Pool Problems Library
Pool problems, one symptom at a time
Guides with ranked causes, safe homeowner checks and clear when-to-call lines. Filter by system:
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Pool Water Turning Green After Rain
A Florida thunderstorm is a chemistry event measured in inches. A big pool gains hundreds of gallons of essentially untreated water in…
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Strong Chlorine Smell (Chloramines)
The chemistry is counterintuitive enough to deserve plain words: the sharp smell is chlorine that has already done its work and is…
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Brown or Green Stains in a Pool
Stain diagnosis is a two-family detective story, and the families hate each other’s medicine. Metal stains answer to ascorbic chemistry and sequestrants;…
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Foam on Pool Water
Foam is a surface-tension report. Pure water pops its bubbles instantly; water carrying dissolved organics holds them, and a pool accumulates those…
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Pool Light Not Working
Pool lights live a double life: a lamp and a pressure vessel in one housing, sealed against the element it illuminates. Time…
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Heat Pump Not Turning On
A silent heat pump invites panic out of proportion to its usual causes. The control chain is long and mostly protective: thermostat…
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Pool Heater Not Heating
Heaters are honest machines wrapped in safeties. Nearly every control in the chain exists to stop operation when conditions are wrong, which…
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White Calcium Scale on Tile
The waterline is where pool water meets air, heat and evaporation, so it is where dissolved minerals retire. A Cape Coral pool…
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Salt Cell Calcium Buildup
Scale on a salt cell is the same mineral story as the white line on tile, told on expensive equipment. The cell’s…
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Salt Cell Not Producing Chlorine
Salt systems fail politely: the pump runs, the panel glows, and only the water reports the truth. That is why the first…
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