand new fiberglass pool is up and running with a variable speed pump! Our PB set up his "default" settings for now. My question is this, once our pool chemistry is where it should be (hopefully soon since they back washed the pool yesterday) what...

Hi folks, We are investigating a gas pool heater for our pool. We have a gas line to our home as we have a gas fireplace, water heater, etc....but we would have to get a line run to the pool equipment. Has anyone done this? If so, can anyone give me a ballpark of the cost or cost of labor to...

I am about to start our pool build on the 13th and I had not planned on putting in a pool heater. This warm weather in NC has me itching to get in the pool as soon as it is completed! I'm trying not to hastily scratch the "itch" of getting a heated pool, but it is proving incredibly difficult...

Hi there! I have posted in the "Under Construction" section, but thought it might be fun to introduce myself here, too! We've lived in our house for almost 7 years and I have been not-so-subtly nudging my husband along to get a pool. It's a great yard for a pool! Apparently I finally wore...

Hello All! I am looking forward to learning from all of you as time goes on! We have put down a deposit on a Fiberglass pool by Tallman (Key West 16x37, 3ft 6in-6ft depth). We very excitedly announced the news to our kids (6 and 3) on Christmas and everyone is so excited we can't stand it...