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So, I have an 18,000 - ish gallon pool that was plastered a couple years ago. I have a salt system that seems as though its working. Unfortunately I have a "fruitless" pear tree hanging over my pool dropping a bumper crop of tiny sugary pears that sit on my pool bottom apparently feeding...

New plaster in Dallas beginning to show mottled appearance. I had the pool re-plastered last Labor day and am looking forward to finally using it for Memorial day. Unfortunately I noticed a not great trend as the mottling is showing up everywhere. Its hard for me to say exactly when this began...

So I have a Polaris 380 that works well enough but for whatever reason that I cant explain the Polaris quick connect that screws into the wall keeps coming out when I go to un-attach the Polaris. The whole thing comes out. The end of the Polaris hose quarter-turns into the quick fitting in the...

I once had a connection to get commercial grade pool equipment but sadly I have lost that connection. I have an old pool pole that has an internal cam which works every time seemingly forever to lock the two sections. I have an in ground play pool and the pole has served me well for 5 years...

So I have everything plumbed in and just need to run the electrical from my Intermatic to the SWG control panel. Electrical is not my thing. Im not sure what is my thing, but electrical is definitely NOT my thing. Ive taken a pic of the Intermatic box, and I think its fairly straight forward...

My white plaster inground pool has developed a bluish stain on one end. This could be due to a couple things I suppose. I am in the middle of converting to a SWG system. Just yesterday I cut out my 3" tab chlorinating stack and cut in a SWG. This involved a significant amount of purple primer...

Let me state from the outset that I'm not a pool pro, I have never installed a SWG system. I dont not have vast experience at reconfiguring existing pool plumbing, in fact I have none. I do realize that mine is not the most complicated case. I do realize that for a pool pro this is a...

So I have taken delivery of a SWG and need to cut it in to my existing plumbing. I have very little room to cut this in. I have a 3" chlorinating stack cut in the return line from the filter to the Jandy valve that directs it to various return eyes. This SWG will take its place (obviously) and...

Is there such a thing as slow set PVC glue? Everything at the big box stores sets very fast and I have a complicated glue in with schedule 40 I need to accomplish. A couple minutes would be great. Where can I find such a thing?

I have an 18,000 gallon inground pool with a 1 1/2 horse pump and a DE filter. Its a Gunite/plaster finish. I contacted a pool company who suggested a Pentair Ichlor30. I have zero experience with this and online found very few reviews of this system. Does anybody have this or any experience...

Preparing for another pool season in Dallas. I have a 18,000 gallon inground with only a stack chlorinator that uses the 3" pucks. I am looking at a pool ionizer. A copper anode is used to ionize the pool water to control algae. Found it at Sams, but am not at all familiar. Anybody use this...

I started using Algaedyn two years ago and was blown away by its effectiveness. It was so effective that the only reason I needed to chlorinate the water was for sanitizing it. I could let the chlorine level go to just about zero and there would be no hint of algae. Last year I repeated its use...

I didnt know what else to call the plastic cone that the filter sits on, so I'm calling it a stack. Obviously a newbie here. I went to change the spa's mineral insert that sits in the stack and noticed that sitting inside the stack was what appeared to be an old mineral insert. The instruction...

My 2 1/2 HP pool pump is leaking. I took apart the seal and cleaned everything, it appeared as though the electric motor housing and the water pump were not exactly in-line. Doesnt the seal kinda bring them in-line? Should I maybe loosen the pump to concrete mounting bolts while loosening the...

Like most here I have experimented with various chlorine products until finally I pretty much use liquid chlorine (Clorox bleach) purchased from Costco. This certainly does the job I need it to but the mountain of plastic bottles gets a little old. The first couple of years of owning an inground...

I am performing a filter cleaning on a Sta Rite s8d110 and have dissembled the grids. While doing this I managed to separate the interior PVC piping (yeah I couldnt believe it either) where it was glued to the filter grid upper support arm. The glue that is there is gray in color, can I just use...

I have an 18,000 gallon white plaster pool that I have teaken care of for the last 4 years. The pool came with the house and it was a foreclosure so I dont know how old the pool is but it does need replastering. Last fall a lot of leaves accumulated in the pool as well as other organic stuff (I...

I have a Polaris 360 that is 3 years old, this summer would be it's 4th year to sweep the pool, unfortunately it's DOA. It lays on its side at the bottom and doesnt move. The wheels kinda try to move, they rotate very slowly but not enough to move the unit when its in the water. I have replaced...

I hadnt used my pool light in forever so I tried it the other night and it wouldnt turn on, the GFI tripped as soon as I flipped the switch. Today I pulled the sealed unit (It was wet inside, so the seal was not working too well) from the pool wall and unsealed it. I dried it out, resealed it...