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Thank you for the response back. Also, thank you for the link I am aware. The unfortunate thing about it is I won't be able to take the pool cover off till at least spring time unless there is a really bad leak that requires me to do so, I am not going to be able to likely determine where the...

Does anyone have any idea what the dripping sound is? This morning I went outside and there is frost outside and some ice. Is it possible that it is condensation dripping off the bottom of the pool cover? Or is there a layer of ice on top or something and it is the sound of ice melting? This...

I know I am probably being pretty paranoid, but I am worried I have a leak again in my pool I had my pool resurfaced about 2.5 years ago. However, my solid safety cover filled up with water the other day because my pump broke leading to 2 straps to rip on my tension cover :( . Fortunately...

Actually it did I had the fiberglass guy fiberglass over them. There was one in the deep end and one in the shallow end. They had started leaking and the wires were corroded from this. It was more money to replace them and get new wires run than to just fiberglass over them. The resurfacing...

Thanks for the response. Sorry I meant blow the water out not suck. I have never seen the lakes or rivers freeze in my lifetime where I live. I believe my contractor was using these types of freeze plugs which is supposed to keep the pool skimmer from busting without draining the pool much if...

So, I have a question and I keep getting mixed answers. I was always told to drain my pool below my returns by many people. However, the pool contractor that I am using says I should not drain my pool at all. He said all I need to do is plug my returns and my skimmer baskets and that he has...

After 4 days of filling up pool with water again and an entire week of torrential rain I finally have my pool chemicals balanced again and just waiting for my custom pool cover to arrive and be installed! Here are some pics of the pool filled back up with water after the resurface. I now...

Thanks for the help I am typically very skeptical about running anything through the skimmer baskets, but I had read a thread on here and two of the members jasonlion and duraleigh seem to think broadcasting it through the skimmer was fine. I added it very slowly over like a period of 4 or 5...

Thanks, I did use granules so I guess I will wait about 1 week then. I actually added the granules through the skimmer basket so I don't think I will need to brush the bottom. Also, I will likely not turn the pump off much at all the leaves have starting falling and I need to keep the water...

We had a random warm day again above 80 here today and the free chlorine has dropped to zero. I finally got the stabilizer put in the pool with the cya level being zero the sun just sucked all the chlorine out since I did not have any stabilizer. I only added half the amount of stabilizer that...

I just saw that walmart actually carries a calcium hardness increaser would this be OK to use? It is available at my Walmart too. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Clorox-Pool-and-Spa-Calcium-Hardness-Increaser-5-lbs/41466047

My pool is about 38,000 gallons So I have tested and added chemicals last night Right now: FC=2 ph= 7.8 TA= 110 CH= 170 CYA=0 I still have to add stabilizer and I have some more liquid chlorine to raise the FC to the 3 to 4 range. I ran out of calcium chloride flakes I had a 50 lb bag. I...

Thanks for the response. My pool is still filling it should be done in a few hours I will take a test of my chemicals then. I just talked to my pool contractor yesterday I have a taylor kit and he told me to just look in the book that comes with it. It should tell me how much to add based on...

I had to entirely drain my pool because I had to get it resurfaced. My pool has a fiberglass gelcoat on it and it is about 38,000 gallons. I am using 10% liquid chlorine to close it. I have a 50lb bag of calcium chloride flakes and it is 77.7%. How much do I need to add if we are assuming...

No, there is no water in it right now. My contractor said that I need to wait till this Saturday before putting water back into the pool. He said it was okay if it rained in it, but not to totally refill it until then.

Thanks, yes it is very white! Actually yesterday I went outside to look at it and the sun was out and I couldn't even look at the pool it was so bright because the reflection off the pool was blinding me!

Thank you! Mocksville is in NC. Ha! the 11' deep end is both nice and bad at the same time. You can easily dive there, but because of it being 11' the pool is about 40,000 gallons. I run a salt system, so it takes about 30 bags of salt to start up the pool again now, plus the chemicals...

So my pool has been leaking I had been debating on whether or not to get the pool gelcoated or convert it to a liner pool. My pool is a 20ft by 40ft hybrid pool and the sides are fiberglass and the bottom is concrete. The deep end is 11ft. I ended up getting the fiberglass walls repaired and...

So, I finally got some good news yay! The pool contractor I am using got the people that I am sure he subcontracts to do the gelcoating and resurfacing on pools to give an exact quote. He originally thought it was going to run in the 8k to 10k range. However, he said after they looked at it...

Thanks for the suggestion on the pool coating. Believe it or not most of the quotes I have gotten on the liner have been cheaper or the same price for some reason that the gel coating costs. I would have thought the liner would have been more expensive but I have talked to 3 different pool...

Thanks, I wish I could find someone who new about fiberglass applicators. I may ask the guy to give me a quote for a vinyl liner conversion as well. I am starting to lean towards getting a vinyl liner put in instead. That way I do not have to deal with whether the gel coat is being applied...

I have a pool that needs to be resurfaced because of cracks in the bottom and the seams of the fiberglass walls are showing now. My entire pool has been painted in sherwin williams epoxy paint. I have a pool contractor coming out tomorrow and he said that he does not need to water blast the...

If I end up having to gelcoat the pool will I need to have it blasted first since the pool has been painted with epoxy?

Thanks for the response. The pool contractor I am using which has a very good reputation in the area where I am said yes I could install a vinyl liner but it would cost more than just gelcoating it and he did not recommend it. My thinking is though that it might be higher initially, but would...

The good news is I have no leak in the plumbing. I had a leak company come out and test the lines. My worst fear has come true though the pool has structural cracks in the bottom. It is also leaking from the seams where the fiberglass walls meet the bottom of the pool in multiple locations...

I think I may have possibly found the problem. My skimmer baskets had been plugged with freeze plugs, but I think one or both of my skimmer baskets must be leaking at a joint somewhere where they are put together. I am thinking this because they water appears to have stopped draining. The...

Well I plugged every hole in my entire pool with freeze plugs and it still leaking at the same rate. I lost an entire inch of water over night. I would guess this means I have a structural leak in the pool somewhere. It has pretty almost leaked entirely below the skimmer baskets so I am about...

Thanks for help. I will try this next if what I am currently doing does not work. First let me say that I plugged both skimmer baskets with freeze plugs and pool still leaked down over 1 inch in 1 day. So, I am pretty sure I can factor out the skimmer lines being where the leak is. I guess...

Thanks for the advice I think what you mentioned is a great idea. I am going to get 1 additional rubber plug that I need to plug the return line since the hole is stretched out and I cannot use the threads. I have another additional freeze plug that I can put into the other skimmer basket.

Thanks for the response. It is very difficult to determine because we bought this house about 1 year ago. At that time the dirt still gathered in the same area so it is not really a new area that is getting dirt now. We have always had a very slow leak since we purchased the house. I would...