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Last year my husband and I bought a house with a pool. It is a vinyl liner pool installed in the mid-1970s. I've looked around and can find plenty of information on how often a pool liner needs replacing, but not much more about other issues that could potentially crop up when owning an older...

I got my TF-100 test kit in the mail today and went to town. I'm pretty sure I know what my next steps are supposed to be, but I figured I'd post here to make sure I'm not messing anything up. FC .5 CC .5 pH low... 6.8? Whatever the lowest color is on the test tube. It might even have been...

I just moved into a house with an inground vinyl lined pool. We paid someone to open it (I know, but I literally know nothing about pools), only to find that the pump was no longer functional. So we bought a new pump, a Hayward 1HP super pump. It was finally opened yesterday, now I have a few...

My husband and I recently bought a house with an in ground vinyl lined pool. We move next week. The pool has yet to be opened this summer. Is it worth it to open it basically just for the month of August (we're in New England, we won't be able to use it much after mid-September), or to leave it...