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I am in Houston, Texas and have not yet had any winters below 30 degrees for a while. I did not keep the pump running when the temperature dropped to below 30 last night. This morning the pump decided to quit. It appears that the capacitor is working fine. Not sure what else I can try to ge t...

Hi all, I really need some inputs on my pool project here. I drained the pool earlier in January with the hope to get the pool project done by February. But I never get the chance to finish it up due to my work schedule. I will have to leave the pool due to travel arrangements and return in...

I am working on retile the water-line tiles of my old pool and found a section of the old coping needs some reinforcement. However several of those copings were broken when I chiseled off the mortar. I am wondering what might be the best way to replace those broken copings as most places that I...

All, I have been thinking about replacing missing tiles in my old pool > 15 yrs for quite a while yet I am not sure whether I am getting the right information to get the job started. Can someone help with the following questions? a. What is the type of mortar or thinset to use? I know...

My pool is having water leaking issue since we purchased the house in Spring. It is getting worse as time goes by and I have tried to replace the gasket for multivalve to save water from draining down through the valve. It appears to have nothing to do with the leak. I am planning to drain the...

It's getting much cooler in TX recently and I am considering to close my pool, drain the water, and paint the pool since the old plaster is worn. Yet my water level keeps falling recently - I had an original pump station with a Pentair multivalve that lasted for 20 yrs. I replaced the gasket...

Dear forum members, I am having issues locating a new replacement for my timer motor # Intermatic WG-433-3. It looks that all my local stores do not carry this model any more. I am wondering what might be a good alternative timer for this model? Thanks!

Hi all, I am running into a dilemma these couple days with DE. Initially my pump ran at high pressures and I backwashed several times and added around 50-75% DE after backwash. After several times, I start to notice DE in the pool. Tried to use Polaris to stir the water and hand pump but it...

I am running into an issue with my pump priming this past couple weeks. It is a 25,000 gallon plaster based pool with a 2.5 HP pump & 60 Sq. Ft. DE based filter. The filter's pressure kept on high so I have manually washed the grid for several times and eventually ended up buying a new set of...