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    White sediment on pool floor

    High all for the first time in a few years I am having a lot of issues with my pool and need help. I have a 24ft x 52” round above ground pool. With a Hayward EC50 DE filter and Hayward PowerFlo MATRIX Pool Pump 1.5HP. To start this year I tried to use the cellulose filter media it was great...
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    Sodium bicarbonate and calcium chloride

    I need to raise both my alkalinity and hardness. I added my sodium bicarbonate at 10am this morning it is now 8 hours later is it too soon to adjust hardness with calcium chloride? Thank You for any help.
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    New 24’ pool liner installed

    I live in MA and It was warm above 70 since last week. I installed a new unibead liner on my 24’ round above ground pool on Tuesday it was 70-80 degrees that day. I filled 12 inches and let it sit. This morning I started filling more and got it to about 1/3 filled and stopped. The temp has...
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    Looking for a replacement pump and filter for my 24f above ground pool

    As title says I am looking for a replacement pump/filter for this coming pool season. When i bought my pool i got a sand filter it is about 4 years old now and I have notices the pressure has dropped considerably since i got it and i backwash weekly. I was thinking of going to a DE filter. I...
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    Possible liner leak??

    Hi All, Apologies in advanced as I am very new to owning a pool and I am sorry if any of this is basic knowledge. To start off I had an above ground pool installed last July 2017 and used it through August and then had the pool professionally closed as it was my first closing and i wanted to...
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    new member from Massachusetts

    Hi All, Names Tom and I am from Massachusetts. Growing up my parents always had a pool at first and above ground and then an in ground pool. Fast forward now that I have 2 young children I had an above ground pool installed last summer and this coming summer will be my first full year of a pool.