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Hey Forum, Last year I posted about a hairline crack with rust on my deep-end bench. I ended up mushing some pool putty over that spot and it has 'resolved' (hidden?) the rust. This year, another bubbling rust spot about the size of a quarter showed up smack in the middle of the shallow end...

I've got a propane heater and a solar blanket on my 33kgal pool in the Philly area. I've always shied away from bringing the water up to temp until the peak summer months (like sustained highs around 85) for fear of the heating cost, but I'm wondering if it would actually be as bad as I'm...

Hey TFP -- at pool closing in the fall, I had CH of 450 and salt around 3400. This year at opening, my CH is reading 350 and the salt is down to 2000 -- is this plausible?? I have a 33k gallon pool and we didn't get a ton of rain this winter; I have a hard time believing a third of the water...

I just had my expansion joint professionally re-caulked with gray sikaflex and a sand coating on top. There was one spot with a sink-hole and the crew came back to patch it. The first patch was horribly sloppy and the crew came out to re-do it. It's a bit better than it was, but it sticks out...

I'm looking into getting the caulk between my concrete decking and the coping redone. It doesn't *sound* like a particularly challenging/technical DIY sort of project, but I'm having a hard time getting a pulse on just how labor intensive it is (especially removal of the old stuff). Can anyone...

While opening up the pool this season, I discovered a rust stain which appears to be coming from a hairline crack along the front edge of a bench/shelf in my deep end: From what I can tell online, I either need some $10 magic underwater goo, or I need to sign the deed of my house over to the...