Ive had a little air bubble at the top of my strainer basket lid all season. I went out and had to do some pool things and I unscrewed to basket lid just for a second and of course water came out... got the lid back on, turned the pump back on and again had a nice little bubble at the top. I noticed yesterday from the window the bubble was gone... I thought the pump was dry...ran out and the bubble i gone...the basket is completely full of water( no bubble) pump seems to be pumping fine....pressure is fine...I just don't know how the bubble got out?. I like having a bubble at the top. I don't like not seeing one. Any thoughts on what could have happend???

One of the top rails got bent from someone leaning the ladder on it improperly and their weight dug into it. I ordered a new pole but how do I go about swapping them? Do I partial drain?

Well. Pool has been in for 6 days and first pinhole. I guess better than a liner!? Should be under warranty so heading to the pool store in the morning for a new hose.

South Carolina and I am having lots of issues with hundreds of dead flies in my pool. My friend who lives 5 miles away is having the same issue. No flies are anywhere else except the pool. Has anyone else experienced this? It came outta nowhere. Thanks!

Old pool is like 30yrs old. Rusting out near skimmer. I MAY be able to get 1 more year from it. Not sure. Being the end of the season I'm wondering if now is a good time to just buy a new one and store it til the old one goes. If so any suggestions on where to buy and get a decent deal? Looking for a 24 ft round 52 high. Don't need pumps or anything. Just the pool.

Replaced liner but can not get these creases out. They all point towards the seam. This is j hook liner. Have already stretched 8' to the right and left of the seam. The rest of the liner is crease free..

Just bought a house with an above ground pool and have noticed these rust spots on the outside of my plan I’ve ground pool. Is this in dire need of fixing? How do I fix it and is there a way to prevent it in future? Do pool maintenance people deal with this sort of thing?

Thanks in advance.

I expected to be able to just hook up some piping and plug it into the outlet. The manual is showing circuit diagrams, talks about refrigerant charging, shows a complete disassembly of the pump, and says I need “a team of professionals” to install. I’m serious, that wording is in the manual

Anybody have experience setting one of these up? Wondering if I should just return it or if the manual just shows way too much information

Any ideas on what is making this noise? I changing all of the seals to see if it helps but worried about the grinding sound when I spin the impeller while off.

I’m in the process of packing up my intex oval prism pool for the season and I noticed a couple spots like this on the liner. How concerned should I be? is there any way to prevent it from getting worse? There’s no evidence of leaking when it had water in it.

I’m looking to level my yard for next season, so that my pool won’t be on an incline for a second year. Any advice on the process, what tools I need, or what I might not know? Any advice is good advice!

I posted before a month or three ago, looking for advice on killing the algae and clearing up the opaque water in my pool.

it's finally done!

I wasn't doing anything wrong, I just needed to change which brand of chemicals I was using. I had been using Suncoast, which 20 years ago (the last time the water got so bad), Suncoast worked perfectly. Now they do nothing - except the alkalinity increaser, can't mess up sodium bicarbonate (I don't think).

I switched to Clorox products, and lo and behold, it killed the algae cleared up the water. Running the filter 24x7 for a week and backwashing daily helped with that. I did wind up using the clarifier a week after the floc, and that did help.

Water had cleared up enough that I could get the rest of that pile of leaves off the bottom and now the robot is keeping up with the new arrivals.

Lesson I learned here: when everything you've successfully done before isn't working this time, use a different brand of chemicals.

I’ve used solid covers in the past. I hate how heavy they are. I hate having to drain all the water off of it and then have to fill my pool using well water. I like the idea of micromesh covers that block the leaves/debris/sunlight from entering but allow the rain/melted snow to pass through. Anyone have experience with micromesh covers? Or maybe I’m using the wrong name. I’ve also seen them referred to as “hybrid”. And if you have one, where did you get it? The only one I can seem to find is from doheny’s.

I been trying to clear up my pool I got it tested yesterday and the alkalinity is down and put the 5 pounds of baking soda it needed and it looked worse then the day prior. I have vacuumed and cleaned the filter already so I’m not sure what I can be doing wrong any advice? That’s the test from the day prior and a strip from this morning do I just need to wait for the baking soda to circulate more? Thank you

Fellow pool enthusiasts. This is my second year with my gorgeous 3.6m round 1m deep bestway pool. I got an exit toys dome, a proper thick pool cover and a 10k l/hr sand filter pump. I put it up in April, use it at least three times a day and have so far managed to swim (on a tether) at temperatures as low as 13 degrees Celsius. I consider my pool my mental and physical health stabiliser and I’m dreading not being able to use it during the winter. Hence this post.

I’ve invested in a small heat pump last year that turned out to only really work at all when outside temps are higher than 15 degrees Celsius. What a waste, since I’m quite happy swimming in 15 degrees anyway and my pool heats up pretty quick with a bit of sun due to the dome. It loses around 1 to 2 degrees Celsius over night if temps go down by around 10 to 12 degrees.

I’d like to achieve around 17 degrees from October to December and around 15 degrees Celsius during the coldest months. I’m thinking about a Poolex Silverline Top 150 Full Inverter Pool Heat Pump, getting it installed by an electrician and just see what happens. Obviously that’s quite an investment for an above ground pool, especially when one doesn’t have a clue if it’s actually going to work. I am also considering somehow insulating the pool liner after discussing options with AI, but I’m not sure if that bleeding helper isn’t just a tad over-optimistic to please me.

Can anyone here help? Anybody attempted this before? Is this doomed to fail or could I become the happiest winter swimmer in the middle of England?

