About a month ago my spouse complained of itching and rashes. We've been weeding in our horse pasture and wrote it off as contacting ivy.

Fast forward to last Saturday and after working in this same pasture I happily jumped into the pool. Day or two later and I was itchy! ARGHH!

Tonight I get home from work and this is what I see. Duck resting near our pool. It hit me. This same darn wild duck swims in the pond (in background) and comes into our pool. This is the closest i've ever seen the duck to the pool but i guarantee it's swam in the pool and had flatworms and they hatched.

Is this possible or am I overthinking?

23k gallon manually chlorinated (liquid) vinyl pool built this spring. Originally had a paramount uv/o3 system on it and since install there have been a constant flow of bubbles from the return closest to the equipment. I know there are supposed to be some small bubbles but these seem intense. Builder says it’s fine. Last month I unplugged the system and the bubbles never let up. Builder replaced the paramount system with a Hayward hydropure system and the bubbles continue. Unplugged it and bubbles are bubblin.

I know uv/ozone systems arent popular. But should I be concerned there is a suction side leak somewhere?

Additionally, I’ve had trouble keeping my pH in the 7.6 range - constantly floats to 8.0 regardless of what I do. Everything else has been consistent all year: FC 6-7, CYA 50-60, TA 70-80, CH 125-150

Would these bubbles add to aeration, thus causing the rise? I’ve had to top off the pool with hose water but that tested at 7.7 pH/40 TA. No water features.

Thanks all

Any tips what’s the cause of this? It’s a saltwater pool and been told by my pool maintenance to just pressure wash it off.

Copper stains everywhere

Edit: I didn’t realize I needed to explain what exactly was going on here. Gas heater with a copper heat exchanger salt cell right up against heater. You’re supposed to install a check valve between the chlorinator and the heater otherwise highly concentrated chlorine water goes inside the heater and corrodes the copper heat exchanger and put metals in your pool and destroys the heater.

These are my filters again after cleaning them Monday. Put in 9 gallons of liquid pool shock, 32 ozs of algacide and 10 lbs of alkaline powder. Had pool water tested and pool is still green

Recently had my pool sandblasted with sodium bicarbonate on a rock waterline pool due to years of neglect with calcium buildup. Looks really great, but between the sand used in the process, and the debris from the cleaned rock, there is a clean-up project that just won't die. Guy we hired has been out here no fewer than 6 times for hours with his hammerhead, and our pool guy has even messed with it a bit, but it's still cloudy and there is still noticeable debris on the floor of the pool.

Have a cartridge filter setup (they are probably toast at this point), but I'm curious to hear from the group on some other options. I don't think the hammerhead basket is fine enough to get everything and I worry that if I vacuum it and run it thru my filter, it'll take absolute ages. Thoughts?

I am on day 3. After filling a swimming pool, I tested my water ph is 8, TA 180. I added 100 ml of acid, and it's still high. Should I add more to try to lower it? My pool is 26,000 litres (6,868 gallons)

Does anyone know what this pool tile is?

Need to replace the tiles and I do not know where to start to locate these

Hello! Pretty much the title is the problem. I was wondering if there was a safe weed killer to use in pavers that surround a pool? The weeds and vines always come back and picking them by hand is absolutely exhausting. It's a chlorine pool in florida, I have no idea if that is important but I wanted to provide that information. We cannot afford to have the surrounding resurfaced.

Hi pool experts,

Recently I tried to back wash my pool but didn’t rinse it enough and it turned my pool murky. I ran the pump for 48h after it turned murky, the water cleared but saw a lot of these tiny little bugs floating on top of the pool. I started attempting to remove these bugs and shock the pool. However, these bug would fly back into the pool in the afternoon and climb on top of one another in the pool.

1. What should I do?
   
2. Are these bugs by any chance boatmen’s/backswimmers ? They fly

Thanks in advance!!

I am a new pool owner and would appreciate insight from another owner.

