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    Getting Ready for Rehab

    Hi everyone, So i opened the pool this year to a half empty mess, liner is toast. Its overdue for a new liner so that's this summers project. I'm getting ready to pull the old liner and sand the walls to get rid of the rust spots and hit it with some rustoleum. So i'm wondering who has done...
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    New robot, blue diamond (i think)

    Hi everyone, i am going to take the plunge this summer and get a robot cleaner. The reviews on these things are all over the map but i think i have decided on a Blue diamond, mostly because the warranty is two years longer than most other bots. I was wondering if folks here have actually had...
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    Opening a pool without a main drain....

    ok so for some reason my pool does not have a main drain. I just have a skimmer and two returns. The set up is (if you are standing in the middle of the deep end, rectangle 16x32) one return on the short deepend wall about 2-3' off the right wall approx 2-3' below average waterline. Another...
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    Switching to Salt

    Well this year I am going to make the switch to salt. After doing some research and going to pool school I decided on a CircuPool system, although its tough to find actual reviews from people who use these systems so any input from people here would be nice...
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    Trouble getting impeller off, hayword superpump

    Well i'm trying to get the impeller of my super pump to replace the shalf seal for the second time this year, and i can't seem to get the impeller off. I hold the shaft in the rear of the pump and try to rotate the impeller, which does rotate but does not loosen! I am turning it the right way...
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    pH and cloudy

    I've been think about something that i have noticed over the past couple of years when opeing my pool. I usually open to a mess, easily cleared with BBB, so what i usually do is drop the pH to around 7.2 to shock the Crud outa it and leave it around 7.2 until my CC FC holds overnight. THEN i...
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    lessons learned

    If you are using your shop vac to keep negative pressure on your liner during a re-fill……Keep an eye on it and don’t go to sleep :oops: …….NOT MY POOL (or former shop vac) thank god.