Alright. I just had my first pool built. I am trying to buy an umbrella, but cannot get clarity from anyone on what is, and what is not, safe in the sunshelf umbrella sleeve.
Suggestions?
I’m normally a 29 W 30 L for jeans and i wanna swim 3/4 days a week, so looking to buy a couple of speedos/trunks for the week so i can rotate. any reccomened brands, size?
P.S im not really new to the sport just have taken a break for a few years and would like to get back into it.
Updated pool test. Told me to add phosphate remover and muratic acid. It’s still very cloudy. Any recommendations? Do I keep adding chlorine with rain coming for next 5 days?
Hello,
I’ve owned this pool for two years, and before each season I run into the same problem: a layer of residue builds up on the bottom of the liner. I’m not sure what it is — possibly some kind of biofilm, organic residue, or metal-related buildup.
The same material also sticks to the pool walls, mainly around the water inlet, although it isn't as much/strong buildup there.
The chlorine, alkalinity, and pH levels are all within normal ranges, and in my opinion the circulation is good. I backwash the filter weekly (if that’s any indication of proper flow). A robot pool cleaner, a vacuum connected to the inlet, and scrubbing with a regular pool brush do not remove the worst of it (see picture). The pool brush does remove most of the buildup on the walls, though. What actually works on the floor and stubborn areas of the walls is a stiffer household scrubbing brush.
The pool water comes from the same supply as our tap water, which contains a relatively high amount of calcium/limescale.
My current theories are:
- Poor circulation or dead spots in the pool
- The liner surface is worn out and trapping dirt easily (the liner is around 12 years old and welded)
- Some kind of contamination coming from the pool cover
- The thuja hedges around the pool are affecting the water quality
- The left side of the pool floor gets more sunlight than the right side, increasing the growth of whatever this is — although that doesn’t explain the buildup on the walls
- The water itself may simply be old and need replacing, although it was changed the year before I moved into the house
I even had a pool technician come by, and he said he had never seen anything like this before. Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
One more thing: the pool has continuous circulation — lower flow at night, but normal flow during the day.
Appreciate any advice with identifying and eliminating some mysterious gloop that has appeared in my pool this season.
The pool is 4 years old, regular family use, quite a lot of leaf drop when windy (eucalypts mainly). salt chlorinator part of pool equipment.
The gloop is small greeny brown particles that accumulate and aggregate on the floor of the pool, which disperse when disturbed. I can see that there are suspended particles also, but not so many to affect pool clarity overall.
I have assumed and treated as algae as follows, but unsuccessfully:
After 2-3 days the gloop reappeared.
Pool shop analysis not revealing, pH 7.4, phosphates 0.
I need to winterise the pool shortly but would like to resolve this issue first. Thanks for reading.
Bought a kayak pool a while back, had to drain it and now putting water back in. However, the liner is coming off. I already have about 1/4 filled up is there any way to put this back in without draining the water?
Hello All,
Looking to pick up a pool robot and I narrowed my choices to these 4. Would like to get some inputs or other recommendation. Keeping it under $800 would be ideal.
#1). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GK16JJX5/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2EK25PSX7YRQA&th=1
#2). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GGQZSV9K/ref=ewc_pr_img_2?smid=A1J9T2MV8SIZLE&psc=1
#3). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GS5ZQQXH/ref=ewc_pr_img_3?smid=AG9X5PMADEF3L&psc=1
#4). https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GRB4FQ1D/ref=ewc_pr_img_4?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&th=1
Thanks in advance.
Hi all, opened my pool this past Saturday. Was very green. Over the course of 4 days hit it with 14 gallons of liquid shock + two containers of Algicide.
After testing the pool at home, had decent results with Alkalinity and PH but Chlorine was showing as nothing.
Took it to get tested at the pool store, results in photo.
The computer spit out 30lbs of shock, the kid at the counter suggested I get everything else in balance including bringing down my Phosphates and then retest before adding anymore shock.
