I have a below ground concrete pool and a sand filter. The whole thing is only three years old. A brown/green 'dust' precipitates out of the water and covers the bottom...

Even BEFORE I hook up my vacuum there just isn't much suction at all in the skimmer... and therefore, when i do hook up the vacuum line, nothing is happening in terms of...

Every time my filter is running I notice I am getting a lot of sand on the bottom of my pool. Can anyone tell me what this is indicative of? What is the fix?
Thanks!

Hey everybody. I am kind of taking over responsibility for the pool because of my dad's back.

First off, I'll have to say that our pool and equipment are OLD. The pool...

please help me... I am bumping my failter it seems every 15 minutes. ive backwashed about 100 times and the darn water is still green. Ive even opened the filter 5 times...

When I run my Ezy-vac pool cleaner it runs fine for a few minutes then gets caught trying to go past or behind my steps. I have a set of round steps with a weight to...

I have a hayward finger type DE filter. when I opened the pool it worked fine for about 10 hours then the pressure went up and I "bumped" the filter. In about...

I have a vinyl in ground pool with standard "C" type bull nose coping(not sure if it is vinyl or aluminum, only 5 years old). I have a saltwater chlorinating...

Quick question guys...only been a pool owner for two years. I have a 16 x 32 above ground pool with a sand filter. When the pump is turned off the pressure reads 32psi....

Happy Memorial Day! This is our first summer in a home we purchased last Fall from my parents. The home came with an in-ground pool that we are now attempting to open :)...

I had blue cloudy water and added clarifier. I ran the filter for several hours and then turned it off overnight. I got up this morning and I can see stuff at the bottom...

I removed old sand and inspected laterals for cracks, installed new sand and still getting sand in pool. The pressure never changes like it should when the filter is...

I have just changed my pump/filter from a cartridge type filter to a sand filter (Astralpool Cantabric 600). On the previous system the water was drawn from the skimmer...

New to pools. Having a problem in priming vac hose; slowly sinking the hose (attached to vac head) into the water with hose following does not fill the hose; placing the...

I have an Anthony pool circa 1986. I'm having a problem with the valve that directs the filtered water to either return to the pool or to go to the drain. It is leaking...

First off, hello and I am so very glad to have found this forum.
I found this forum because I was searching the net to find out why our saline readings are so very...

Just bought a house w/ a pool, our first. We paid for a pool guy to come in and show us how to work the equipment and what did what and how to maintain water w/...

YES! Exciting new technology uses wind power to help (or completely) heat your pool water. Change nothing with your existing system, heater placed inline with your...

How can I get my 380 to spend more time at the deep end

When I complained some years ago that it wouldn't climb platforms or steps a Polaris rep suggested placing its...

I live in the Mojave Desert having a 35 gal conventional pool with sand filter presently using 1750-w 1-hp pump soon to replace with vf hoping significantly reduced...