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OK, so my pool has been out of commission for about 18 months. I JUST got it all fixed, painted and filled. Everything seems OK so far except water and bubbles are coming out of this valve. I always assumed this was a shut of valve for the return with a missing handle and I just want to make...

I am finishing up scraping and cleaning... I have paint prep cleaner (acid wash) , rough primer epoxy paint and epoxy top coat blue paint. The pool was painted with the same brand of paint in 2012. DuraSeal from Leslies. Bottom of my pool is concrete, top 3' is a fiberglass wrap. Previous...

My pool has needed re-painting for several years. It now has a lot of patches where the paint has chipped away and some dark squishy spots. I started draining the pool, it's not cooperating but I'll keep at it. ADVICE FOR PAINT? What's the best paint / epoxy for the money? I have an old...

I want to do a solar project for long term power outages but I would also like it to be some use year round. The perfect place is for pool filtration because I can directly run a pump from the solar panels without the need to store a lot of power in batteries, large inverters, etc.. I JUST got...

I got one of those automatic lurch around, mop head, pool cleaners and it came with no instructions. It's the first one I have ever owned or even seen working so I'm not sure what to do. The instructions were nothing but pictures on how to put it together. The only words at all on it were OFF...

Today I noticed the timer turned on the pump and the water started flowing and it makes a lot of gurgling noises at the pool for a few seconds then stops (this is normal as air bubbles out of the line, etc..) but today it did it again after a few minutes.... so I went out to the pump to check it...

I had a lot of trouble with this gray dirt building up rapidly on the pool floor last season. A few times I found little water bugs living happily in the pool even though the chlorine was good or a bit high. Sweeping the walls and floor make the pool very cloudy. I tried yellow out and...

Hi, I have an old looking pump, poorly installed with wires hanging out and this plastic and wood mickey moused cover to keep rain off of it I guess.... It's a 220v single speed motor attached to a STA-RITE Self Priming pump STA-RITE Model AT251001-01 Flotec U27-1220 220v 6.7amp .75KW HP 1...

Hi all I have a little experience with an above ground Intex inflatable in a northern climate. I just moved south... FAR south to Clearwater, FL. The house came with an in-ground kidney shaped pool. Ton of rain here so I quickly learned how to drain the pool then I cleaned the filter after...

Over the next few days I plan to set up a second pump for a solar panel. I want to T off before the sand filter and use a small cartridge filter pump to push water through the solar panels and then enter back in a second T after the sand filter. Is ther any problem with potential water...

I would like to set up a separate pump to pump water through the solar panels on my roof only when the sun is out. I have a temperature switch installed and working. I want to have my sand filter and SWG pump turn on by a schedule and not pump water through the solar panels when it's cool. I...

I ordered a new sand filter tank this year to replace my cracked unit. The instructions are terrible. Only one picture and it's not even my model. Questions. There is no markings for how high the sand should go and nothing in the directions. It's a 110 lb sand tank but I have no way of knowing...

Last year I made a sand area for an index above ground inflatable pool. It worked well but wasn't very flat. When setting up the pool it was impossible to keep flat when stepping in and around the pool. Before setting up again this year I am looking for any way to improve that if possible. Would...

So I got a standard inflatable Intex pool last year. It came with a single pump / filter unit. When I discovered the pump was not strong enough to pump water through a solar heater I ordered a larger sand filter and pump. The sand filter is toast after the winter :oops: .... can I use the...

So I got a new Intex sand filter middle of last summer. In the fall I read through the instructions for winterizing the unit several times and I don't believe I missed anything. I took the pump inside and stored it in the basement but the sand filter was far too heavy to move. Now that the...

Hello, So I decided on the easy-set 18' pool. I'm hoping to get 3 years out of it and then maybe upgrade to a hard pool if we still want one. I purchased a SWG also and I am planning on getting 1 or 2 of those solar water heating panels 2' x 20' black tubing and putting them on the roof of my...

I've been looking at Intex above ground pools and SWG. I'm not sure which type of pool I like best. The inflatable type looks like trouble but I haven't heard much bad about them. I like the look of them more than the lower end hard pools. My lawn is quite flat but I would certainly level it...

Hi, I just started researching pools and looking at UV systems when I ran some posts here. It sounds like UV isn't so great.... but does it help at all? I'm planning a smaller size above ground pool in northern new england. I've always disliked chlorine effects. I am also interested in the...