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There's an inlet or outlet in my pool whose function is a mystery to me. It's smack in the middle of the bottom of the pool, right where the shallow part starts to slope down into the deep end. It looks to be about 1.5" in diameter and is closed with a threaded PVC cap. It's pretty much flush...

I have a pool company open and close my pool, so I don't have direct experience with that process. Recently I came back from a trip to find my system gunked up with pollen, catkins, and stuff. In the process of de-gunking, my system lost its prime. Getting things restarted was *really* hard...

I probably throw away 60-80 gallon bleach jugs per season. Anybody know of any source in St. Louis for buying bulk bleach into carboys or other refillable containers? Thank you!

We just got some rain, and my water level is a bit over the top of my skimmers. Between a waterfall and sunlight, evaporation will take the level down in a couple of days. Other than the skimmers not skimming, is there a reason to lower the water level in the mean time? Thanks!

We finished pool construction last year right around Memorial Day, and we enjoyed our pool all last summer. The backyard mud-pit was a distant memory. But oddly enough, a funny issue with the construction popped up last month. It's all fixed now, but it makes a good story: We have a big...

My pool opened clean this year, happily enough. Over last winter, I had a pool guy come out, test, and add chlorine a couple of times. However, I'd prefer to be doing this myself. When he added chlorine, he dangled some sort of a pump into the pool for an hour to circulate the chemicals. Any...

Newbie question... hopefully plastering and starting to fill tomorrow... My new pool has "normal" deck and coping on three sides. The fourth side has an adjacent raised patio and planters. The side of the patio is a rough stone face that drops right down to the waterline tile. So there's no...

Hi folks-- I have a pool--my first--for which construction will probably be finished in a week or two. I've pretty much decided to build myself a liquid chlorine pump system, but I didn't settle on this until after the plumbing and equipment were complete. Reading through old Stenner threads...