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My season started off great (of course pool water was cool) - as things heated up I started to see a little cloudiness. I have 9 year old gunite/plaster pool. All chemicals balanced when opened in may - CYA 50, PH 7.6 - I don't have TA or CH handy but they were all good. I just replaced my...

I have a 1.5 hp Hayward super 2 pump. It started leaking last season and I can’t tell from where. I assume it is the shaft seal as it it is 9-10 years old. Should I bother replacing the seals, or just replace the entire unit? This pump runs my Paramount cleaning system. I am concerned if I only...

I started the season late, drain and fill due to new tile that I installed. Everything looks great, but the water is just slightly cloudy - i can see the main drain fine, but it just isn't crystal clear. My fill water is always high alkalinity so i spend every year working to get TA down, and...

I am re-tiling my pool (3rd time this has had to be done as first time the frostproof tile failed at being frost proof, and second time installer installed wrong) and so do it right, i am doing it myself. Gunite pool, plaster finish, old tile removed and surface is clean and flat (chipping and...

So, I drained and acid washed this year to remove scale, so I paid extra attention this year. Aerated for about a week, to get the TA down, then added a little bit of Bicarb to raise it. Currently TA is about 90-100, but PH rises every 2 days - I am guessing it is from my SWG. CA, CH...

I had a problem with calcium scale last year, but also had a problem with the glazing on my tile chipping so i decided to do an acid wash this year. I have a 20K gunite/plaster pool that is 4 years old. I have a feeling the scaling was due to my high pH as the CH seemed to be fine - but no...

Hi everyone, What is the recommended method for spanning the skimmer throat when using 4" wide coping? I used to build pools, but we used deck-o-form or the old cast coping pieces that were larger. I have seen references to a stainless steel skimmer bar - but I have never seen such a thing...

I thought i was an expert - built and serviced pools in my younger days, and have owned 2 in the past 10 years. My current pool is a SWG system (Hayward) and everything was dialed in perfect last year - pump ran about 7 hours at night and 2 hours during the day, chlorinator at 65%. This year...