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Well, I woke up to a very serious problem this morning. My vinyl pool liner has developed a split at the bottom of the deep end of the pool and all of the water is draining out. Our liner is 10 years old and I was cleaning leaves out of it yesterday afternoon and I must have started the tear...

It's been a long time since I've posted anything in the forums thanks to being a BBB person for the last 10 years or so. However, I am in the middle of bringing my numbers back up after treating for metal stains with ascorbic acid and I have a question. My current alkalinity is sitting at 70...

I’ve been opening and closing my own pool for about 12 years (since I became a Trouble Free Pool member) and have never had any real issues except when I left water in a line and cracked a valve last year (in my notes section below). I want to share my method and would be interested in seeing if...

I haven’t had to reach out to my TFP friends for quite some time, but I’m in a bit of a mess and not sure how to get out of it! I just went through the process of opening my 26,000 gallon vinyl lined in-ground pool over the weekend and when I opened everything up and turned on the pump, one of...

I thought I would easily be able to Google up an answer to this but had no luck. It’s been a while since I posted a question last but I know the great folks here will have an answer for me. :D It’s about the sizing of expansion freeze plugs. I have noticed that freeze plugs are distinguished...

Working on my Hayward pump. Came home a couple of days ago and the pump wasn't working - just humming. Today I removed the pump from the wet end and fired it up and it works just fine. Put it back and it doesn't. Does this mean that the impeller is broken? I didn't really want to take it off...

Here’s my situation. I currently have a Hayward SP2610X15 1.5 HP pump and a Hayward DE4800 filter. I replaced the pump two years ago (with the same model) when the original pump died and I came home today and the motor has frozen up on the pump. I need to get a new pump ASAP as the pool is open...

I am a huge fam of this site and a lifetime supporter. I bought a house with an inground pool six years ago and I think I spent more money trying to figure it out the first year than I have the last 5, mostly thanks to this site. I don't visit as often as I used to since the BBB method works so...

Hi, All! I have an inground vinyl lined pool with a very old liner that needs replacing. However: 1. I can'r really afford it right now 2. I haven't been able to find anyone in my area that does this work despite searching like crazy. My problem is the tear in the liner on the side of the...

I have an inground pool with a significant tear in the wall of the vinyl just about at skimmer level. The truth of the matter is that the liner is very old and needs to be replaced. I actually saved up the money over the winter to do just that then I was downsized from my job and now that 5K I...

Hi, All When I moved into this house five years ago and inherited the in-ground vinyl lined pool, I knew it was in pretty poor shape then (about 10 yrs old at the time) and would have to be replaced soon. A split in the vinyl finally occurred a couple of weeks and I now have to face the...

Actually, two questions! 1. Every post I see about how much DE to put in a filter references the DE scoops available that hold 1 lb of DE. I have one of these scoops and it says (on the botom of the scoop) that one scoop should be used for each 5 sq.ft. of filter surface. I have a Hayward 4800...

I need some advice. I am trying to open my pool and I first tested the CYA and pH. I have a FAS-DPD kit I bought from Leslie’s Pool (before I could get a kit through TFP!) last year, so the chemicals are about 10 months old. When I tested my CYA, I got no reading (black dot never...

Hi, everyone I’ve been lurking around here for a couple of years since I bought a house with an in ground pool and have learned so much which I have to thank everyone for! I think I spent at least twice what I needed to the first year of ownership before I found TFP. I have a DE filter...

I live in Virginia and purchased a house with an in ground vinyl lined pool 3 years ago. I love this site and only wish I had found it before this year - I would have saved myself a ton of money and aggravation while learning about pool maintenance! I came across the PoolForum site first, but...