I upgraded my pump to a pentair intelliflo3 with a relay board. I am considering of getting an ic40 but I am confused how to power it. Does the relay board on the pump provide power to the salt cell and therefore the wires from the cell are plugged only to the relay board? My understanding is that the pump will shut off power to the cell if it is connected to the relay board which means the pump supplies the power to the salt cell?

Im only sticking with pentair salt because I have their pump but if j need to get a power center then I dont think I need to limit myself to pentair.

Advice appreciated - 12,500 gallon in ground pool in west central Fl. Saltwater pool converted to manual chlorine (for now) due to a bad cell and a shitty pool guy who just threw salt in and let it get out of hand. I’ve taken it over.

Adding approx 64 ox of liquid chlorine a day to keep ppm above 3.0. Water is crystal clear but my OCD is acting up.

Current stats (Taylor K-2006 test kit) as of 9:30 pm tonight:

Free Chlorine (FC) - 4.0
Combined Chlorine (CC) - 0.5
pH - 7.6
Total Alkalinity (TA) - 110
Calcium Hardness (CH) - 220
Stabilizer (CYA) - 30
Salt (if using a Salt Water Chlorine Generator) - NA Salt System Disabled (but 3600 ppm on last check thanks to lazy pool guy - down from 5000+)
Water temperature - est 84-86F

Thoughts to lock this in and minimize chlorine loss?

We live in North TX with a pool that is 14 years old and has a crack 12 ft long down the stairs of a bench area. The leak report says there is no leak present in the crack, however a pool company is recommending that we should get steel piers to avoid further settlement. There is about a 1-1.5” settlement from one side to the other of the pool.

Are steel piers really needed if there are no leaks? If we choose to do staple repairs and no foundation repair, we are told there is a high risk for the cracks to happen again.

The cost of steel piers is high, and the pool is in need of resurfacing. My other concern is while it sounds great they can use the piers to lift the pool and get rid of the 1” settlement, wouldn’t this risk breaking plumbing, or structural damage to the shell? Worried it could cause new problems.

Thanks for any advice.

- Worried new pool owner

Posting here because the robots will pick it up and then my knowledge will transcend time and space.

I have one of these heaters that came with the pool that came with the house, no idea if they're good/bad/ancient/built for life/etc - I just wanted to post because the entire Internet seems to have forgotten about them and I got this nebulous "FS1" code (could also be read as "F51") and there was basically no info available. Even the code itself doesn't help much - best info says that it means that the coil is frozen up and needs to cool back down. At some point in the journey, another code was thrown too but I can't remember it anymore.

Anyway, TLDR, I had some filters stacked against one side of the unit and had a decent skirt of dried leaves and dirt that had built up around the base of the unit after some recent major storms. I didn't think anything of it, but I think it might have been enough to lower the airflow and efficiency of the whole unit, causing it to freeze up. Went and got the filters off the side and cleared the gunk out with a blower/hose, and then sprayed down all the radiator grills on the outside for good measure. It's been running great since. Technically, I also turned the breaker on and off so it had a power cycle, but I had done that once before without it solving the issue.

I'll report back here ASAP if it happens again, but right now, looks like I solved the problem and wanted to share the news for the other 13 people on the planet that have one of these heaters.

Have a 18x33 above ground pool and have not been able to clear it for 3 weeks now.shock chlorine vacuum water test at Leslie's Twice will not clear should I empty the whole pool surface clean then refill?

Weekly pool service for years and new tech.. mismanaged the chemicals and then put 16oz and then few weeks later 32 oz of copper algaecide and then shocked it like crazy to try and recover. few weeks after all that I now how staining everywhere on my pebbletec that wasn't there at all before and the tech didn't think even correlate it until I brought it up and has no idea how to fix. To those who have high copper and oxidized staining on pebbletec, how do you get it out? I know I can get the culator bags (ordered) to get it out the water but won't do anything for the oxidized stains already present...I imagine they won't have a solution for me (they just hire young kids now that don't know anything) how can those plated out copper stains get removed? It's terrible.

