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Was with Trouble Free Pool before, but then we got rid of our above ground pool cause kids got older and didn't swim much anymore. But I'm back because I am now a grandma and our first grandbaby will be 1 next month and they live with us and want something fun to do during these super hot days...

Plugged it in and turned the switch to "on" and nothing. Dead. No hum, nothing. Someone on another page told me to check the impeller. I stuck my hand into the hole, but I only feel a small round knobby thing that doesn't move. Is the ball part supposed to move or what exactly am I supposed...

A friend filled in their inground pool and gave me half of a huge bucket of Pacific Clear Trichlor 3" tablets. I just ran out of bleach and thought I'd ask here first if I could use them or not. We have an above ground pool, vinyl liner, metal sides. Could I put one or two in a floater? Will...

Hubby was going to mow around the pool and went to unplug the pump and when he did, the plug end part stayed in the outlet! Please tell me I can just replace the cord somehow? Would hate to have to replace the whole pump/filter because of one cord. Its only like 4 years old.

Yesterday I went to turn on our pump so I could shock the pool to get it ready to close up for the season since no one is using it. Its been off for about a week with the mild temps. When I turned the switch on...the motor sounded like it was a hum...very slow. It was taking the water in to...

The hose that runs from the filter to the return port are dripping and driving me crazy. Hubby even changed out the hose with a new one and its still dripping, worse now than before. The problem with the other hose was that after a couple day, the hose would pop off the return then water...

We'll be gone for 4 days in July. What do I need to do to my pool so I dont come home to a swamp?

Here is the pool we bought off craigslist for 350.00 plus the cost of a new liner off ebay for 100.00. Its an 18ft round.

Pool finished filling yesterday and after treating...I got my first set of numbers today. FC 4 CC .5 PH 7.4 TA 130 CH 300 CYA 50 I need to get my CH down a little I guess? I used well water to fill and its hard out here. PH could come down a little too. What is the norm for TA and CH...

Okay, there is about 12-18" of water in the pool. Bottom of the verticals are screwed on. Trying to put on the top rails now..but as we're going along...we have to move the legs over a bit to get the holes to line up for the top rail and they begin looking slanted. What gives? We can't...

We got the wall up tonite and laid the foam sheets and coping. Tomorrow morning we'll lay out the liner to install, and get the vertical and top rail on. Can we say FUN in this 90+ degree heat?????

Finally got the ground all leveled out...patio stones all buried...track laid out. We knew we were missing a base plate yesterday, but figured it was in the barn in the box with the other parts. So we bring out the trailer with all the styrofoam sheets, lay them out and sweat our rears off in...

do you lay it out then lay the track on top and cut? do you lay the track down and then put them in? do you put the wall up and install them with the wall up? I couldn't find pics or instructions how to do it? want to lay them today.

Has anyone ever just used the existing area from a previous pool to set up a metal wall pool that had sand for the base? We live in south texas, solid black hard dirt and our 24ft intex ultra frame had a good sand base. We went out and leveled it off and my brother said to just install in on...

I've seen some buy and use some sort of foam or styrofoam insulation to use as padding under the liner. I THOUGHT I read someone bought a pink kind. Don't quote me on that. Where do you buy it at? Or whats the name of it? Is this cheaper than a gorilla pad? Was thinking about getting some...

Well, I got tired of waiting for hubby to get started taking down the old ultra frame...so I helped him out...I put on my rubber boots and took a butcher knife and enjoyed myself when I sliced a giant sliced down the side of it to drain it! hahaha Heres the old pool that came down as of...

Since hubby is taking so long and we've had things going on on the weekends to get started prepping the area to put up the new "used" pool we bought...I'm beginning to have second thoughts. Can he and I really prep the area and get the pool put up just us two? It seems like so much more work...

when we set up the new to us pool....can we just use an industrial extension cord for our pump like we did the last 4 years with the intex? We have a hayward pump/de filter and never had a problem with it. Hubby just unplugs it and rolls it up when its time to mow.

We bought a used Atlantic Prestige metal wall pool. Its 18x52. Hubby and I are planning on doing it ourselves for the leveling and then having my brother and a couple of friends help set it up. But wondered what is the average cost of hiring someone to do the leveling and set up? And where...

Bought a Prestige model 18'x52" metal sided pool, complete with ladder, sand filter, 1HP pump, skimmer, and automatic cleaner for 350.00! Still has 5 years left on the 10 year warranty too. They bought it from atlanticpoolproducts.com. We'll be tearing down our old 24'x52" intex pool that...

Need to get my CYA up...I'm noting it as 0 since I can still see the black dot and its full to the top. I just poured stabilizer into a stocking and hung it next to the return jet...but I still need to brush and shock...is this the best way to get it into the pool? I don't want to put it into...

where on here can I order the refills for the testing kit?

We got the water sparkling clear in our intex pool...but there are several...LOTS of spots on the bottom where there are little dips..I guess where sand has sunken in and the liner lays into the sunken part, and algae is clinging to it for dear life. Also, it stayed green for so long thru...

I tested the water before adding my bleach this morning. Haven't added stabilizer yet. All I have on hand is the granule stabilizer, not liquid. I added in 7 of the big size bleach bottles..I think they were 182oz each. I may have done overkill on the bleach. I checked the pool calculator...

We seem to have hardened algae(green) around the bottom edges of the liner. I have brushed it over and over and it just doesn't come loose. I rubbed it with my foot and it feels hardened..like rough and like it calcified to the liner? Can that happen if you don't brush it when it forms? We...

Here are my current numbers: FC 1.5 CC .5 pH 7.5 TA 160 CH 440 CYA 20 I know I need to lower my TA, CH and up my CYA. CYA is coming up slowly as the number was lower a few days ago. I'll post a pic of my pool water in a bit. I bought 19 (96oz) bottles of bleach. Think that will be enough...

I finally got the sleeve nut in and put it on. topped off the pool and started it up. Hums like a bee! Added the 5lbs of DE powder. Everything is good. Noticed a little drip where the motor connects to the filter, but no problem, just tighten up. Went inside for a while, came back out and...

We put a good layer of sand down to level the area and then the blue tarp on top. walking around in the pool today brushing it...I felt a couple of dips when running the push broom along the bottom. Used my foot to feel and there are good sized cracks in the ground under the pool. Will this...

Our pool is 1/2 filled with water. We stored the DE filter and the pump over the winter. But due to some bad storms over the winter...I guess it cause algae to start. My question is this. Should we go ahead and fill the pool the rest of the way up with water, connect the pump and filter and...

I think its called the belly clamp? Not sure...its the metal ring that attaches to the outside to keep the lid on to the body. There is two washers, a spring, and a nut that you have to tighten to get the ring on nice and tight. Well, I took it all apart last summer when I cleaned out the...