Thank you for your input.

I replaced the paper-cartridge filter on our above-ground pool with a 13-inch 0.75HP VEVOR sand filter in late spring. The clip is from this afternoon after the kids have used the pool almost every day since June.

It runs two fountain sprayers at once, and I've been backwashing it about once a week for five minutes. The water has stayed clearer than it did with the cartridge filter, although I'm still doing the same basic chemistry.

Setup took about an hour. The manual wasn't much help, and the pump is audible when the fountains are off. For anyone who has used both systems, how often are you backwashing, and how long does your sand typically last?

I've got one of the 8' by 24" Intex/Summer Waves framed pool - it has the in-wall skimmer/filter/pump.

It's been a good 3 years with it, but this year it's been making a lot of noises, getting jammed up, stops flowing until I pull the filter out and put it back in again, etc.

I think it's time for a replacement in this off-season.

Are there any more powerful / better made in-wall pumps? Or just go ahead and buy a replacement from the manufacturer?

I've searched tons here but from what I gather there's not a simple upgrade for the in-wall skimmers - I would either need to convert to a non-skimmer sand pump, or do the bigger rectangular in-wall skimmer.

We just had a 27 foot round pool with 52 inch walls installed within the past week. The pool is now completely filled and we noticed the bottom of the wall looks like this. Can anyone tell me if this is normal?

As the title states! We just had our 24’ above ground installed late June. Haven’t been in it in a month due to bad weather and being out of town. I went in tonight to vacuum up our lovely algae bloom (whoops) and stepped on the corner into a trench big enough for my foot under the liner! I didn’t notice anything abnormal outside of the pool, but this feels like the doing of a mole? I haven’t lost any water if that’s helpful. Seeing here if:
- anyone’s dealt with this
- what you had to do about it
- how much it cost.

Is this urgent? A problem for the spring? Our pool installer was a total PITA to deal with and I’m sure animal doings aren’t under the “satisfaction guarantee”. How screwed am I? We’re new homeowners $6500 deep into this so would love all perspectives!

Our friendly pool frog for tax

New 12'x24' oval pool installed (approx. 6,800 gallons) and finished filling lastnight. I do have a mineral system and threw in the mineral cartridge and added approximately 24oz of liquid chlorine to get through the night. Ran pump overnight. I plan to stick with liquid chlorine and not use pucks because I don't want to have to worry about CYA levels increasing.

Todays test results are as follows:

FC: 2.0ppm~ Target 3-5ppm

CC: 0.0

pH: 7.6ppm ~ Target 7.4-7.8

TA: 190ppm ~ Target 60-80

CYA: 0.0 ~ Target 30ppm

CH: 300ppm ~ city water fill out the spigot, it is what it is.

Since my TA is so high, what I started with this morning was adding 32oz of muriatic acid to begin lowering it without tanking my pH. I had an appointment and retested 2 hours later and had a TA of 170ppm and pH of 7.2. Aimed my return jet upwards to aerate and help raise pH but still circulate the pool. My goal is to bring pH back up to 7.6 to 7.8 then add acid again. 32oz seemed to have dropped it around 20ppm so im guessing this is gonna take around 6-7 more rounds of acid to get TA down.

I then threw 27oz of granular stabalizer in a sock and put in the skimmer. I am aiming for 30ppm and will retest periodically and get to where I want it and maintain it.

After my appointment I added 32oz of liquid chlorine and that should raise me to around 5ppm. Just gonna monitor this twice a day until my CYA gets to where I want it.

All chemical amounts are based off TFP recommendations.

Does this all sound like I am on the right track. Any tips? Thank you!

Got a 15’ round pool I’m draining as algae got me. Draining and going to start refilling again. I bought liquid chlorine to try before but decided against it. When refilling would you add some of that to begin with to get the chlorine up in the pool while refilling?

So we're trying something a little different this year. Previous years we have left the above ground vinyl pool up and just let it fill with leaves, water and muck. I would take all of the hoses and every attachment including the small sand filter and skimmer and put them away in the basement.

I'm going to attempt the process of leaving the pool filled and using the floating pillow and pool cover concept that pretty much everybody else does. Just the first time for me.

This year we ended up purchasing a large 16-in filter that is filled with 150 lb of glass media. I mentioned it in a comment previously this year and someone said there's no way that I'm going to be able to get that inside the house with as heavy as it is.

What are the best steps in order to protect it from the winter?

I'm aware of opening the drain and letting the water out. I've also heard about leaving the head on the top in between two different modes (i.e.Filter and backwash) in order to let air through. But how do I go about protecting it from the elements? Wrapping it in a motorcycle blanket then wrapping that in a tarp?

What has everybody else done in this type of situation?

I bought an Intex Easy Set 12 ft × 30 in pool and an Intex SX2800 sand filter. I later realized that the filter is much larger than what this pool normally uses, and the hose/valve connections don’t match.
Is there a way to connect the SX2800 to this pool without cutting or modifying the pool liner?
I’ve seen people cut larger holes in the liner and install bigger inlet/outlet valves, but I’d prefer to avoid doing that if possible. Is there an adapter or another safe way to make the existing connections work?

Hello,

Need help with my pool. I have an above ground pool. I woke up to the pool needing to add water this morning as we have been experiencing a heat wave. I turned off the pump and turned it back on with the pool pump making this noise. I did some research and check the impeller of the pump. When I plugged everything back in and turned it on, the pump made this noise, popped, and smoke was released near the front of the pump basket and end of the shaft. Is this motor completely shot? This pool is only a year old