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I'm hoping folks can share how they discharge water when backwashing, vacuuming to waste or when closing a pool. We keep hearing from a neighbor, whose property grade is lower than ours, whenever we or a pool company discharge water. It's not like this is happening all the time, but at least a...

Several large tree limbs ripped through our cover and in-ground vinyl liner during a bad winter storm. The liner was shredded and needs to be replaced. The good news is that insurance will cover all of the work minus our deductible. I'm getting several estimates, but don't really know what I...

Just opened my my in-ground pool today. Probably the easiest opening in the four years we have been in this house. The good news is that I'm getting the best pressure I have ever had on the returns. Everything seems to be working correctly, BUT the pressure is super high -- around 50 psi, and...

My new SuperPump is enroute and should be here in a couple days. How hard is this to self-install? I'm not the most handy, but that's usually because I'm afraid of screwing something up and not because I actually do. It seems like all I need to do is shut off the breaker, cut the existing...

I was at the pool store returning some over-priced parts and had them test the water. Calcium hardness was 130 and they recommended adding 28 pounds of Hardness Plus. Based on what I've read here, it was my impression that I didn't need to worry about the calcium hardness level since I have a...

After finally getting a stubborn algae problem under control (I think) my pool is finally in good shape. As many other new members have learned, I underestimated how much bleach I would need and how much I would have to stay on top of the problem. Here's my new dilemma: The water looks great...

After reading the forums for a while, I've finally decided to switch over to the BBB method but have a few questions that might have been answered somewhere that I missed. Is there a difference in bleach brands? Clorox vs Target or Wal-Mart brands? Ones I was looking at all said 6 percent, so I...