Swimming pools blog

I have a 16×32 in-ground pool that came with the house when I moved
in 8 years ago. The liner is still holding water but it will need to
be replaced soon. Its a little washed out due to chlorine and sun.
Over the past few years I have been making a few patched every […]

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We are looking to put in a on ground pool next spring and one of the
options is a salt chlorine generation system. Just wondering if anyone
has had experience or insites on this system.
thanks
Pete

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Does anyone have experience using these “liquid blanket” in there pool
for heat retention. I live in NJ and even when we have warm days at
night it can cool down into the 50’s. I have a gas heater and I have
noticed a significant drop in temperature from evening to the following
morning. This past week I lost […]

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We’ve got a major pool leak in our vinyl pool (6-8 inches a day).
Tracked it down with red dye to the plastic steps at one end. The
bottom step is cracked nearly the full width of the step (left to
right) right in the center. I need some ideas about how to fix it.
Rick Kennerly

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Hi. Our liner is about 2 seasons old (or new) and while I was
brushing the water line in the deep end, I found a 3/4″ slice in the
liner above the water line. Is there a repair kit out there that I
can use to fix it? I don’t want to have to patch it b/c it […]

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Someone put a sticky, oily substance in our pool. We don’t know what it is,
but it is very thick and sticky. We assume that shocking the pool will do no
good. I am concerned that it will mess up the pump because it is so sticky -
there were some white pieces in the pool- when you […]

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I’ve hard that instead of putting 1 tablet a day in the dispenser, I can put in
7 tablets in at once, and not add any for another 7 days. Is this true?
Thanks,

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We just moved to a new house, the 12x 20 inground needed a liner, so I
removed the old one, in the process the extruded plastic moulding
(bead holder/coping?bead retainer?) was ruined. It covers a flat
coping edge (rounded at the top, and with a short lip that grips the
coping at the top . […]

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40×20 IG pool. Sand Filter. Not sure what my problem is. Maybe
someone here can help. We did a poor job covering our pool last off-
season and had tons of debris in the pool when we opened this year.
Leaves, pine needles, dirt. In any case it took me several weeks to
get it […]

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1. Sand pump vs. Cartridge pump: We got a sand pump from my mom for
our Intex 18×14 pool. Th e cartridge pump did not seem to be pumping
the water enough. But the sand pump she had has hoses that are
considerably too small for our pool to switch it over. Has anyone had
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