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I asked for help with opening last year but I ended up using a pool company so I apologize if I'm asking the same question. I don't think I can screw up anything too badly with opening vs. closing but want to be sure I'm doing it right. I had a pool company close my pool and they put plugs...

I’m going to attempt to attach a link to video of my pool pump. Just opened the pool today and I noticed some water pooling under the pump. It seems water is escaping from the black collar above the pump. It’s more noticeable when the pump is priming and running at a higher speed. I’m going to...

I'm thinking of opening my pool myself this year. I have a pool company close it and I believe they use a "gizmo" in the skimmer end and blow the water out of the plumbing lines. Is opening as simple as removing the safety cover, pulling out the gizmo, and putting everything back like return...

Tested my water this morning at 9:00am and FC was 5.2. Had 3 kids and two adults in the pool for 3 hours or so. Tested water again at 5:00 and it was .4. Tested it again to be sure and again it was .4. I did add some stabilizer, calcium carbonate, and salt this morning as well. No clue why...

Not sure how to add a video but here’s two pictures. Lots of small particles moving towards the skimmer end of the pool. Pool seemed cloudier than usual today. Cleaned my cartridges this morning with comb hose attachment and pressure on gauge went from 12 to 9 psi. Just checked about 12 hours...

Only my second season with my pool and hoping for an extra set of eyes on my pool test numbers and some reassurance to make sure I’m good. Had a party yesterday and added some liquid pool shock overnight. Cleaned cartridge filters this morning and tested using Taylor test kit. Here are my...

My cartridge filter pressure runs at 10psi when clean. I noticed it was at 14psi this morning so I cleaned out the skimmer sock and pump basket. When I turned the pump on and bled the air it went back to 14psi. I tried bleeding the air again this time longer (10 seconds or so) and it dropped to...

New pool owner deciding on what type of safety cover to buy. We got some information from our pool builder about GLI safety covers. They offer mesh, solid or solid with a mesh screen in the middle. Leaning more towards solid to reduce my chances of algae in the spring. Does a solid safety cover...

How long have cartridge filters gone before cleaning? I have a new pool that has been used for about 2 months now. The psi was at 10 initially and is at 11 now. I do use skimmer socks and clean them every other day or so. Is it possible I won’t have to clean the cartridges during the first year...

I have a new pool and i'm trying to work out all of my pool equipment. I have a Jandy VS FloPro pump with its own timer built in. The electrician who set everything up also installed an external timer not realizing the pump had its own timer. My question is how do i get my SWG to turn on and...

This probably gets asked a lot and I’m sorry but here goes. I have a new fiberglass pool and the surrounding area is still dirt. No concrete walkway yet either. I’ve been getting what appears to be dirt (see pictures) collect in the same spots. When I touch it sometimes it’s gritty and feels...

My install keeps getting more and more worrisome. First a possible leak, next a wall bowed outward and now a crack. I noticed this white strip near the bottom of a ledge in our shallow end from the surface. Too cold to get in the water to check it out. Looked like a glob of caulk or silicone...

Had a rectangular Latham fiberglass pool installed using cleaned and crushed stone to backfill. Pool water was put in as backfill was added. Walls were straight and everything looked good right after install. We just had 3 straight days of rain here outside Philly and there was a lot of settling...