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Our contractor started replastering at the end of April. The replaster completed in May. Everyone agreed it wasn't a good job. A few weeks of an acid bath (no circulation, however), didn't improve things much. Contractor sub-bed out an acid wash, and the guys did a partial acid wash (pool was...

Hi All! Problem: Air in system Question/Theory: New multiport too small, creating too much suction head, causing air getting sucked in through valve body pieces? Background: Just replaced my old multiport due to internal damage. Couldn't find one of the same make, so bought a different brand...

Hey All: Any pros/cons, thoughts comparing threaded connections vs. slip connections for equipment plumbing? Threaded adds another place for leaks, but (with a union) allows for replacement without cutting. But, is the replacement aspect worth the risk of an extra leak place? Be well. AJGIII

Hey All Is it better to have a multiport and filter made by the same manufacturer? In my situation, I've an American Products filter with what was originally an Amer. Prod. multiport. The top of the multiport is now Pentair, but I'm replacing the whole thing and am wondering if I should get...

Hi All: Our pool is a Sylvan, built in 1988. Originally white with bullnose clay brick coping. Circa 2005, it was replastered to dark with paver type coping. We purchased the house in 2006. Since then, egg-shell cracking (20 this year) began and proliferated, and some plaster popped off. So we...

Our pool could be 20 years old, we understand the current plaster is about 9 - 10 years old. Blue plaster. Short question is: Can water chemistry cause egg-shell cracking/plaster pop offs. Here's the scenario: Two years ago, we had maybe half dozen egg-shell cracks. No real pattern. End of...

The pool closers I've used since moving in (2 yrs) use a winter algaecide called "On Guard" that I can't find for sale on the internet. It is a gallon liquid...I think the company puts in three gallons at fall closing, and instructions are to use one gallon again in Feb, Mar, April before...

Backround: I have a 30,000 gal in ground, blue plaster pool in North VA. Pool is about 20 yrs old, but we were told plaster is about 5 yrs old. Paver coping is intact as is water line tile and the joint between the coping and tile. Situation: I count about 14 places in the pool walls and...