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I didn't notice them until this week... But my deep end has a bunch of small leaf size dark brown rust colored marks... I thought they were piles of dirt or leaves at first... But scrubbing them with my brush did nothing to the marks. I am gonna run a full test of my water tomorrow in the AM...

So I had the pool plaster guy do the startup the first week... My test kit arrived end of the week but we went out of town for the weekend and I just tested the pool the following week for the first time. Our regular pool guy appeared to SKIP this week too... Complicating matters. The PH was...

I just had a brand new skimmer installed in my 1961 pool. When I was inspecting the tile job and the skimmer yesterday I noticed 3 hairline cracks in the housing... I can feel that its an actual crack. Is it normal to have a skimmer crack after installation? I haven't had a chance to talk to...

So progress on my pool is moving along quickly. After plaster removal one crack that runs from tile line halfway down the pool wall is visible. Our pool guy spoke of possibly needing to add staples to the crack. What's a good estimate of the cost and how effective is the staple fix? It is...

I have a large roughly 40x20 Lazy Ell shaped pool. I only have one light on the wall at the deep end of the pool. I am replacing the existing light and housing which burnt out a year ago. If I swap it out with an incandescent light can I easily upgrade to an LED light in the future by just...

I bought a home in Los Angeles in 2011 with a large roughly 20x40 1957 pool. We've since upgraded the pool pump/ DE Filter and above ground plumbing. Now it's time to re-plaster and re-tile. We also requested a quote to jack hammer out and replace the skimmer since it's got fist-size holes in...

I am fairly new to pool ownership and have been happy with my current pool service company over the past 3 years. They installed a new pool filter for me last summer at a fair price and with no problems. I recently discovered they also do re-surfacing... which our 1957 pool is great need of. I...