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Hello! A few days ago, my pump stopped coming on at the regularly scheduled time of 9:30am. My cleaner is set to come on at 10:30 am. There is a "Blocked System" alarm. I'm able to manually start it using the panel. I shut the power off, take the lid off the filter basket, put it back on...

Hello, I've been busy all weekend exchanging my pool water. I posted to my original thread last night here: My #'s Are Out of Whack and I Need Advice! but since I didn't get any responses there, I have to post here, but with an update. I continued with the water exchange overnight and estimate...

Hi all, I got complacent and relied upon my pool cleaning company for balancing my chemicals. Last weekend I found about 5 backswimmers in my pool, so I thought I was having a low chlorine issue. In addition to having my chemicals tested by my pool guy and taking a sample to a local pool company...

Hey there - I need some help. Tried to turn on my pool pump this evening to find that the breaker was tripped. So I reset it, turned it on, and it tried to engage but just wouldn't...shut off after about 10 seconds. It tried to come on a few more times, but it's not going to work. My app...

Hey All! After nearly 3 months from signing our contract, we finally had our dig on June 5th! The delay was just due to a little bit of rain that we had here in Texas. ;) The steel and plumbing are done, we passed our first inspection, and we're hoping for gunite by the end of the week. We...

Been doing a lot of research on this and I understand the differences between the two. But I am really surprised at how adamant PBs are that their chosen form of concrete is better than the other. One PB just told me that they switched from gunite to shotcrete about 5 years ago, and every pool...

We were just about to sign a contract with our chosen PB, only to find out that their lifetime warranty is not transferable, and this is not negotiable. I think it lessens the value of our asset if we had to sell and they buyer wouldn't benefit from the warranty. So, I checked with our 2nd...

Hello All! Very excited to be here, but very nervous to be starting this process to become a brand new pool owner. We've narrowed our PB search down to 2 we like; however one insists they will not build a pool without piers in our town, the other (who happens to be the oldest pool company in...