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I've had my pool for a few years now and one thing my family cant figure out is what this little hole on the side of the skimmer mouth is for. I personaly think it might be so you can let water out in heavy rainfall but water just runs down the steel side and under the liner. Would this not...

I've had it with backwash hoses. Every time I backwash there's a new hole in the hose. After going through three hoses this season alone, I purchased a 1 1/2" lay flat reinforced hose meant for an agriculture pump. Rigged up a steel nipple to the waste hole on the filter and attached a 90...

For some reason there is a hole with a rubber plug in the upper right hand corner of my skimmer's mouth. I don't know what purpose this hole serves. Has anyone seen anything like this before? My skimmer looks like this one hole is in the upper right hand corner with a rubber plug. Side view

Ok I'm not sure where I should post this but I am have a problem with gypsy moths right now and they are pooping in my pool. It's not only gross but leaves stains all over the resin ledge and keeps collecting in the bottom of the pool throwing off the chemistry and it's just gross to swim in a...

So for the past couple weeks my chlorine levels have been abysmal no matter how many tabs I put in. I shocked a week ago and chlorine was better next day. Fast forward 3 days and the level is back at 0. I put 10 tabs in the chlorinater set it at it's highest setting and put another 3 in the...

Do closing kits such as the bioguard closing kit expire or lose their effectiveness? I have a unused closing kit that has been stored in the garage for about 10 years. Is this still good or is it no good anymore? Garage is insulated and not damp.

Hi all, So an ongoing debate in my family revolves around skimmer flappers weather or not they are needed. My family who live with me believes that they require a flapper so that when the pump is off the Crud stays in the basket and doesn't float out and helps direct it into the bucket. My...

I'm not new to pools but am fairly new to automatic chlorinators. My pool came with a Nature2 chlorinator and it does a decent job but I have a few questions about it. Amount of tabs My pool takes about three tabs of chlorine a week, the instructions on this chlorinator say it holds about a...

I have been lurking for a while and just joined today. Had an aboveground pool installed in May. Had one 10 years ago too so not totally new to them. One of my cats loves water and trys to swim in the pool that's where my username comes from.