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This will be the first year closing my pool, and due to how long it had been closed previously (possibly 10 years) the plugs were pretty badly damaged when we removed them. Total length is about 7.5 inches, both plugs are 1.75 inches diameter at the top (#9?). The spacer between them is 4...

New pool owner here... I'm in SE PA USA, we don't get super cold winters, but do spend a month or two with temperatures below freezing, and 0 degrees F isn't unheard of. We have a whole house generator, so ignoring the potential for a power failure that stops my pump, would there be a...

I've seen a lot of mention that a salt pool wants a higher CYA level of 70ish, but can't find any explanation of *why*. Is there a writeup somewhere that someone can point me to? It's a bit confusing to me, because it seems like CYA protects the chlorine, but also requires me to have more...

I bought a house with long abandoned pool that I've been restoring. One issue I have is that there were no skimmer baskets, and I'm not sure how to find the right baskets for my skimmers! I bought the baskets linked below, but they don't go down all the way into the skimmer, and I need to...

Bought a house last year with what looked like a write off of a pool. I was planning on just filling it in until a buddy who used to manage pools told me that it actually looked salvageable. Since then we drained and mucked out a pool that the neighbors say had been a swamp for almost 10 years...