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Howdy group. You have all been a great help for me to learn about pool chemistry and equipment, so I got another question. I had a pool company out today to service my pool heater. It's a typical Raypak style heater. I have been having issues with flakes of something coming out of my returns...

Need some help understanding why my liner is wrinkling pretty badly. It has several long wrinkles across the short side in the areas that slopes to the deep end. It also has wrinkles in the corners. We bought this house three years ago with the pool included and until this year the liner had...

Hey gang. My pool always has a bit of iron in it. I got it mostly under control, but over time I get a bit of staining on the pool steps, lights, jet fittings and skimmer area. Water looks great and has been running well for months with no issues. The last time I though I'd just use a tiny...

Hey group. We have a Master Spa, Clarity 7 we bought three years ago. We have not had many issues with it, other than forgetting to add chlorine when we don't use it (I need to look into a salt system). I just refilled the spa yesterday, did the normal line flush treatment, vacuumed it out...

Hey group. Hoping someone can check the advise I got from the pool company. We have an inground pool with a pool heater. The heater was making a squealing sound so I called out the pool maintenance company. They showed me that the pump was very hot to the touch and they opened up the heat...

I have an in ground pool in Ohio with a simple on off switch, heater, salt system. I’m thinking about getting a timer that will run the pump like 15 hrs a day instead of 24 to save on costs a bit. Of course I know there is a balance before having water quality issues. Are you all in fan of a...

Hey all, Last two years I had a company open the pool up, but they never dealt with the iron in our water. This year I'd like to do it myself to get it right. We have high iron in our pool from prior years. Last year we had it filled from a truck that supposedly has no iron, but I'm not...

Help. I have an inground pool and a MasterSpa hot tub. I've never had any issues with keeping good water in my hot tub, until recently. My hot tub water is super cloudy, like milk white cloudy. I tried to increase the FC level for a while thinking it was some algae bloom. I tried to reduce...

Howdy all, You guys helped me a bunch last year so I'm following your advice again. We opened our pool May 2nd. I have an autocover but use a safety cover in the winter, which was a good thing as I had a leak this winter that would have destroyed the autocover. When we opened the pool it...

Hello all. I am in Ohio and have an inground liner pool with two in wall pool lights. Last year we had a leak issue and had American Leak Detection out to figure out the problem. They sealed the two return jets in the stairwell and they used butyl tape and two part epoxy to stop a leak in...

Hello, just went on a week vacation and returned to low water. The water dropped 2.25 inches over a 9 day period. We have an auto cover and the pool was covered. I had the filter on 24/7, the heater set to 75 and the SWG set to 35%. FC on my return was 13. Does that sound like too much for...

Hello, I unfortunately have high iron water. I’ve used various products that heave help bind up the iron and produce a clear pool, but going forward I’d like to not add any more phosphates to the water if I can help it. any idea of what products actually work for iron but don’t contain phosphates?

Need help figuring out a solution to DIY fix these steps. This is an i ground vinyl liner pool with corner steps. Steps feel very solid overall. This is the corner of the step next to the short side edge on the shallow end. I have an auto pool cover and the aluminum edge (you can see it in the...

Hello all, Thank you in advance for the help. I've been reading on here to get some information as a new pool owner, but I cannot figure out my issue. I purchased a home with a 16x32 inground vinyl pool with an auto cover. Pool company estimated it at 18,000 gallons. I had a company come...