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I wonder what would have happened if you did put new sand in, and then ran the system. Not that I recommend it--smelly messy, job! We have (properly? I think!) maintained a sand filter for 40+ years. The sand we replaced around the 30 yr mark did not significantly change the pool function in...

Yeah, sometimes it's good to live with it for awhile and gather more info before investing in a reno. I wouldn't trade my "ugly" pool for the on-going $6000 expense (my neighbour) and hassle of replacing a vinyl liner every 5-7 years. The old gunnite pools are deeper, you have more traction...

My gunnite is very old, so we live with the mottled look. I wouldn't recommend painting it. The paint is expensive and needs to cure for many, many days. If you let the paint cure properly, you risk the gunnite becoming too dry and cracking off the walls. If you don't let the paint cure...

My kids took lessons for about 5 years with all the neighbourhood buddies in a friend's pool. During those years, we had bouts with two skin infections, impetigo and molluscum contagiosum. (After comparing notes with the Mommy Collective we're relatively sure our kids got molluscum from the...

We have always used Calcium Chloride as a foliar nutrient to spray our orchard: Dow makes one product but there are also cheaper/alternate brands. You may be able to find it in fruit growing or even greenhouse growing areas. In Canada, it is not a registered chemical so I suspect anyone could...