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This is our third season and we have the metal coil that sits in the bottom of the pump strainer housing, under the basket. It has a piece of metal coming out the drain hole and that is attached to both sides of the copper that runs around the pool. The O ring on the drain plug is cracked and...

We had the pool installed by a professional in 2019. In 2020 I busted the hose it came with so bought a Gorilla 2" hose b/c that's what seemed to be the most popular size? I don't actually remember why. But it was WAY to big for the piece of piping the installer had siliconed onto the backwash...

There is something seriously wrong with my pool. I've been SLAMing it for two weeks now and I can't figure out what the problem is. Started b/c I was getting brown build up daily along the folds and such in the liner. Initial stats: FC: 5 CC:0 PH: 7.2 TA: 70 CYA: 60 NOW: FC: 14.5 CC:0.5 PH...

These were my numbers prior to the SLAM yesterday at 8am FC: 5 CC: 0 PH: 7.2 TA: 70 CYA: 60 I vacuumed around mid day, and was able to monitor the SLAM well. Normal psi is 13/14 and I decided to add DE. Took about 2 cups to raise it to just over the 14 mark. By morning it was at 20. I tried...

I keep getting a lot of dirt spots on the floor of our pool. For most of the summer it's taken a few days for them to show up, but this week after vacuuming they're back the next day it seemed. We've had tiny summer storms, but nothing more than a few minutes and no trees super close. Lots of...

The pool is technically opened, in that I've filled it up, pump is running, and water is clear (thanks TFP!). We didn't take the cover off immediately because we were having a tree removed and I wanted it down first. It's now gone, but it's going to be cool and rainy the next week. Water is...

Last year was our first year and the installer set everything up. I took lots of pictures when I closed up in the fall to make sure I was doing everything right. Now that the pool's been refilled, I've got a few leaks. A.The hose attached to the skimmer has a bit of water coming up out of it...

We closed a bit early and did a round of the poly60 recommended here. I haven't taken the temp of the pool water yet but I am a bit worried it'll start rising. I'm in Missouri, so still have had some 30 degree nights, but that looks like the past now. I don't necessarily want to open right now...

We just finished winterizing and that included removing most of the sand into 5 gal buckets with plans to deep clean in the spring before putting it back in. We felt most comfortable moving everything inside so it had to be emptied out. First, my sand looks VASTLY different than the sand in the...

We have the solid cover that came with the pool on. We put two tubes in and hung jugs of water around to keep it on. We didn't tighten it too much because we were unsure. Went away for a week and came home to this. Should we tighten as much as we can? Leave some slack? DH is going to get a...

1. Do I remove the skimmer? There are 4 screws on the inside of the pool that seem like it'd be easy enough to take off. But I'm not sure if that's a good idea. Or do I just put the cover over it, like in the pics? 2. On the hose from the pump to the filter, I remove this, right? It was just...

We bought a 1/3 hp submersible pump to drain under the 4-6 inches under the return for winter. The box says 1920gal/hr. It's been nearly 24 hours and has moved barely an inch I'd say. Obviously the hose is going pretty high up to get out of the pool, it's stretched to its max b/c we're draining...

I plan on blowing up 2-4 inner tubes and using them to create a runoff system of sorts to prevent heavy water retain-age on the winter cover. Then I plan on tying bleach bottles to the eyelets to keep it weighted down. Any suggestions on what kind of rope to use or ideas/hacks on how to make...

We finally got our pool through a SLAM and got it looking great. But for various reasons, we're done using it for the season though it's too early temp wise to close it. I currently have a leaf cover on it b/c our oak tree is beginning to drop leaves and acorns like crazy. We were out of town...

I'm in the middle of a SLAM and having to maintain very high FC due to high CYA. I was at 140 for quite a few days, so targeting 55. I checked after work and FC was 51, so I added enough to bring it to 55 around 4pm. Then tested around 6pm and it was 56. Great. But I tested again around 10pm...

I'm slamming with high numbers to make sure any algae is gone before closing up for the winter. My CYA is super high, 140, but draining weeks prior to closing wasn't optimal so I chose to heighten FC. I was able to keep it in the 40s all week and started to SLAM yesterday pm. Easily got to 55...

I have the regular hose and head that came with my pool and I also bought an "auto" suction vac. Both work fine and I'm happy with their performance (I'm sure MANY would be better, but at this point, I don't know what I'm missing). However, every time I "plug" them in to my skimmer, I lose prime...

We'll be putting up a tv next spring under our covered deck. It'll be in an area that won't get hit with either wind or rain, and we plan on building a moveable brace for it as well. Basically it'll sit up against the roof when not being used. We'll bring it in for the winter months. True...

I pulled our ladder last night and noticed that it massively increased the circulation of our pool, at least on the surface. Prior to finding TFP, I had asked our pool store about sediment on the floor and she said maybe our circulation wasn't that great, so to move the jet a bit. I did some...

We got a new 24ft pool installed in June. Been battling something since. We do have a massive tree that covers most of it and we've also had a very stormy summer. At this point, I can vacuum daily and the next day the floor is covered in a layer of "dust". It's very easy to brush and move...

So, we've decked around about 1/3 of our pool (not finished in these pictures). We'll be putting up something to block the area next to the stairs and there will be railings on the sides. The part directly over the pool is the "cannonball deck" for the kids. I REALLY wanted to fully deck the...