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We are first time pool owners and are struggling to completely clear our pool. I’m working on going through Pool School but I wanted to see if anyone could help with our current situation. Is this dead algae or living algae? We had a pool service come out yesterday and within hours there were...

My father passed away and he used to take care of the pool matinence. I did very little matinence to the pool but now I’m going to do it fully. I’m not sure how to use the pool vacuum. I know to plug the hose into the skimmer but that’s about it. Can anyone help me figure out how to use the...

Hi all! I'm a new pool owner and with the help of this site, have been successful in opening and maintaining the pool all summer long. Closing the pool, however... has intimidated the heck out of me, and honestly I've been procrastinating it. I was going to use this long holiday weekend to try...

(CANADA - QUEBEC) Hello friends, I have been the owner of an in-ground pool for about a week now and I have to close the pool for the winter. I have hired an expert to show me the ropes in 1 week, but they require me to empty the pool 6 inches below the water returns (2). I first emptied the...

I just recently moved into a home with a fiberglass pool and have been learning to maintain the pool levels but something I've been struggling with is what feels like a white powder on the walls and bottom. The powder feels chalky and smooth on the walls and it can be rubbed off by hand and...

Hey crew, LONG time listener, first time caller. We bought our house in 2021 with a 30 year old pool and I’ve learned a TON on this forum since and I’m so thankful for all of your contributions! I’ve been meaning to make a post about my pool testing but a new issue arrived today that’s higher...

Hello all! I have been looking through the forums on this site for days, and I’m at my wits end. I am the sole maintenance person for our family’s inexpensive (now I realize that in pool ownership there is no such thing) store bought above ground pool. It’s a summer waves 16’ x 48’. I made the...

I have noticed that the edges on the bottom of my above ground pool are starting to turn green, and around the pool there are little clumps of green dust I am assuming it is algea. What should I do to stop this?

The liner on my pool has been dropping pieces of rust into the water that are sharp and small. I have tried to vacuum them countless times and they are spread all over the floor of the pool. We covered up the rusted liner but it keeps deteriorating. They are so hard to get rid of does anyone...

Hi everyone, Long story short I've inherited my first pool (new house purchase), have read through TFP Pool School articles, purchased the Clear Choice Labs Total Salt Water Pool Test Kit (nearest Australian equivalent to the TF-100), and got excited for my first testing session. Well I've...

Hello everyone, I had left the cover on my pool off for 2 days and because of how bad the pollen season has been it has basically infected my pool. I’m feeling so defeated because I’m facing a number of issues. I had paid someone (reputable and well known) to open up the pool as it was in our...

Hi all, I have a relatively new pool owner. Have had it for about 2 years. I do my own chemistry and up until last year (2023) my pool was perfectly fine. This last winter the pool got a bit more dirtier than usual and upon opening this summer I have had a many issues and have spent more money...

Hey there!! I have an intex 15x48 stock c1000 pump and the delux skinmer. Pool is full of water, got the pump on. The return (blowing water) is great. I bought the skimmer put it on and there is no suction now. Do i plug an intake? Yes i installed the skimmer correctly. It’s about an inch half...

Hello! Newbie here! My backyard is currently gravel… would it be okay to lay artificial grass on top of that, then a tarp, then the AGP? Or do I need to clear all gravel?

hello, thank you in advanced as i mentioned I'm a new pool owner and looking for some help with my package choice this is the configuration that i consider : https://www.thepoolfactory.com/pages/customizer?pid=saltwater-5000-18x33x52-oval-pool&uuid=NjYwNjQ0ZTAxN2UwOQ%3D%3D 18'x33'x52"...

Last Thursday morning, we had a regular pool & fountain maintenance guy. We were thinking of switching the maintenance company because of how they charge us is so random & additionally charge us for frequent filter cleaning & adding more salt etc, which we didn’t experience with another company...

I recently noticed black slippery im guessing black mold in my pool skimmers on back side cleaned it off dauring the summer 3 times but it keeps comming back ive tried shock,scrubbing my pool line which there is none at least visable ,backwashed 4 times im thinking since we had mega rain fall...

This morning, I went to do my regular backwash. The worst mistake of my life. The pool has been working fine all season, except at the beggining where I also couldnt prime it and the company who built my pool came to prime it for me with a secondary pump that hooked up to the skimmer. After i...

New owner of an existing pool. Bought as is. 2019 build. I have 2 lights. 1 - 10" colorlogic LPCUS11050, 1 - 2" colorlogic 320 (spa light, not yet removed, tackling one problem at a time). The spa light does not work at all. The LPC gets power, comes on but very dim...not sure if it was ever...

Help! I tried posting this in a pool maintenance Facebook group about 10 hours ago, but it still hasn’t been approved, so I’m asking you guys. We had our pool covered for about 5 days because the weather got crummy and we had torrential downpours. I also didn’t feel well so I didn’t go out to...

Hi all, I'm still learning about pool maintenance and planning to use SLAM next year. For now, I'm working with what I've got. It's almost mid-August, and I'm wondering if it's worth tackling the persistent yellow algae before reopening the pool. My pool got hit with algae after weeks of...

Good day I recently purchased a home with a pool. Problem I’m having is that i didn’t notice the remote to the system was missing. I have Jandy Rs system and I need the remote to kick the pump into the second cycle. It has an IAquaLink 2.0 system and I need advice into which is the replacement...

Opened my inground pool a week ago and have had nothing but problems. It is concrete with a vinyl liner. This is our first season with the pool and we have zero experience. It had a huge algae bloom right off and it has been a struggle to get chemicals in balance. Algae is dead now but...

Edit: thanks for feedback, raised concerns with contractor and hes updating it all

Hello all! I have a dead light and I am pretty sure I also have a leak in my light line conduit, so before I open the pool I was going to seal it off with permaseal. When I went to replace the light I noticed I ordered the wrong size light for my niche, however the light does come with...

Hello, 28k-30k gallon vinyl pool My test results from this morning are at the bottom. I added 3 pounds of cal-hypo last night and tested this morning. I didn't see any change in chlorine levels, and my pH went DOWN which I thought was odd. Calcium went up 10ppm from last test about a week...

Hi pool fam! I have an above ground 12' vinyl pool with a SWG. Background For the last 2 months, it's been too hot, so we haven't been vacuuming or brushing the pool. We also haven't been swimming in the pool. The pool has been staying at 10 FC. The pool accumulated 2 piles of leaves, and most...

Hello, After a fire I am trying to identify the parts. What is this part on the left of the sand filter? It was on the return line. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am trying to determine what lights are installed in my pool. They do not work and I can not seem to unscrew them. They hook up to a small box for power and nothing else, so they don't seem to be fiber based. I can't locate anything similar online to find out how to remove the light. The glass...

We upgraded this year to an intex 16x32. We opted to have the ground leveled professionally since we historically have not been great at it. We started to fill the pool after they “leveled” and it was over 6 inches off. They can back and reveled….by building up sand. They moved the pool back...