help needed

Hi all, I have a relatively new pool owner. Have had it for about 2 years. I do my own chemistry and up until last year (2023) my pool was perfectly fine. This last winter the pool got a bit more dirtier than usual and upon opening this summer I have had a many issues and have spent more money...

Hey there!! I have an intex 15x48 stock c1000 pump and the delux skinmer. Pool is full of water, got the pump on. The return (blowing water) is great. I bought the skimmer put it on and there is no suction now. Do i plug an intake? Yes i installed the skimmer correctly. It’s about an inch half...

Hello! Newbie here! My backyard is currently gravel… would it be okay to lay artificial grass on top of that, then a tarp, then the AGP? Or do I need to clear all gravel?

hello, thank you in advanced as i mentioned I'm a new pool owner and looking for some help with my package choice this is the configuration that i consider : https://www.thepoolfactory.com/pages/customizer?pid=saltwater-5000-18x33x52-oval-pool&uuid=NjYwNjQ0ZTAxN2UwOQ%3D%3D 18'x33'x52"...

Last Thursday morning, we had a regular pool & fountain maintenance guy. We were thinking of switching the maintenance company because of how they charge us is so random & additionally charge us for frequent filter cleaning & adding more salt etc, which we didn’t experience with another company...

I recently noticed black slippery im guessing black mold in my pool skimmers on back side cleaned it off dauring the summer 3 times but it keeps comming back ive tried shock,scrubbing my pool line which there is none at least visable ,backwashed 4 times im thinking since we had mega rain fall...

This morning, I went to do my regular backwash. The worst mistake of my life. The pool has been working fine all season, except at the beggining where I also couldnt prime it and the company who built my pool came to prime it for me with a secondary pump that hooked up to the skimmer. After i...

New owner of an existing pool. Bought as is. 2019 build. I have 2 lights. 1 - 10" colorlogic LPCUS11050, 1 - 2" colorlogic 320 (spa light, not yet removed, tackling one problem at a time). The spa light does not work at all. The LPC gets power, comes on but very dim...not sure if it was ever...

Help! I tried posting this in a pool maintenance Facebook group about 10 hours ago, but it still hasn’t been approved, so I’m asking you guys. We had our pool covered for about 5 days because the weather got crummy and we had torrential downpours. I also didn’t feel well so I didn’t go out to...

Hi all, I'm still learning about pool maintenance and planning to use SLAM next year. For now, I'm working with what I've got. It's almost mid-August, and I'm wondering if it's worth tackling the persistent yellow algae before reopening the pool. My pool got hit with algae after weeks of...

Good day I recently purchased a home with a pool. Problem I’m having is that i didn’t notice the remote to the system was missing. I have Jandy Rs system and I need the remote to kick the pump into the second cycle. It has an IAquaLink 2.0 system and I need advice into which is the replacement...

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...

Edit: thanks for feedback, raised concerns with contractor and hes updating it all

Hello all! I have a dead light and I am pretty sure I also have a leak in my light line conduit, so before I open the pool I was going to seal it off with permaseal. When I went to replace the light I noticed I ordered the wrong size light for my niche, however the light does come with...

Hello, 28k-30k gallon vinyl pool My test results from this morning are at the bottom. I added 3 pounds of cal-hypo last night and tested this morning. I didn't see any change in chlorine levels, and my pH went DOWN which I thought was odd. Calcium went up 10ppm from last test about a week...

Hi pool fam! I have an above ground 12' vinyl pool with a SWG. Background For the last 2 months, it's been too hot, so we haven't been vacuuming or brushing the pool. We also haven't been swimming in the pool. The pool has been staying at 10 FC. The pool accumulated 2 piles of leaves, and most...

Hello, After a fire I am trying to identify the parts. What is this part on the left of the sand filter? It was on the return line. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am trying to determine what lights are installed in my pool. They do not work and I can not seem to unscrew them. They hook up to a small box for power and nothing else, so they don't seem to be fiber based. I can't locate anything similar online to find out how to remove the light. The glass...

We upgraded this year to an intex 16x32. We opted to have the ground leveled professionally since we historically have not been great at it. We started to fill the pool after they “leveled” and it was over 6 inches off. They can back and reveled….by building up sand. They moved the pool back...

With the price (and availability) of chlorine becoming an issue, I want to convert my system to a salt water chlorinator. The problem is, I can't find a way to fit one into my plumbing setup without bringing at least one underground run above ground. As you can see from the picture of my pad...

Hello, I’m hoping someone can help me out… I have gone through all the information in the pool school tabs and have done more research on the side. My pool is a fiberglass pool, approx. 23,000 gallons. I just moved into this home and trying to maintain the pool levels has been a bit of a...

I noticed one of my Jandy HP Plus pumps wasn't pumping. Normally some sort of priming issue but there was water in the basket reservoir and there was no pressure in the pump. After taking it apart and inspecting it I found that the impeller is loose and moving independently from the shaft. It...

Hi Everyone! We are currently in the process of finding a pool builder for our first pool and are SO confused. Things I always thought were good like salt water and in floor cleaners are turning out to be not so good from all my reading?? Would love if y'all could help with this quote we...

16x32 above ground pool, all levels perfectly balanced including ph, hardness, chlorine and free chlorine. It’s been crystal clear and beautifully blue all summer. Had almost a week of really high temps and then a lot of storms and rain. Shocked it and kinda at a loss now? Is it the beginning of...

Good afternoon I am a brand new pool owner that is stuck in pool development. I have a large hole in my yard with travertine installed and that’s where the work ended. I ordered an 88 inch spillover spa and for past 3 months my builder has been stringing me along for delivery of this spa. The...

Does anyone have any sub contacts for a new pool build? Everything needed from start to finish. I have contacted some people but they are all too busy to take on new work even if its 6 months from now. Help would be appreciated, thanks.

Hello, Hoping someone can help me. This is the first time I've owned a pool. We have a 18' Intex pool that will be put up and taken down each year after summer and has sand under it which helped to level it. Our hose attached to the pump came off and water gushed out causing the sand directly...

I have a 16’ round above ground pool. Went to drain the pool the other day (after no use for about a year) and it has algae or something stuck to the sides of the liner that doesn’t seem to come off with anything but scrubbing with a magic eraser. (Which would take days to scrub the whole thing)...

What can cause this much water loss per day? We fill it up and it goes right back down to where the skimmer flap is. We had two holes on the second step of the pool. I have patched those but water is still leaking out for somewhere.