what is the purpose of backwashing? i am new to the job and i run a pool at a country club. i have gotten the hang of just about everything but i have a lot of random...

After a heavy rain with high winds my pool had a yellow look and it settled on the bottom. As soon as the creepy crawler touched it it went into clouds in the water then...

Hi folks fabs here. I've been having problems with our pool now quite some time now. It seems that there are always some bubbles/air pockets visible in the filter cover....

I am an owner of a new inground, fibreglass (Viking) pool. 15,000 gallons, with lots of curves, benches and stairs. Automatic cover. Does anyone know which is the best...

DON'T EVER BUY A ROBOTIC CLEANER FROM THIS ON-LINE STORE BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RETURN IT. SEVERAL OTHER PRODUCT CATEGORIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE RETURNED.

I...

I have to clean the fingers in my Dad's old Hayward DE filter. He has always done it but now its my job. I do not want to have to disconnect a pvc pipe which is glued to...

This is our 2nd year with this pool. It is about 20 years old. Last year we did not have any problems. :D This year sand is everywhere, when I vacum the sand comes back...

My dealer gave me a backwash hose (blue thin vinyl). I ahve a Hayward DE filter. But when I backwashed the filter, I couldn't figure out how I'm supposed to use the...

The in-ground liner has been showing wrinkles which seems to be getting worse. I have noticed some rather large wrinkles yesterday. When I push on them it feels like air...

we are at a loss as to why our filter keeps getting clogged. we bought a new de grid filter as last year we had similar problems as we thought the filter was the real...

Was given a "pop-up" pool (14") for free. Have a hot tub and have learned quickly how different they are. I bought a $20.00 "pop-up" vacuum. The...

prime the vacuum hose on my above ground pool? All I do is stand by the return for it seems like hours :lol: to get it filled with water.

It doesn't seem to work very...

I have a 22,000 gallon in-ground pool...the liner is pulling away from the side in one corner and one spot on the opposite side...Last year when we opened pool the liner...

HELP.l have an indoor pool but am not sure what position to put filter in after l have shut off pump to get vaccum set up.

l have a mani valve and a skimmer...

AS dumb as it may sound. How do i fund what size filter I have? The labels are gone. Where do I measure to get the size of the filter? Thanks

I picked up a used Doughboy Silica 1 model 17400 w/ pool power pak1 pump at a garage sale -( I know - buyer beware - but the pump works and it's this or I dont open the...

I have a sand filter now for my 21' above ground pool (10,000 gallons). Every year it seems I have a problem with cloudy water, and I was wanting to upgrade to a DE type...

:evil: Ive been vacumming on waste and after a while the dirt is coming back into the pool why why?

my husband and i just took apart the de filter and everything is running much better now. I told my friend what we did and he asked if we cleaned all the sand out of it,...

I had what looked like very fine dirt in the bottom of my pool. It was dark and when you brushed it, it dispersed into what looked like muddy water. I vacuumed it to...