Pool is 30k gallons.
I’ve got 4L of No Pho (directed to use roughly 3.5L), add ALK and PH and let it circulate for 48 hours before adding anything else.
Was hoping to get some of your expert opinions before getting underway.
Thanks all and f#€k this pool 😐
Photo #1 is opening day, Photo 2+3 are from today and photo 4 are the water test results
Somehow one of our wall steps was broken and I’m having trouble finding a replacement of 15” long x 5” high x 5” deep. Any suggestions?
For context I had a pentair single speed 1.5hp pump. I have shitty plumbing... they decided to locate the pump and filter pump on the area on top of the retaining wall like 5ft higher than the pool patio. I always had a little trouble priming but after a little I could get it to prime.
The pump died and it got all locked up it was like 10 years old. So now I have the superflo variable speed 1.5hp pump. I installed it and I tried filling it with water then turned it on at the highest speed "quick clean" 3450 rpm and it slowly ramps up to speed and by the time its at speed theres no water left and I let it run for a bit and i get no water coming. At first I was trying just to suck water from the bottom drains. Any ideas how I can fix this issue?
Pentair has good reviews, but I don't like the inner core (another thing to break)
Hayward seems to have bad reviews about leaking and the poor quality of materials but seems to be the easiest to take the cartridge out and put it back in.
Jandy seems like the best choice, but not as popular, I wonder why?
What do you guys think?
Just purchased a home, previous owners installed incorrectly and cut it off during previous winterization. How can I repair this piece coming off the chlorinator?
I have a 22,000 gallon saltwater pool, located in New York. I took my water to Leslie's for testing because I needed to buy salt anyway.
I know Leslie's is notorious for over-exaggerating results when it comes to pool testing, but I'm new to this. Which of the test levels below are ACTUALLY an issue and what would you do to fix? The suggested steps seem overcomplicated and unnecessary.
UPDATE - my husband already did the first step (adding No Metal and the two PowerPaks) but we haven't done any other steps.
I have a small 8000 gallon inground pool (with 3 features).
DE filter is a pain so I want to get rid of.
Sand filter sounds like easy maintenance, but I am worried that water won't look clear, and it must be a good reason that not many people have it.
I don't like the inner core of cartridge Pentair as I believe it will make it hard to take the filter our or it will break.
The Hayward cartridge filter has many complains about leaking and material quality.
What do you guys think?
I had my pool closed in the fall by a company. I am not trying to open it for the summer. I got to the skimmer. One of the pipes had a gizmo. Removed that no problem. The other pipe has what feels like a form fitting pvc cup inside blocking it. I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it out. The pool company isn't answering me. Anyone have any idea what it could be? And how I get it out?It's not a rubber plug.
Hi - we just had our pool built with autocover and the autocover drain isn’t working well because the end of the drain can’t daylight due to the grade. We ran it and did an elbow, but it is not able to fully drain. Any suggestions from folks who have an autocover and how to drain if your grade won’t allow to daylight it? Dry well?
Thanks so much!
I have a 751 gallon Intex 8 foot round above ground pool. It came with tubes to connect to a pump, but no actual pump. Any advice opn what pump would work for me without being too forceful? I appreciate any help!
My sister just bought a house with a pool, and we’re planning to learn some DIY pool maintenance stuff together. We’re both pretty new to it though, especially the chemical balancing side. I started watching videos about pH, chlorine, alkalinity, CYA and all that, and somehow every video makes it sound different, so now I’m not even sure what I should focus on first.
Would love to hear any beginner tips, common mistakes to avoid, or things you wish you knew when you first started taking care of a pool. Which part of pool cleaning gives you the biggest headache?
For me, keeping the water surface clean is a huge priority because pollen season drives me crazy. My Sora 70 has been doing a pretty good job so far.
5 pounds of granular added to a 30k gallon pool
