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It's been a few years since I looked into pumps, but my 1.5HP Hayward Super Pump (C48L2N134B1, single speed, service factor 1.0, rpm 3450) is making "I am about to go" noises. I looked for the replacement, but it seems it is discontinued. There are separate motors that I can buy, but replacing...

I had a company come out last year and caulk the tile line. they removed the old caulk and applied a new one this year it is already almost gone, and of course it does not really help the concrete right above the tile. I'd like to understand what I can do to do it right, they (the company)...

Used to use shock power from Leslie's, but this year want to take the wisdom of this forum and try the liquid chlorine instead. I have a couple of questions: 1. Would this: Amazon.com: Wholesale CASE of 10 - KIK Custom Prod. PureBright Germicidal Bleach-Pure Bright Ultra Bleach, 1 Gal, White...

I have a TF-100 test kit that is year and a half old. It looks like some of the reagents are off, since I retested my water at the pool store + using my friend's new TF-100 test kit and the CH (for example) in my test is 150 ppm off. What is the lifespan of this test kit, i.e. how long are the...

I had my pool replastered last year, and after opening this year it had scaling issues. I lower CH since then. When closing this year I read different opinions on this forum on whether a scaling free solution is needed during winterizing. I understand that if there are no known scaling issues +...

I have several small holes in a solid cover. It mostly troublesome in winter when there is a lot of snow / pressure, water leaks out and becomes ice which cuts through the cover even more. I'd like to patch it. I read some people do it with duct tape, but it does not seem reliable (I could be...

Just opened the pool that was replastered in spring last year, and noticed yellow stains on the stairs: http://imgur.com/a/AJ5c1 Tried brushing it without much success. what could I use to remove these? Thank you.

I've been using Dolphin Nautilus pool cleaner for a couple of years now. But this year I noticed that one of the tracks started to come off and damage the rolls and the blue sweeps: On the picture I almost put it back where it should be but you can see the damaged "white roll" and the "blue...

Using the intel from this forum ( :super: thank you! ) I closed the pool today. Of course doing it for the first time left some doubts whether I did everything correctly, so I'd like to confirm a couple of things. 1. I used this air compressor: the way it works, it has two gauges: one for...

Concrete inground plastered pool. TF-100 TFTestkit FC 10 ppm CC .5 ppm TC 10.5 ppm CYA 35 ppm CH 675 ppm TA 140 ppm PH 7.7 ppm Pool was re plastered in April this year (i.e. 4 months ago). A couple of weeks ago I started noticing strange black stains: Looks like it...