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    Grout, mortar, or something else?

    I hope I’m posting in the right place. We have flagstone coping and some of the material between the stones is cracked. I chiseled out a line assuming it was grout but it seems much harder than any grout I’ve used (for tiles). If possible would someone be able to attempt to help me identify the...
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    Severed return jet line.

    We currently have a company demoing and re-pouring our concrete pool deck. In the process of putting down the form one of the young inexperienced guys drove a stake through our return jet line. After hearing a huge commotion, my wife went outside to see what was going on and the head guy asked...
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    Any idea what this pipe is for?

    I hope I’m posting in the right place. I’ve had this small PVC pipe sticking up out of the ground with a bent rubber hose (wrapped with copper wire) attached to some kind of valve. I never paid it much attention until today when trying to locate my water temp sensor. It’s been like this since we...
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    Metal stains, Algae, Mottling, or other?

    I'm a fairly new pool owner that I inherited from the previous homeowner and I've used this forum almost exclusively to learn as much as I can. There's a weird dark purplish discoloration on the pool walls and floor that I don't believe were there when we moved in 3 months ago. I rubbed a...
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    Low pressure.

    I'm a new pool owner and thanks to reading this forum I've been able to keep it's chemistry at ideal levels (so far). I've been trying to learn my pumping system as much as I can in my month long ownership but I'm still a complete novice. We had rare freezing temperatures here in New Orleans...