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Hey guys I just wanted to get some feedback on starting up new saltwater pool. What to do and what not to do. You should be able to find all my details in my signature. They are going to start filling my pool today. Questions I had: - when do you add salt - pool company is saying to put...

I've read through the SLAM method here and started it yesterday. Sounds great, added 4 lbs of CYA (level was zero before addition). Pool is 18,000 gallons, in ground, vinyl, sand filter 300 pounds, new pump is running 24/7. TC is 2, FC is 3 but should be increasing soon. I've been using...

Hi everybody! I’m Jen and I live in Kansas City. Our vet recommended that we swim with our dogs, as a couple of them have joint issues, so we bought them an Intex, 18 x 48 above ground pool. As we speak, it’s filling, and, I don’t love it so far. It really was awful to try and get the liner...

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...

I am doing a new pool build in Queen Creek (Southeast Phoenix), Its a 16 x 32 roman style, 6 ft deep in the middle, with a baja step - no spa. I used BYOP .net based in Mesa, worked with Roy for design and John for equipment. Made a few changes along the design path with no extra charges...

Hello! Our turn finally came, and our pool build is underway. We are going with a Latham Monaco (fiberglass) pool (16x40). We are a bit held up due to permitting issues. The pool was filled about 5 days ago, and is getting gross obviously. (Lots of trees around.) The autocover won’t get put on...

Good morning ☺ Can you help me better understand the plumbing mechanics of the pool? One morning when the pump first turned on it was sucking air because the weir was stuck (it was too wide on one side and had got stuck in the upright position. I have since removed the weir and filed that side...

Hello Everyone! I recently (like last night haha) purchased an Intex type pool. I have read tons of forums here and various places all over the web trying to learn all I need to know about the proper care of this pool. I see the Pool School tab here understandably puts these types of pools...

Hello, 1st time pool owner. The pool is a few years old and I am trying to get everything dialed in. Looking for any info/tips for maintenance and alternatives to my local Leslie's chemical. Would also be nice if anyone has any advice more specific to our area/climate near Alvin/Manvel/South...

Hi all! I'm new here. i am very much interested with pool cleaning services and to start one for my own as a business to be proud of. i find pool cleaning very satisfying (its like polishing a metal to a mirror finish). with a community like this where ideas and thoughts are shared & to be...

My hot tub just arrived after a super long wait with damage to the acrylic shell. Seems a fork lift hit it at some point. I was given the option of a return with new one to ship when available which I assume will take forever or a spot repair with some money back. What would you do? I’m...

We started planning our pool back in January and had a final design done within a couple weeks. Due to some issues with a land survey (long story), our dig date was scheduled and started on May 8th. Luckily for us we have a large enough back yard with very easy access so the excavation crew made...

I just bought a new house with a 16×30 in ground pool with a gas heater. However, I have never owned a pool before! We are ready top open the pool, but have no idea what we should do? The water is currently clear, what do we need to do to "open" it? What do we need to maintain it? Thanks for any...

Saw mention of this site on Reddit when I was doing some pool research. Happy I came across this jackpot of information! The wife and I are in the laborious process of gathering quotes for an inground pool at our new home which is being built. I'll get a thread going in the Under Construction...

Hello, I'm new to owning a pool and have frequented this forum for maintaining the pool after having an algae breakout. I've gotten a test kit and been trying to keep the right levels. I have been ignoring the pool and just running the SWG chlorine at a good level hoping it would run the pool...

Hello Everyone, I am fairly new to pool ownership. My wife and I bought a house last year that came with a 20x40 in-ground pool (approx. 37,000 gallons). It came with a Sta-Rite Cartridge Filter and a 3/4 HP Hayward pump. We experienced some difficulties getting our pool from green at open to...