Swimming pools blog

Just wanted to say hi and thanks for letting me join this list. I am a
pool repair man in southern california and also a hayward warranty
servicer for
hayward pool products. I also work on most all other brands of
equipment. Hopefully, I can help soem of you out there with any
questions you might have.
Paul

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Hi,
I want to buy a solar cover during the end of season sales. I have an
above ground pool and have had a couple solar covers in the past 6
years. The one I bought last time was clear and very thick.
The “bubbles” started to break and I now have little plastic floaters
in the pool.
I am wondering […]

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I’m having a problem with the pump for my inground pool. When I first
turn it on, it pushes water noticeably in the pool, although there are
lots of air bubbles. But over the next few hours, while the pressure
reading stays pretty much the same, the flow going out the jets drops
to almost nothing. Any idea what’s […]

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Hi all, We are new pool owners. We have a 15′ round A.G. and live on
the east coast. Mt intention was to lower the water level below the
skimmer and return. Yesterday a salesman showed me things that you can
use and not have to drain the pool at all. They are……..a plug for
the return hole, a […]

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I am in the process of looking to get my inground pool re morisited.
I called 11 companys that said they did that, Three made appointments
and never came to them, Two said they did not do that type of repair,
three never returned calls, and three actually came out and gave
estamates. Out of curiosity has anyone else […]

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In the spring I want to put a new liner in our above ground pool as the one
we have has some bad rips in it. Our pool
Is 27 ‘ round and 52″ high. I now have a liner that hangs over but those
snap on ones seem so much nicer. Will one of those work with […]

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Hi all,
We have a winter pool cover that is green mesh. I was doing some
repair on it today - and noticed that there are two places on the
lower side that have a white almost plastic stitched into it… they
don’t fall on any “rubbing” area around the pool, so don’t know why
they are there. One is […]

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Does anyone else have the 18 x 4 Intex above ground pool?
Mine is the steel frame support, not the one with the air ring at the
top.
Are you happy with yours, how long have you had it?
Any regrets?
I hear mixed reviews of this pool, like lots of problems keeping
it clean from algae, just wanted more thoughts […]

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Hi everyone! We have lived in our house for over 4 years and have
always paid someone else to open and close the pool. I’m tired of
paying for something I think I can do myself. We have a pool company
that charges $205 to close the pool and an extra $65 to clean the DE
filter grids. They […]

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I added an aqua logic controller and chlorine generator to my
30,000gal inground pool back in May and it’s been great. The system
already had a Nature2 cartridge system on it and I had an extra
cartridge so I left that intact for the Summer.
When I took water in to the local pool store the clerks thought it […]

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