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    Good sized rust spot on the inside of my pool wall, what can I do?

    I'm replacing the liner on my about 18 year old above ground pool and came across this nasty rust spot. It looks like it was taped over before the previous liner was installed and it just got worse. In fact, the last liner was extremely thin where the rust spot was even though the liner just...
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    Big rip in vinyl liner, not sure what to do for winter.

    I have a 10k galloon above ground pool with a vinyl liner. When I was vacuuming it today the liner ripped between the ground and the pool wall, and a lot of water came gushing out. So far I out a towel over the about 8 inch rip in the liner. I wanted to winterize it tomorrow, but now that it's...
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    Filter drain question

    This might be a silly question, but I have a Hayward DE Perflex Filter for my above ground pool and it has a drain at the bottom of the filter. I know that it's used for when I clean the filter by draining out all of the old DE and recharging it. But is it okay to use the drain to lower the...
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    Diverter Valve Leak

    I have an above ground pool (about 10k gallons) and a Hayward DE Filter. The water that comes out of the filter goes through a diverter valve because I have two returns on my pool, one at the top and bottom. The left connection on the diverter valve (that goes to the heater) has a slight crack...
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    Pool heater won't stay lit

    I have a Hayward H150FDN natural gas pool heater and when I went to turn it on after a few minutes the heater gives me an IF error code and won't stay lit. After looking it up the error code means ignition failure. I can smell gas when the heater tries to fire up so I assume the gas pressure is...
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    Black algae problem

    I have an above ground pool, 10,000 gallons with a vinyl liner and I think I have black algae or something living underneath the liner. The problem started when the pool was opened and it was completely green and dirty. So I figured I would start completely fresh by emptying the pool and...