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New pool built. Pool and spa are separate bodies of water. We have a salt cell system, pool and spa run at separate times of day. Pool water can go into spa but not vise versa. Lately we’ve been seeing this blue powder in the spa, my pool technician says it’s from the spa being over chlorinated.

This summer I had some wrinkles develop in my liner around our steps. Steps are steel frame with gravel / concrete poured in them. Steps were installed and liner was replaced 3 years ago. I am wondering what might cause the wrinkles and how they could be fixed.

I have an in ground pool and spa combo. I know my left pump is for the fountain, middle pump is filter pump and the right pump is the booster pump (picture attached) My spa has about 10 jets and some of them are sucking instead of jetting out. I noticed that some jets are also stronger than...

Hello, I have a 20x40 inground pool going in. Currently the walls have been put up, plumbing is done, concrete lock is poured and they are just finishing the floor today. I noticed the panels on the shallow end weren’t straight before the concrete was poured. The pool builder came out and said...

Hello, we just got a new unground pool.. I noticed these holes in the liner at the corners and a couple places where the coping is. They’re all the way through the liner. I asked the installer about it and he said this is normal and happens with all pools during install .. is this true? Will...

Hi folks, I am looking for some guidance in regards to fixing my inground pool. I noticed our pool was leaking and our pool liner was getting worn out so decided its time to fix things up. When i cut out the liner, i saw there were parts on the concrete that is black and deteriorating, and even...

Hello, I found this forum from googling about my problem, and not quite finding the answer I was looking for. I'll try to do this properly, so as not to frustrate those who want to help! I have a Pentair pool/spa that was installed somewhere around 2015/2016. We bought the house in 2018, and I...

Hi, I'm new to this site and new to having a pool. We have an 18x36 in ground pool. My husband tells me it's 24,000 gal. I know we have a "deep end" where the diving board is :sneaky: As you can see I'm really green and just trying to learn all I can. This pool was my husbands gift to me for...

Hello Everyone, We have an inground pool and certain sections of the white edging (not sure if that the correct term) needs to have cracks repaired and fainted areas painted. I don't know what the best way to repair/fill in the cracks (or) what kind of paint I should be using. I found the site...

I bought a house( in Wisconsin’s) a few years ago that had an in-ground pool (20x40’), one skimmer, 2 return lines, no main drain on the deep end, liner( maybe The previous owner abandon the main drain?), pretty simple set up. Over the past 3 years I’ve had return line issues (cracks) that...

This is after the excavation and install. Next steps are concrete collar, electrical, and plumbing.

This is after the excavation and install. Next steps are concrete collar, electrical, plumbing, backfill.

As is the case for many people here, we inherited our 12K gal. in-ground pool and everything that goes with it when we bought our house a couple of years ago. Over those two years, I've successfully eliminated the effects of most of the bad practices (floc, copper algaecide, sequestrant, etc.)...

Hi everyone! I am at the point where I will be installing my travertine coping. I have a question regarding the capped pipe(aerators) that I have currently that’s pointing strait up. The shotcrete guys etched a space for it and my plumber said that I need to set it prior to putting the coping...

HI! We are still making plans to build our first pool. We are now trying to decide between getting a gunite or vinyl liner pool. We are looking to get a tanning ledge and we were told that gunite would make more sense because of how easily vinyl can puncture with pets, chairs, etc. However...

All, I seem to be having a fairly common issue of the above pool spa draining into the pool when the pump is off. Water does not go below the return jets. I’ve checked the check valve on the spa return and it looks fine. Spring still works, O-rings intact. I moved both return and drain on the...

The construction of our new inground build was complete Memorial Day weekend. We got a terrible rain the entire weekend which left our backyard wet for about a week. About a week later we noticed the ground around our pool and spa still wet. After voicing our concern to our builder a Leak...

Hi! We open my in gorund pool this summer to find the plugs out of the jet and at the bottom of the pool...ugh. When the pump is not running we do not lose any water! When we turn the pump on after about 15 minutes we start seeing water bubbling out of a drainage grate on my pool patio a way...

I bought a house with an older inground grecian style pool. We have had no major problems up until 2 years ago when a crack formed in a wall behind the liner. It jutted out but didn't break the liner. The next year it was a little worse and a corner felt soft. The liner was still holding and we...

Hello all, We bought a house several years ago with what I assume is a buddy seat but I'm not sure of the correct name for it honestly. When I had the person over that had been servicing the pool he told me the buddy seat doesn't work. I had no idea what he meant by that. It has two return jets...

I just pulled back my winter over to find this huge liner rip in the side of the pool. Is this liner salvageable? Can I fix this or does it need to be replaced? Thanks.

Hi There, Hello from Toronto, Canada. I am looking to replace my pool equipment starting with my Sand Filter and my Hayward Super Pump (SP2607X10A). I have a very small kidney sized in ground pool 4000 USG (8 feet by 16 feet) that has 2 jets in the stairs (spa area) and 2 main jets. My pump...

Hello All, I am the 2nd owner of an in-ground pool/spa installed about 6 years ago. I wasn’t given too much information on the pool/spa from the previous owners. The pool is roughly 10,000 gallons and the spa is another 1,000 gallons. The main pump for the in-floor cleaning system also runs...

Hi everyone! Just recently found this sight and can't say enough about all the great info I have found! I am in the beginning phases of my inground pool/spa build (owner builder). First time doing this so I'm just learning as I go, that being said excuse my ignorance!? I am planning on doing my...