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    My Pool Has a Leak. Now What?

    How do I begin to fix this? How do I find the leak on the inside if the pool? We've had a cold spell the last few weeks and the water is way to cold to go in there. How long should a pool last before this happens? Was told this pool was 2 years old when I bought this house this winter...
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    Filter Pressure Getting too High, Low Flow

    My sand filter normally operated at around 14psi before I began adding 1/4 cup diatomaceous earth 2-4 times a day to clear cloudy water about 4 days ago. After about 8-10 hours after adding the DE (mixed in water and oiured into skimmer) the pressure would climb to 18 and then the circulation...
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    What would you do?

    My pool gets up to 76, 77 degrees in the day and then plumets at night. We're going to be using it a lot during the day now so I was wondering if putting the solar cover on only at night would help to reduce heat loss at all. Last time I put the solar cover on we developed green algea (it...
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    Rust? Brand? What is this thing?

    I just opened the above ground pool that came with the house I bought in February. I'd like to find out what brand and model the pool itself is. I've scoured every inch of the exterior and can't find any text other than the stanard no diving warnings placed every few feet. I did however...
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    How Are These Numbers?

    Taylor K2006 just arrived today. This evening's readings: FC: 4.2 ppm CC: .4 ppm PH: 7.6 TA: 170 CH: 110 CYA: 35 I still have a bit of haziness after killing off a green algea bloom last week, but the bottom is now visible, so the visibility threat is gone (yay)! A couple of questions...
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    Cloudy Water.....

    Hello! I am so glad to have found this amazing site! Prior to creating my account I found lots of great advice here when googling questions in a panic over the last two week, so thank you for that :) I just bought a house in February in North East Ohio that came with an 18' circular above...