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We have an older pool that has paint in areas and is missing in other places (been about 10 years maybe since it was painted by the previous owners). It's an overwhelming opinion that the pool needs resurfaced. Exactly what is that? Will the paint be removed beforehand and do they add paint...

I have had to do 3 SLAM's so far and the algae just seems to come back after a few weeks. I have kept the FC levels up between 5-7 (my CYA is 30) to keep it higher than the target per advice from this forum. I take the pool brush to it every other day and run the filter at least 6-8 hours a...

Being a newbie to pools, I don't know what normal cleaning maintenance for a pool results should be, if dirt should show up after a brushing etc. I can't figure out why our pool is still so dirty. Our water is crystal clear, until I brush the pool or run the robot. After that it is cloudy and...

So I got my pool from a swamp to sparkling clean with the help of TFP and as a reward I purchased a Dolphin Nautilus Cleaner. I'm assuming it isn't normal for the pool to be cloudy once the cleaner is done? I put the cleaner in the pool, let the water bubbles time to get out and for the...

I've been suspicious for a bit about how much water I keep needing to add to the pool and now that I am not constantly backwashing, I can see it better. We lost over an 1 inch of water level (average 1/2 a night) last night and I left this morning to come back to the skimmers barely having...

So with the BBB method, how would you keep a pool that is in good shape maintained while on vacation for a weekend or a week?

We purchased a house located in Maryland in late December. By the time we go here, there was nothing we could do to better the pool and the tarp that was falling apart while attempting to keep the pool covered. We were told that the pool wasn't opened for 1 season and that it may need...