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We are installing a vinyl liner ourselves. So far we have repaired the vermiculite, done a fine job on a coping repair :whoot: (which I will have to tell ya'll about - really smart thing my hubby did I think), and put the wall foam up (which I think was the hardest job of all, oddly enough)...

Re: Help! Ugg, totally confused now?? - ed. new liner progre Pool is drained... pretty uneventful, thankfully. We found that the pool is vermiculite and needs a lot of patching. It is covered with algae. Is that normal? I assume we need to clear up the algae for the patching to hold... how...

Thanks! Hubby tore into the pump and she was locked up. He put some serious pressure on her and she finally let go and started turning! Woo Hoo! One, of sooo many, solved!!

When attempting to drain the remaining water from our pool so that we could measure for a new liner (leak and total liner loss) we found our pump not working. It is humming, but not pulling water. It is a hayward 1 hp super pump. It did this last year and we replaced something :oops: well...

Re: Help! Ugg, totally confused now?? Suppose I drain to measure and then refill until we can do the replacement of the liner - is it mainly the floor that is the concern or the walls too? Any idea how much I would need to refill to be safe? (I guess that again depends on the ground water...

Re: Help! Ugg, totally confused now?? From what I can tell there is no water 3.5 ft from the top of the pool, but there is still about 5 ft of water in the pool so I can't see that far down. Our pool is grecian shaped with an odd concaved deep end, so I don't think we can get accurate...

Re: Help! Major Leak?? I have no idea what ground water level or water table level is! How do I figure that out? :) The water has drained to about 8 inches in the shallow end, so the leak doesn't seem to have anything to do with leaking return jets or skimmer. As said, there are no stairs or...

Need help w/ leak, new liner questions! I posted earlier today because we knew we had a leak somewhere as we had several feet of water loss over the winter while the pool was closed. We went ahead and took the cover off today to see if we could begin to see what was happening and we found two...

At the very end of the season last year I began to notice our pool was losing water pretty quickly. We were adding at least a couple of inches of water every day or two. This was with the pump running 24/7. We went ahead and closed the pool. Over the course of the winter (7 months) we have...

We have a Hayward S220 Sand Filter and have had to remove the sand to check for a problem with laterals and center pipe. We were concerned last year there wasn't enough sand when we put the new in (although I would have thought we put the right amount as we were putting new(: ) Anyway, we...

I posted earlier about something in the bottom of my pool. I first thought mustard algae, but that is not it. Numbers are good, no FC loss overnight, no cc. Deep end is slightly cloudy. I then started thinking it must be sand, but it is fine particles that seem too small for sand. After...

It is definitely not slimy. It is gritty, but fine and hard to get hold of. Yes we did the overnight test and had no FC loss.

Hi all! I have two questions: 1) My pool was doing great, but then it turned cloudy in the deep end and I'm not sure why. Maybe an algae bloom was beginning, but I was keeping my chlorine up. I have been checking cc and have had 0. also, I did the overnight test and had no overnight fc...

The bolts/jig could not be saved. There is not enough left sticking out of the concrete to attached another base. One pool store guy suggested we drill slightly behind the last bolts and put in bolts with claws that open up once they get under the concrete (sorry, I know those aren't the...

Our pool is several, well, many years old and so is the diving board. The base finally cracked and needs replaced. It is so old the bolts and nuts have rusted together. We are having a terrible time just removing the base. I believe it can be replaced with a La Mesa dive stand and matches...

Ah, pool is clear! :whoot: You were so right... it was just dead stuff, pollen, whatever. We did some vacuuming, brushing, let the dolphin run, AND put pantyhose in the skimmer! WOW... always wondered what the big deal was with the skimmer sock, but man what a difference! Thanks for all...

Ah, good point Poolmom!! :wink: :lol:

[attachment=1:3p79ro54]pool algae 1.jpg[/attachment:3p79ro54][attachment=0:3p79ro54]pool algae 2.jpg[/attachment:3p79ro54] Just a few things: I vacuumed the "stuff" to waste. Also, I was really hoping it was dirt, pollen, dead algae, etc... but, it was in the same spots when I closed last year...

Ok guys, I did really well utilizing what I've learned here and your wonderful advice :). After just a couple of days the pool was cloudy blue and then clear blue in another day or two... less than a week we were almost perfect. Here's my problem: I think what I have left is mustard algae...

Re: Newbie w/ swamp PS. I use the TF100 and my pool is 28,000 gal.

Hi, love the site! Used it last year with best season ever, though still have a lot to learn... obviously :? OK, we have a green swamp. Actually, when we uncovered yesterday, we could see the bottom of the deep end. After the water has gotten stirred we can no longer see the bottom of the...

Our pump quit so we have to replace... should we buy a 2 speed? Just wondering if anyone has used a 2 speed and has an opinion. Thanks!

The cya is current. What I meant was the level is high from the chems used last year. 80 is the current cya. And we do run our pump 24/7 anyway.

Hi folks, I have been attempting this BBB method this year and have saved so much money and have stayed pretty trouble free with our pool - best season ever! I have not mastered this yet, but as I said, it is much much improved. We had several days of rain and I did not maintain so now I have...