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My pool is ~17 years old. 40,000 gallon, 20x40 with a SWG and heater. Two skimmers and a floor drain; three return jets plus a slide. We've always gotten good circulation and efficient cleaning through the plumbing. Last year, the original pump went out. Our local pool company evaluated...

I have an Aqua Rite SWG that I believe is ~15 years old (pool was here when we bought the house). The previous owner mentioned in passing that they had some trouble with it, so they hadn't used it for a couple of years - just using liquid chlorine. Two years ago, I went ahead and installed a...

Not sure where to post this, so I thought this might be the spot... we've had trouble the past several years with ants in the fall (we live in Illinois). Clearly, we have several large ant colonies in our landscaping, and when the males become sexually mature late summer/early fall, they grow...

I'm not sure this is the right place to post this question - so please forgive me if I'm way off topic, but I thought I'd start here... the pool was ~15yrs old when we bought the house (inground). This summer, the handrails for the slide came loose/broke off - looks like the fasteners rusted...

I have very high TA and can't seem to knock it down. Here's some background. This is year 3 with our pool, but its 10 years old - we moved in late summer of 2019, so just the 2nd year of opening and full season. The previous owners had a Hayward SWG installed, but they turned it off a couple...

We bought our home late last summer (August) and enjoyed the 40,000-gallon inground pool for the last month of the season. I took the advice from previous owner and added ~1.5-2.0 gallons liquid chlorine every week, used slow-release tabs in skimmer, and also Arm & Hammer clarifying tabs...