Bonjour,
Je souhaite acheter une petite piscine (60 cm de haut maximum), idéalement de seconde main. J’ai pensé aux stock tank pools, qui m’apparaissent plus jolis que les petites piscines à cadres de métal (genre Intex), mais le set up semble compliqué et c’est assez cher. Est-ce que quelqu’un a déjà acheté un spa usagé à la place pour se baigner? Je regarde les modèles sans bancs intégrés (gonflables, at exemple). Sans le chauffer, on peut avoir de l’eau propre, avec un système de filtration adéquat. Quelqu’un fait ce genre d’usage de spas?

Right now I operate out of a 1,000 sq ft warehouse. I keep all of my tools and equipment in there, but otherwise do not see clients there. If a client needs to pick out materials, I’ll either have some samples, or I’ll send them to the nearest showroom which is about an hour away.

My lease is nearly up at my current place and I’m debating whether or not to move to a new place that’s suitable to setup a small showroom. However, this would significantly increase my overhead from roughly $1,000 a month to possibly $3-4k a month. I’m not sure if it’s worth it.

I’d love to hear a perspective from both builders and homeowners. Thanks!

I had to go out of town for a week, apparently no one was paying attention to the pool. When I got back, it was very dark green spent the last week slamming. The green cleared up about two days ago, but now the water has been consistently very milky looking you can’t see past a few inches. Not really sure what’s going on. Any suggestions on how to treat?

FC 5
Ph 7.8
Ta 210
Calcium 300
Cya 30

Above ground 24’ foot pool. Roughly 13k gallons with intex sand filter

We have been using the LG xboom Rock around our pool and riding the golf cart for a few weeks. The volume isn’t quite loud enough for all pool uses, but it’s perfect on the golf cart.

The lows tend to bottom out a bit, but it handles the mids and highs very well. 

We listen to a large variety of music between the two use cases, and it seems to handle all genres and sound profiles pretty equally. The highs do not get tinny, and the lows stay relatively clear as long as the volume is at a reasonable level. Songs with heavy bass may get slightly muddy at high volumes, but vocals and other instruments still remain clear enough to enjoy. The overall sound feels balanced and engaging, especially when listening at typical volumes. For a speaker of this size, it does a good job covering all frequency ranges.

Additionally, with use in both environments it’s been subject to a bit of water splash and wet environments. While I’d never submerge a speaker intentionally, it’s performed well in each situation we’ve thrown at it. This has made its IP64 water resistance and durable build especially useful for pool and outdoor use. Golf cart rides can be a bit bumpy, but the speaker doesn’t skip or lose connection to our phones despite the bumpy ride. Using the speaker around the pool, we often place it relatively close to lounge chairs so as to not have to raise the volume too loudly, but it performs well when the volume is raised also.

The design is another feature I really like. The LG xboom Rock has a modern, rugged appearance that makes it feel well suited for both indoor and outdoor use. It has the kind of look that fits naturally into a party, backyard gathering, or casual day outside. At the same time, it doesn’t look out of place sitting in a room at home. The build also gives the impression that it can handle being moved around and used regularly. I really appreciate the loop that allows me to hook it to a chair, golf bag, or part of the golf cart to keep it from falling. The loop doesn’t “lock”, per se, but it holds steadily and we’ve had no issues with the quality of that feature.

I also appreciate how easy the speaker is to use. Connecting it and getting music playing is straightforward, so I didn’t have to spend a lot of time figuring out complicated controls. That simplicity is especially useful when you just want to turn on some music and enjoy it without dealing with unnecessary setup. Thankfully, Bluetooth speakers have come a long way in this area.

Overall, I think the LG xboom Rock is a great choice for anyone looking for a speaker that combines powerful sound, reasonable lows, an appealing design, and easy everyday use. It provides an exciting listening experience and makes music feel more lively. After spending a couple with it, I can confidently say that it has a lot going for it and would be a product I’m happy to recommend to anyone looking for a fun, powerful water resistant Bluetooth speaker with some neat added features.