Login

r/swimmingpools

Image 1 — Opinions on what happened here?
Image 2 — Opinions on what happened here?
▲ 16 r/swimmingpools+1 crossposts

Opinions on what happened here?

My in-laws bought this house in 2008, and my husband and I purchased from them in 2023. The coping? has always looked like this. Does anyone have any ideas as to what may have happened here when the pool was installed / concrete poured? Our drains are flush with the concrete, however our coping? (Excuse me if that term is incorrect as I am clearly not a professional) sits above the concrete. What are our options here to correct this? Thanks!

u/Ill_Mathematician_1 — 5 days ago
▲ 31 r/swimmingpools

DIY Poolbau (Small)

DIY Pool Germany, Betonpool mit einseitigem Überlauf.

Kosten von Pool ca 4500€

Eigenleistung 100%

Bereits zwei Jahre in Benutzung.

Keine 100cm3 Wasser = Kein Abstand zur Grundstücksgrenze in unserem Bundesland

Fragt mich alles 🙂

u/Eviter-Platscherfarn — 5 days ago
▲ 3 r/swimmingpools

Winterize snorkel

I winterize pools on the side and a couple of my customers use a snorkel to blow out the returns. They said the previous pool closers have been doing it for years. They just leave them there and cap the top. Has anyone else seen this.

u/smttech123 — 13 days ago
▲ 3 r/swimmingpools

Would less sunlight in the fall cause chlorine levels to rise? (Saltwater pool)

First summer with our saltwater pool so I have been learning a ton about how everything works! Located in northeast US.

All summer, our free and total chlorine levels were great (they are always about the same, and usually floated around 2 ppm with our salt cell at 50% output).

Lately, I've noticed the chlorine levels have been climbing slowly (they're at about 5ppm now) while all other levels have remained constant (pH, cya, alkalinity, etc).

I think i know the answer, but could less sunlight be the primary cause of this? Do folks with saltwater pools find that they need to turn their salt cell output down as the days get shorter and less sunlight is available?

Not only is the sun rising later and setting earlier, but because the sun is getting "lower" in the sky in my region, it is now blocked by more trees compared to the middle of summer, where we get direct sun about 10 hours/day.

I've researched this and know that UV light "burns off" chlorine, but i couldnt find anything about whether it has to be direct sunlight or not, and whether folks often need to adjust their salt cells to compensate for changing sunlight patterns throughout the season.

Also, I know that 5 ppm chlorine isnt crazy high. But it is a big change from the consistent levels we had all summer and im just trying to learn as much as I can about all of this!

Thanks y'all!

reddit.com
u/Admirable-Oil-1285 — 14 days ago
▲ 9 r/swimmingpools+1 crossposts

Light Green Tile - how will it look installed?

I'm redoing my pool in South Florida - attached is the space with a little rendering to show updates we're making but leaving the existing watertile tile I need to replace. For the new tile, I'm contemplating this custom mosaic from American Glass Mosaics - two light green tones (kind of seaglass-like in person) plus a clear iridescent for a little pop. I'm going for a soft spa like vibe and like the greens for the tie in to the great green space still staying fairly minimalist. I'm stressing though because when I search for install pics with light green tile and can't find anything remotely close so it's got me paranoid I'm missing something and this will look terrible once installed. Tried having AI mock it up but it was struggling. Has anybody seen this color tone installed and how'd it look?

u/LabRevolutionary9149 — 14 days ago
▲ 5 r/swimmingpools+1 crossposts

Weekly chlorine tablet use in South Florida

I just started my own pool company and I've noticed that each of the handful of pools I've gone to for estimates has had high levels of CYA 80-90 and the previous pool guy is using liquid chlorine as well as chlorine tablets to keep the levels up. I'm in South Florida and was planning to only use liquid chlorine to keep CYA in check but I'm worried that the chlorine will burn off within a week due to the rain and UV this time of year.

How are these pool guys using tablets every week? Are they draining the pools periodically? It's my understanding that draining pools in South Florida is a liability.

Also I've noticed that all the pools I've tested have low levels of calcium hardness, very low alkalinity and thus very low LSI/CSI. Don't pool companies keep these levels in check? I was under the impression that an LSI under -0.3 is corrosive for pool equipment.

reddit.com
u/Clean_Place_5479 — 13 days ago
▲ 2 r/swimmingpools+1 crossposts

Liner Bead Track - Normal?

PB had to pull off liner 2 times so far (soon to be a third time to remove stones from under the liner + fix stair cushions). After removing liner second time, they hammered in the corners, which now look like images below (pasting a photo of just 2 of the corner but all have some damage). They're telling us that these are tracks that can be hammered in, and this is fine and that they had to do it since it was harder to put back the liner after taking it off a 2nd time. Is this normal? Will this cause issues for a future liner install? Will bluestone coping have to be lifted later to replace liner or fix the bead track?

u/Crafty-Armadillo-328 — 14 days ago