I just cleaned my Pentair FNS Plus DE grid filter. I have lots of dead algea on the bottom of my pool. Can I vaccum my pool using the backwash mode? I don't want the...

Hi. I just recently took over the maintenance on my vinyl inground pool. The vinyl had turned green with algea, and I shocked it by increasing the chlorine level. I use...

How to maintain pools?

i have been using leslie's pool chlorine powder and chlorine 3' tabs to sanitize my 20,000 gal inground pool. i have been experiencing some of the negative effects of...

I bought a vacation house with a 10X30 in ground pool in central Florida. I do not know anything about pools. I do not want remove the pool. I would not use the pool...

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I am looking forward to using these forums to train myself on how to maintain my own pool. I'm about as novice as it gets for I'm from Alaska and...

We are first time pool owners. The pool is at a second home in Florida on a barrier island. We are gone from this property for months at a time. We have a weekly pool...

i am a recent pool owner. i have two lines coming in to the pump, one has skimmer on it with a ball valve and the other has vacuum with a ball valve. i hook the kreepy...

hi,i have a electro chlorine system(swintonic,salt added system). the pool is approx 60 cu mitres. the summer temps where i live in th south west france average 28-40...

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I have been doing some extensive theoretical research on which water testers (electronic/digital) from TDS, Hanna, Extech, etc., could...

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I am a proud owner of a new to me house with a pool. The pool is old though---built about 35 years ago. It is an 18 x 36' pool with vinyl lining.. I will...

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I've just moved into a house with a pool, my housemates where shown how to maintain it but have forgotten (for the last year!) now I've moved in...

I just filled my 1700 gal pool today and I need to know what to do next. Do I need to shock the pool first or add the chlorine. My ph is 7.8 so i think i need to bring...

i just got a newly constructed pool. it is getting dirt in it from bare ground around the deck therefore dirt is getting blown in the pool. question is it normal to have...

hi...just bought a little blow up 8 ft across and 3 ft deep pool with a filter pump..know nothing about pools...what chemicals do i need to put in it?

Greetings- The resurfacing of my pool will be complete today. I know that I need to add starter chemicals and that they cost between $100-150. The contractor that is...

i am a new home buyer out west and i am going to have a pool installed. what i have found, asking around at work, is the debate vs a salt based pool vs chlorine is like...

We just bought a house with a pool. It is an inground pool with a slide. We would like to keep the slide, but are worried about saftey. We have a child that has fallen...

my 18 foot round pool which holds just over 5 thousand gallons of water . it is a new pool and i thought my pump / filter also included a salt water chlorine generator...

My fiance and I bought our house in August. Swam a few times and had a pool company close our pool. We've tried to open it with the same pool company and also another...