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Hi All, I have been meaning to replace my old safety cover for sometime and now is the time to do it I believe. I have been using some soft covers last 3-4 years and there are some pros to those but I find it harder to remove the soft covers from the pool when there is a lot of leaves on it. So...

Hello All, I hope everyone is having a great summer and a pool season. I need some help with finding what I need to replace my leaking multi-port valve. I have replaced the spider gasket before and it helped only a bit but it is pretty old and other things are also falling apart on it so it is...

I have a leak right under the skimmer in my in-ground pool. It is where the bottom of the skimmer connects to schedule 40 2" PVC pipe. There is too much concrete around the bottom of the skimmer, so accessingand repairing it is not looking like an option. I was wondering if anyone found a...

Hello, I have two skimmers and one of them was leaking a bit and I was getting by with using just one of them. Now that one is also leaking, it was time to fix the problem. I believe when I was buying the house the pool inspector told me these skimmers have two lines coming to them and I can...

I have been successfully using BBB method for a while, but towards the end of last swimming season, I noticed some algae that I was not able to kill no matter how much I brushed and shocked. I think it is black algae. It has a waxy feel to it when you step on it. The problem is that the plaster...

Hello All, Currently I have black algae in my pool and they are holding on the little cracks in the shallow side of my plaster pool. Before I purchased the house, it seems like they drained the pool or lost lots of water during winter where the water was drained from the whole shallow area of...

Hello All, Last year I used BBB method the second part of the year and I was happy other than you know the bulky bleach containers. I removed the poolcover yesterday and was able to test the water today. I have not done anything yet other than testing. The water looks a little green but I can...

Hello all, I used my pool for two years so far and was able to manage it most of the time using chemicals and walmart bought test kits. This year I wanted to start here and get advice on how to manage it with BBB method. So far I only opened the cover and get the pump going. I took some water...

Hello all :wave: Last two days, I read a lot in this forum and found a lot of good information, so I decided to join. Shortly about myself: My name is Alper and I am from Istanbul, Turkey. I am married to a wondeful Missouri girl and recently had a baby boy. We are located in Lee's Summit...