old pool

Hey all, I became a pool owner last year and have quickly turned into a full-blown pool nerd — and a TFP evangelist. 🤓 With the size of our pool, I couldn’t help but feel like the flow was just too dang low. I wanted to share my experience doing some pad-side plumbing upgrades this past week...

Update to my previous thread: I have removed the cover from my pool. I have learned more about the history of the pool; built around 1990 then closed and not used at all until about 2010, used for a few seasons then closed and covered until I removed the cover last week. I added 3 new photos...

Hello hello! My mom sent me to you all and sent me a TFP Pool Testing Kit when we moved into a house and inherited an old vinyl pool that had major issues. I have a few questions for those who know things about pool filters and pool chemistries with this kind of pool. Background: When we moved...

Sorry for the lengthy post… So we had some trouble getting our pool clear last year but after some struggle we got to a level that was swimmable, but not as clear as I would have liked. We ended up having our pump completely serviced changing out seal, o-rings, cleaning impeller, etc. Seemed to...

Our inground pool with a vinyl liner was built 40 years ago. I just bought the house in 2020 and I have a lot to learn. We recently noticed some cracks in our stairs. There are bubbles and the bubbles soar to be cracking and multiplying. I keep reading that replacing the stairs would be a...

I'm in the process of purchasing my grandparents house with an in ground pool with a vinyl liner circa 1975 ish. About 5 years ago, my grandfather closed/covered the pool because he didn't want to take care of it any more. Unfortunately, he passed away so I have very little knowledge of the...

My wife and I just bought a new house 3 weeks ago. The house was built in 1984 and I assume the pool light might be from the same era. Its a Pentair series 78352X, 78353X - 12 volt, and uses two 2-pronged light bulbs. I've switched the old halogen bulbs with LED ones, but it is still not bright...

Hi everyone, I am just wondering how old your pump was before you replaced it? Did you ever fix it first before replacement? For reference we are in Ontario Canada and our pool season is only about 5 months. Our current setup is an old 1980 18x36 pool with 8ft deep end, 1.5" piping two jets...

Hi all we just bought a home, not a very expensive one but its from the 1930s and concrete so everything is really expensive to do including running wire. That said we blew our budget on unforeseen electrical issues but still have this old concrete pool to deal with now. It is not bonded and...

We just bought a 1980 house that has a pool that I’m trying to learn how to manage. Previous owners used chlorine tabs and occasionally shock tabs strictly based on appearance (don’t think water was ever tested). I would like to do TFP and transition off their old way of pool maintenance but I’m...

This will be our 2nd year in our new home, and my 2nd year (EVER) with a pool. Thanks to TFP, my 1st year was somewhat successful - but I've always been troubled by some facets of our ancient pool. 1 - Pump and Filter 2 - Skimmer 3 - Returns (Red arrows indicate attempted water flow...