pool advice

Hi, I work at an indoor resort. We have several pools, spas, and waterslides. We occasionally have issues with high combined chlorine. Sometimes, when we treat the combined chlorine, we see no change at all. We utilize multiple methods to treat combined chlorine (oxy-shock, breakpoint, etc)...

Hey all, Im back again with a question. My facility is going on 60 years old with original tile flooring, it has aged poorly through its years and has a large buildup of calcium and rust stains. My initial thought was to acid wash with a 4:1 ratio but the results haven't been as good as i...

Hi everyone. We are not NEW pool owners but new to this particular pool. It is a 7617 gallon salt water pool, that we recently started having issues with being green. We have added numerous amount of products after bringing the water to be tested by Leslie’s. I’ll list a few here. Dry Acid...

It is time to replace the pool pump and filter. Both by Hayward. I saw the Pentair intelliFlo 3 and clear and clean 150 filter at the local pool supply. Can this pump work with the Aqulogic communication Borad. Can the aqua logic Borad be configured to control the pump smoothly or I will have...

All, I have problem with my pool. Please see attached picture for reference. I have discoloration around pool however that is not coming off regarding how much I clean. What can I do ?

Hello, I am a new pool owner. We had our pool done and water chemistry balanced the beginning of February 2024. Over the last two months we noticed the appearance of some white spots on the pool plaster that seems to be decoloration but we are not sure. There has been an increase of size and...

First time pool owner and I am having trouble with Algae but not overly bad. It appears on the steps and sides of my 15,000 gal pool. It is in full sun majority of the day and I live in a desert-like climate. We are above 100F these past 2 weeks. I seem to be getting a lot of evaporation from...

Hi All, First off, the TFP community is amazing. I bought my 1975 house 5 years ago with an inground vinyl liner pool. Previous owners wouldn't open the pool until last minute, it was a swamp and none of the equipment worked - TFP taught me everything, I've rebuit the equipment pad and...

Hello everyone, New pool owner here. After battling with my water for a week. (Mostly because my pool took 3 days to fill in) The levels on my pool are getting there. Last time I checked I was missing stabilizer so I added. I’ve been seeing in forums that people use socks? I just followed the...

Hi all, I first started here last year trying to get my pool right. I was not able to buy a test kit until now (I got the TF Pro Salt) and it showed up yesterday and I just finished testing. Here are my levels: pH + Chlorine Testing block - Cl - 5+ | Br - 10+ | pH - 8.2+ (see photo) FC - 7.5 CC...

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...

I am trying to close down my above-ground, 24' vinyl liner pool. The cold weather has arrived! I know; I should've kicked my booty in gear and been on top of it because now I am struggling in the cold :confused: I live in the Midwest (Southern IL) so we have begun to experience below-freezing...

Hi everyone, I awoke this morning to discover that the water level was low (about 1” below tile). I immediately began adding water (the pump was not yet on). I set the water hose on a 1 hr timer and shuffled around the house. When I circled back around to check the pool, the water level was 4”...

It's now using just the skimmer

Hi! I've had a leak in my pool for a few months now. Finally gave up and had a leak detection company come out to get it checked out. While they didn't run all the tests possible test that day, they did suggest rerunning my bucket tests to get a more accurate picture before they start other...

Hey TFP, Long time reader first time poster here. I'm hoping to try and get some help figuring out what the heck is in my skimmer. I've got Chlorine and PH in a good place and I recently shocked my salt water pool. I've attached a picture of what I'm seeing every morning I get out to check the...

New home and pool owner here! Looking to take over maintenance duties from the previous owner’s maintenance guy, and I would love some advice on where to start, based on the readings below (calculated using the TF-Pro test kit). The pool is, according to my rough calculations, about 18,000...

Hello, I hired one of my cities most known lawn and landscaping companies to level my pool. The pool is an Intex 23’x12’x52” (not the one I ordered, but the one that showed up). My back yard is at a little bit of a slope and so they had to add dirt to get the one side up around 3-5 inches...

Could someone help me with what I need to do to patch this better. This patch is numerous years old and is coming undone. Is there any products I can buy at lowes or Amazon that I can go under and apply the product underwater and add it to the current patch to patch it down better. I’m going...

I need help with patching, in photo is a patch job from years ago and is what it currently looks like in the photo. I have the swimline vinyl patch kit coming Friday. Would anyone just use the sealant and just try to repatch the current patch that’s on there.

How would you make this patch job better? It’s been there for years needs to be sealed it’s leaking I believe.

We really could use help as we can't find these answers anywhere. We are currently on a septic system with a tank and leach field in our backyard. Our city just installed a sewage line on our street so we now have the option of connecting to the sewage line and abandoning our septic which we...

Hi, I have Pentair VSP and I have been running for years at highest speed for 12 hours a day. I have also read somewhere that you can run at low pump, maybe at 1000 ppm. Is that right? With electricity cost nowadays, I hope I can save a few bucks here and there. What is your recommendation...

Hey guys, I have just started up my pool and I am currently doing the SLAM method. I am just wondering if it usual for your chlorine to drop really quick within the first day? I have already added about 8 gallons of liquid chlorine and it went from DARK green to a light blue green. I first...

Hi folks, I am about 9 months into my pool build/landscape remodel (lots of unforeseen delays) and we are finally chugging along. Pool is fairly simple - a rectangular pool with a large spa taking up one entire end. From about a week ago: For tile, we chose a 6x12 porcelain for the main...

Background: My wife and I purchased our home in South Texas (San Antonio area) back in October of last year and we've officially been struggling with keeping my pool levels balanced for just as long. We've had some serious issues with the back yard which included us having to gut the existing...

We are selecting the stone to cover the face of our spa. The stone will be partially submerged in the water as well as have a waterfall effect rolling over it. We picked out a reddish Quartz but want to make sure it won’t stain from the iron. Any experience or suggestions?

Hello everyone- I have a 13,000 gallon, above-ground, vinyl SWG pool located in east coast central Florida I want to give a big thanks to the community. we filled our pool with well water, and used the pool store for chemicals guidance. The water balance was very off. As you all know, they...

Hi! We opened our pool (it’s maybe 40 years old, chlorine, concrete pool). We cleaned it got all the chemicals and balanced it. Everything was going great and then all of a sudden (we hadn’t been using it because we got a few cold days) we notice this black substance (see photos) floating on top...

I Misplaced the valve cap for the 18x48 coleman pool. I Can’t find a replacement online in stock. Can anyone help me with what I should use? I have bought 3 pvc pipe caps, one 3/8 in, one 1 1/4 in and one 1-1/2 in. Im at a loss and have company coming soon. Please help :(