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I'm trying to open our pool by myself this year. (A decision I increasingly regret.) Had some issues with the pump, but did get it up and running. Backwashing the filter was fine. But when I turned the handle on the filter to the regular "filter" setting, water began GUSHING out from the...

Hello! I'm attempting to open our salt water pool on my own this year. (I'm reminded of the old joke about the lawyer who defends himself having a fool for a client.) Anyway, I THINK I have covered all the preliminaries. Cover off. Filled up pool to the appropriate level. Installed filter...

Hey folks! While taking the cover off our in-ground SW pool yesterday and getting it ready to open, I was horrified to discover that the salt cell was plugged in, and the trouble lights were flashing away as they obviously had been ALL WINTER. (We live in British Columbia, where winters are...

Our winter pool cover is heavy duty vinyl (like the liner itself) and it has an edging that fits tightly into the coping of our pool liner/deck. I believe it's called a "lock-in" cover. The fellow who put it on for us in past years is no longer in town, so we have a new pool company. Long story...

Okay, it's been a month now since we discovered our pool had turned into a swamp. Using the guidance in pool school and elsewhere on the board, we've been nursing it back to health ever since. I must admit: We live in Canada and have not been able to purchase either of the test kits the board...