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Yes, I'm girding my loins and going in there. Pool shell provider told me it was a structural risk. I need to dig down and pack it in. Wish me luck.

Yes, fibreglass. No deck and coping yet. Haven't installed the bond beam. However, digging down would be difficult - the backfill is crusher dust and cement, and a lot of it has set hard in clumps.

Hi folks. Doing a DIY pool install. We have a bench running the full length of the pool. I've noticed a small area (maybe two feet by a few inches) halfway along that feels hollow underfoot compared with the rest of the bench. I'm assuming I didn't pack the backfill in enough. Does anyone know...

Had the pump running on medium all night. This morning it was still running fine but there was an inch of air in the top of the pump basket. And when I released the valve on top of the filter there was a bit of air in there. The pressure gauge says zero, but water is circulating. Does this all...

Thanks Matt. So, basically, I should just run it on medium and high?

Thanks ajw. On low speed it's much more than a bubble - it looks like the water is barely above the intake pipe. When you say "does not lose prime" what do you mean, exactly - do you mean lose water out of the basket altogether?

I am doing a DIY pool install. I have installed a pump 1 metre above water level. Astral 320xt. With an Astral cartridge filter and chlorinator. When pump has been on high speed for a while, the basket is pretty much full of water, bar the a few tiny bubbles whizzing around. On medium speed...