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My pool was installed 9 years ago. It was and is my first pool, and while I educated myself on overall project cost, I just rolled with my contractor’s defaults in terms of decking, which was Kool Deck. I am fine with the Kool Deck, other than cleaning it. We have a large wooded lot, and we...

…or maybe not-so-weird to the more experienced hands here. Gunite pool, using Nature2 (yes, I know). Had this pool for almost ten years. The plaster and paint are mottled, to be sure, but the surface is still smooth and uniform. Within the last 24 hours, this stain appeared out of nowhere on...

I had my pool built back in 2013. I read up on them to make myself an educated buyer, but even then, I didn’t know what I didn’t know. So when I asked my contractor about a SWG, he dismissed it with the “corrosion” objection (we live in SE Louisiana). I wasn’t knowledgable enough to feel like...

Was wondering if anyone could recommend some sort of bug-proof outdoor storage solution for towels? We have several Suncast storage boxes for the cleaning robot, noodles, toys, etc., but is there anything designed to be sufficiently sealed to keep bugs out? I know you can buy storage...

My pool was installed in 2013 with plain old dove-grey marcite plaster. Over the years, the plaster color has become mottled and streaky, though I don’t know if it’s due to my water chemistry, or if the plaster hadn’t cured properly before the pool was filled or what. Regardless, it doesn’t...

And I have to say that the results are not that far off what what Leslie's reported in my last in-store test. Not sure if there's a way to display my test results from the app directly into a post, but here they are: FC 6.0 CC 0.5 pH 7.3 TA 70 CH 240 CYA 40 Temp 84F CH and pH are a little...

Our pool was installed back in '13, with a light tan Kool Deck perimeter around it. I've scrubbed the deck on a seasonal basis to keep it from getting slippery, but over time the little nooks and recessed areas of the Kool Deck stamping have collected a good amount of dirt, mold and mildew (I...

After six years, the booster pump for my pressure-side pool vacuum has died. The pool maintenance people I use have quoted me a price of $550 to replace. I don't have the specs on my existing pump handy, but I am just assuming for now that it is single-speed 3/4 hp. A quick search on Amazon...

My pool had some algae sticking to the walls, and I realized that I was long overdue to swap out the mineral cartridge on my Nature2. It was also time for me to clean my filter cartridges, as the pressure in the tank was getting too high. I figured both of those things together accounted for...

We have a pergola, approximately 8’x16’, at one end of our pool. It is where we keep our grill and outdoor dining table/chairs. We really like how it looks, but it provides very little shade, as we live in the Deep South and get a lot of direct overhead sunlight. Also, we live on a...

I have a lot of tall pines around my pool. My two skimmers catch a lot of the super long pine needles (7-10"), and my Legend collects at least a bagful of them each week. Once my five-year old Legend and/or my booster pump gives up the ghost (which I expect to be sooner rather than later), I...

I have been having issues with my Legend's backup valve, and I need a replacement. Is there any reason I can't use a Polaris valve as a replacement? Seems like they are self-contained units that depend just on the water flow and have nothing to do with the cleaner itself. Please and thank you!

I just replaced mine, but stupidly forgot to look at the orientation of my old valve before removing it. Just to make sure - the arrow on the top of the valve housing should be pointing toward the cleaner, correct? It seems that way, based on the location of the thrust port on the valve, but I...

I am colorblind, so I don’t do very well with the self-testing kits in distinguishing the colors. I have one of the digital kits on back-order on Amazon, so in the meantime, I took my water out to my local Leslie‘s for testing a few weeks back. The test showed normal levels for everything...

Pentair filter pump (five years old) was running just fine this morning. Then this afternoon, I noticed it stopped (timer is supposed to have it running until 6 p.m.). The breaker for the pump had tripped. I turned off the pump via the timer switch, flipped the breaker off and back on, and...

My Legend’s sweeper tail has a hole in it, causing the cleaner to constantly cast to the right and repeatedly get stuck. Duck tape has proven to be a poor patch job while I wait for my new tail to arrive. Is there any reason I cannot or should not just take the entire sweeper hose off and...

For a while now, the tail on my Kreepy Krauly Legend has not been sweeping. It is just being dragged "dead" behind the cleaner. The cleaner itself is still cleaning OK, so this isn't a huge issue, but I would like to get to the bottom of it, and am trying to pin down possible causes. My...

Had this thing for about four years. Recently, it keeps getting stuck on stairs, odd corners, or the hose coupling in the pool wall. I am wasting electricity having the cleaner pump running for two hours with the cleaner stuck in one place (unless I manually free it). And, of course, the pool...

Our pool is about four years old. Gunite, 16.5K gallons, Nature2. We live in southern Louisiana. We live on a heavily-wooded lot, with a lot of pine needles falling into the pool. However, up until about a year ago, so long as I performed the proper maintenance as scheduled, I never had any...

I need to clean my cartridge filters, and will be using the dishwasher detergent soak, followed by a muriatic acid dip. I have a 30-gal galvanized steel garbage can, but it's pretty gross. I was thinking about just lining it with a contractor bag, which I guess would be fine for the detergent...

In-ground gunite, 16.5k gallons, Nature2 system. Cleaner is a Pentair KK Legend. We have had the pool for almost four years. For the first three years, the cleaner has given us no trouble, but over the last several months, it seems to have gotten really bad about getting stuck on steps...