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Hey ya'll! It has been forever since I was here, which is a great indicator of how well ya'll taught me. But.... my impeller recently broke. I replaced the impeller and the ceramic seals (and I was feeling pretty proud!) but when it all went back together it was obvious that I had burned up my...

If only there was big game running free in my back yard - my pool has turned into the perfect trap! Thanks to all the leaves my pool is in full camo mode.

I want to mount a 60 year old (ie - no more creosote) rail road tie to a wall - think barn beam mantle except on a wall rather than over a fireplace. It is an interior wall and I should have no impediments to the studs along all 8.5 foot length of the rail road tie. Initially I thought of...

As in, where does the spark of life for algae come from? My very sciency daughter asked me that over the weekend. I really didn't know the answer. I understand that contaminated equipment/pool toys could bring it in. But assuming that you are only in your own pool and don't have contamination...

About a month ago I decided to go ahead and salt my non-saltwater pool. I have a daughter with curly hair and I thought the softened water would be easier on it plus there are some lovely Irish complected ladies in my home and our skin is pretty sensitive. I thought I would review the process in...

I have friends that have been to my pool a number of times and have seen pictures on social media of my kids/my back yard/ random folks in my pool pretty regularly. They are close enough friends that if she needed help w her kids at 3am, she could call me and I would come. She has always joked...

I am generally a live and let live kind of person, and being in Texas we find a lot of bugs. As long as they aren't destructive, I tend to just relocate and move on. We got a LOT of rain the other day and I have been finding spiders non stop in my house. I think the flooding drove them in. I...

I cannot believe the amount of rain that I just got. It is still coming down, but the worst seems to be through. We are not set up for this kind of rain in my part of the country. Unfortunately I had a waterfall over my retaining wall and I ended up with water running into the pool. A lot. I...

I have been in my house for about a year and it seems that I have more dust than I should. I lived for many years in a humid environment with radiator heat and no ducts, so maybe this is just how it is. I think it may show up more quickly in this house because I have solid surface flooring - no...

I went out this morning to turn on the pool pump and it made a very unfortunate sound. Kind of something like a muffled squeal followed by a whirring grinding sound. I shut the thing right off, opened the inline skimmer basket thing (which had water in it) and took out the grass and rolly polly...

I allowed my kids to invite some friends over for a last day of school pool party. Most of them are kids that we know well but we had a couple of new names on the list. One of the moms sent back a note to me today saying that her daughter could come if we have a saltwater pool, but she is not...

Not even sure that this belongs in this forum, but it has to do with my filter. My filter is an older one and the fiberglass really bothers my skin when I touch it. I was doing some work on it today and I wore my gloves, but despite being careful I touched the cover with the inside of my arm and...

Recently had the pool sandblasted and replastered, so decided that I should give the filter a clean. I have done this before and never had a problem. DE filter. Took out the grids, cleaned them down just like the WONDERFUL tutorial here. Grids are in great shape, no tears, no fraying. When I put...

I know that sound like a dumb question. Recently I had the pool replastered and when they asked me if I wanted to keep the hook things that one would use to attach a safety rope, I said "no". We would never put up a rope separating the shallow from the deep. But... I did use one of those to...

Saw this on my local news feed. http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/Car-dives-into-backyard-swimming-pool-in-San-Antonio-256459191.html?c=n&fb=y&can=n

Thanks to everyone here who has held my hand with all my questions on a pool re-do. I bought a house with a late '80/early '90s cantilever deck Blue Haven built pool in DFW. When I put a bid on the house about a year ago the pool area looked like this (don't be jealous - lol!) When we got...

How did people come up with crazy ideas before the internet? My pool equipment and part of my septic equipment are just off the back of my house and easily visible to the back yard, patio, and pool. When I bought the house I had what was quite possibly the ugliest mess of fence and junk hiding...

Sorry- I hate to ask yet another question, but just when I think I have all my ducks in a row someone scares the whole flock. Cement guy that subs for pool co was here to look over some work that will need to be done during pool remodel. I talked about colors for cement work and showed him...

Oh my! So I went to look at a Maytronic M4 today... and they had the new Polaris P94 robots. I was intrigued when I saw the much larger debris basket in it since I have a tree that overhangs and grass near my pool. I was intrigued. And then the helpful sales guy told me that this robot does...

After a false start last year due to my daughter's health, I am more than ready to get the pool remodel underway. I have a bid that I would like to finalize Monday, but I just have a few things that I have concerns about. Could y'all take a look at the bid and see what y'all think? At the end I...

The forecast in the DFW area keeps getting worse. I am still a pool newbie. We don't winterize here, just let the pool run when it gets cold. They are now calling for lows in the teens, highs in the 20s and ice. Apparently a lot of ice. We are preparing to be without power as that looks like it...

This is the first fall I have spent in the house I purchased with a pool in the back yard. I have a lovely white oak tree that overhangs the pool and it has been the greatest blessing throughout the summer... now I am paying the piper. Acorns. I have been sick for the last couple of days and...

I have attempted to switch all of my adult beverage friends over to the adult capri sun type beverage pouches... but some days just call for a beer. I am usually a fan of frozen beer mugs but obviously I want to keep those and bottles away from the pool. I am not a fan of beer in cans and have...

I have a leak between my inline skimmer basket and my filter. Right where the water comes out of the pump. It was a little leaky when I bought the house, and has progressively gotten worse to the point that now I am having trouble getting a prime on the pump and I have constant air in the lines...

You might remember that I am in my first year of pool ownership and have asked a lot of questions here. I wanted to tell you all thank you. I have a funny story on me that will explain how much help you have all been. My daughters and I and assorted friends have been using our pool almost...

I am usually not the squeamish type of woman, but as of late I am about ready to claim helplessness and go shoe shopping. How often do you pull animals from your pool? In the last month aside from a crazy amount of huge bugs and spiders, I have pulled out countless frogs - 2 of them dead in the...

This may sound silly, but I am in Texas where water restrictions are already a way of life for this summer. I am in a sub division but in the country so we all have septic systems - obviously I am not going to pump pool water through the septic system. So the water would be guided to the bar...

Hopefully I am about to ask the world's most stupid question and I will get an answer right away. I don't know if this pipe is pool related, house related, or some kind of septic thing. I just closed on the house a couple of months ago. Standard 3 br 2 bath slab foundation (rare to find a...

:hammer: Not that ya'll can do anything about it, but I just wanted to complain. New to me house & as near as I can figure I am the first owner with kids in many many years. Over the weekend I laid 2 pallets of sod and in all that joy I had kids I don't know ringing the doorbell. I chased one...

This pool is making me feel stupid. Please remember I am a newbie and speak slowly to me. I have finally settled on a pool remodel company (hooray!) and am down to deciding on the last details. One of them is the pool light. Right now it is a 25 year old pool light that I am praying doesn't work...