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I have a liner pool and plastic steps. All around steps is a strip that covers the liner that is sealed and screwed, then covered with a piece of coping. I have a few leaks around it and just need to redo the seal. Can anyone suggest the best sealant to use under the strip? TIA

Hi I'm in the Bay Area (CA) and currently building a backyard pool. The gunite was just done about a week ago and we've noticed that some brown liquid (possibly muddy water? but not sure) is seeping out of some of the return pipe holes. I've attached a picture of the current state of the pool...

I have what I believe to be a leak in the skimmer return. I have an in ground 20K gallon vinyl pool. I got about 13 years out of my liner and I'm having it replaced when it warms up in a month or so in Atlanta. Currently, my water level drops about an inch every two days. It stops dropping...

Hey all, It's looking like finally time to address the water loss in our beautiful 20,000 gallon mosaic tile lined indoor pool. What used to be a small water loss has started to approach a few inches a day (clearly too much). This leads us to the following options: Option 1 - Try and identify...

Hi there, happy Super Bowl Sunday! I’m re-posting this in the hopes that it will get seen by more eyes this time and maybe someone will have an answer or a fix for me! I have a 2008 Hot Springs Jetsetter that recently began leaking at the panel behind the Moto Massage seat. I have attached a...

Hi, recently went through a freeze and during the thaw, the plumbing line for my cleaner, which is plumbed on its own valve, sprung a leak. This is confirmed as when I bypass the booster pump, leak stops. Slow dribble with pool running and gushing water with booster pump on. The leaking water...

I'm in North Texas and when checking on the pool equipment during our freeze here I noticed that quite a bit of ice formed around the pool pump. I obviously have a leak, but I'm surprised how big it seems from the amount of ice that formed. I didn't notice much moisture around the pump when I...

I already replaced it with the “better quality” Seal (Chemical/Salt Resistant, P/N: 071732S) from the Seal Quick Kit (P/N: 356198) together with the rest of the o-rings and gasket, but I am very surprised this already happened, since I bought the pump (P/N: 011056) brand new last September...

I am a first time pool owner. I did research on pool builders in the area. Ultimately after many good reviews, though certainly not the cheapest, I selected what I thought to be a reputable builder. ***My concern is how picky should I be and where how should I put my foot down. Would love to...

Hi all, I have a patched area near the bottom of the pool. It extends down from the sidewall. The patch started deteriorating and cracked around August. Since it's near the bottom, I went ahead and used EZ patch FS on the cracked area and around it. It held well for about a week before it...

pump was on, water to pull was on to refill the level, saw this leakage. no idea what could cause it? definitely temperature has dropped quite a bit in last 4-5 days if that can help give a cue

I just discovered that my covered for winter 15x30 semi inground pool lost most of its water. The liner is over 8 years and I believe it's best to replace. I would like to hold out for spring to replace. If I brace the walls with cross beams (2x4) in (I shape) side to side, in multiple...

Bear with me, this is a question with a few parts. I understand that the "proper" solution to some of those parts might be to rip something out and start again. While I respect that opinion, that's not feasible for me at the moment, so I would appreciate other options, even if they are not...

Hello, new here, but thought it would be a good resource for me. I have a Pentair MasterTemp 250NA heater. Within the last couple of weeks, we have noticed a large puddle of rust-colored water/granules/material coming from underneath the heater. In emailing Pentair support, they said the leak is...

I just bought a home that has a Pool Frog System and the o-ring on the blue control dial has completely deteriorated and the blue control dial snapped as I tried to pull it out to inspect it. Now I have water that floods out every time I turn on the system to filter. Please see the pictures and...

I hired a leak detection company that detected a leak in the return lines without specifying where the leak might be. Their solution is to run new returns coming close to 10k after tax. I don't have this kind of money, and I also think it's unreasonable. I have a rather obvious area where the...

Hi everyone, I recently bought a house with a pool a month ago and have been super excited to get it up and running (first time pool owner). Unfortunately, it's been a rough string of events since we moved in with the pool. Ultimately, I'm looking for some advice/guidance on what's transpired...

Is it possible to patch a leak on my above-ground sand filter housing? Leak is at the seam of the outside wall of the sand filter where it tapers up and meets the valve. Thanks!

My pool is 2 years old and has had a leak for about a year. I GC’d it all and have learned many lessons along the way. I recently had a leak detection company out for the 2nd time. They tested all the plumbing and it all checked out. I had all of the waterline tile replaced lastyear due to a...

I just bought an intex SX2800 sand pump put it together and it’s leaking right where the pre filter meets the motor control. I have reassemble 3 times and it’s not getting any better or worse the O rings are in place and are in perfect condition. It seems to be missing an o ring maybe in the...

Since we bought our house 4 years ago, the Hayward sand filter had this really hard off white cement-like substance where the connection is. Just a week after opening the pool this year, a small leak sprung out. I’m guessing that when the previous owners had this patched with said substance...

Hi all. In ground pool owner for about 20 years... I now have a suction side leak (lots of bubbles coming in the filter basket from the return lines). I've tried all of the basic troubleshooting (smoke, shaving cream, lubing the o-rings on connections, new gasket for filter lid, etc...). What's...

Hi folks. Just thought I would share what turned out to be a multi-day PITA on a two year old pool with very hard prime, losing prime over night and an obvious suction air leak. I have 100ft uphill run to the equipment, so spring opening restart is never super fun, but this year, it took me two...

Hi Everyone, We just opened our pool for the first time today (20,500 in ground pool with SWCG). The company that opened had the skimmer valves closed due to low water levels. We filled it up and opened the valves but noticed we’re not getting any suction from the skimmer. I read about...

Hello TFP, I'm completely out of ideas on how to remedy air coming from one of the 6 return lines in my spa. This is the only return line with bubbles, and it is a small amount of fine bubbles that come out. If I turn the fitting off for that specific jet in the spa, the bubbles will relocate...

There is a crack in the threads where the valve screws in. So even if I put a plug, water still flows around it through the threads. How would one go about replacing this threaded plastic piece? I'm guessing it's under a lot of tile and concrete. I was thinking about trying epoxy on the threads...

OK I am struggling on finding where air is entering my system. A little background is I had to replace the the shaft seal on my Pentair Intelliflo VS. I followed it to the T, but now I am getting air in the system with no signs of water leaking. With no signs of water leaking makes me think...

Cleaning up my pool equipment area and was digging to put a new grade level yard drain in line with this flex hose drain pipe. Discovered this leak that appears to be coming from the return lines. I turned the pumps off and the flow rate didn't change, which makes me believe its on one of the...

Hi all! **Update** The leak I had in my pool is still persisting. We've had 2 different companies come out to check for the leak. - 1st one found no structural leak and said the return pipes held pressure. - 2nd one found no structural leak and said they found a small leak in the return pipes...

Hi! I've had a leak in my pool for a few months now. Finally gave up and had a leak detection company come out to get it checked out. While they didn't run all the tests possible test that day, they did suggest rerunning my bucket tests to get a more accurate picture before they start other...