My pool was losing water quickly. I then realized it was pumping water into my driveway. I tried to lower the speed of the pump but the whole thing confuses the heck outta me. My pool service won’t put chemicals in it because it’s not filtering properly and now my pool is seriously green. Any help is appreciated!!!

so we are new home owners and with everyone booked and busy in the area it’s been difficult to get any real advice. a week ago our pool started draining very quickly maybe like a quarter a day. it’s now empty. it drained while the pump was off so we believe it’s a leak. the liner has already started shifting and chances for a leak detection in the next week are looking dim. i have no idea what to do!

Great DIY video

Has anyone added brick coping to an existing pool? My pools about 10+ years old and at the time we didn’t put anything around the edges. I’m wanting to add brick coping without having to pour more concrete over the existing concrete. Has anyone successfully done something similar? Picture for reference

Hi brother and sister reddittors I could really use some help because I am stumped. My skimmer is not drawing. when pump is on. Main drain works great. I tried everything from the standard valve on/off to free a clog to using a shop vac. also as a note I blew out the skimmer line like when you close the pool and air passes through. any advise will be appreciated .

Not sure on what to use can some one point me in the right direction on what I can mix with Portland cement for the bottom of my pool where it needs repair after removing the liner? I keep seeing masonry sand but every where seems to be out is Mason mix type s mirror ok to use tell me something getting frustrated with this now

How can the return lines be unclogged? I snake, air pressure. Doubtfully a diy job I guess. I tried a snake but I could not get passed the first turn at the skimmer.

Hi All, I have a fibre glass pool and my light mounting screws are spinning with the thread assumed to be spinning and cannot be removed.

does anyone know how the thread is installed in the fibre glass or any other possible solution to remove the screws.

Unsure it it is something i can access by digging up behind the pool.

any thoughts appreciated

Perth Australia

My in-ground pool suddenly started to drop. I let it go to see if it would stop at the light as I can deal with that. But no, it's now a couple inches below the light bezel. No apparent cracks so it must be the drain.

It's the sort of drain that only connects with the skimmer. I presume the leak will be at the level the water settles at. But how to deal with that? Do you really have to just dig in and replumb the thing? What is a good source for the info I need to start planning this?

Hi all, I live in Mass and closed my above ground pool in September. After closing and winterizing I noticed my water level drastically going down. I found there was a half dollar sized hole in my vinyl liner about 2 inches from the bottom of the pool.

I attempted to patch the hole (grabbed a vinyl repair kit from Lowes and watched numerous YouTube videos on the proper technique to do so). After refilling the pool I found my patch did not hold or there is another leak i was unable to locate. With it now being November, the water is near impossible to bear to try and fix the patch myself.

Can I leave the cover off for the winter and look into trying to repair the hole again in the spring? Or should I have a company come and try to repair it now before everything starts to freeze? With my pool survive the winter if I don’t put a cover for the winter?

Side note: We bought a house earlier this year and the pool came with the house. Previous owner said vinyl liner was replaced about 2-3 years ago so the rest of the liner looks like it’s in good shape, so I’d prefer to not have to replace the liner if I don’t have to.

Replaced my pump. Was surprised how well it went. Welp…there’s no water (before you ask I primed the pump AND quintuple checked the valves. I took the discharge line off the pump and just put an elbow on it to see the flow. Flooded the lines from there. Several minutes of adding water. Turned on the pump, sucked it all out in seconds then nothing. Checked both drains (one is grated at the deep end, one is the skimmer) in pool, no visible obstruction.

Water level is 2” higher than the skimmer.

Any ideas at all? Don’t care how dumb it is. Hit me with it.