Mary Asks The Pool Guy: Last year, we replaced our chlorinator with a Hayward CL 100. It is very difficult to remove the cap to add chlorine tablets. Do you have any suggestions? Thanks! Mary Murphy The Pool Guys Response: Hi, If you have already started the filter system this year what you will need [...]

Micheal Asks The Pool Guy: When I tried to replace the light fixtures in my pool I found that there was only about 6 (six) inches of extra wire left in the niche. I attempted to pull on the nub of a wire that was left and I tied a nylon cord at the other [...]

How To Open & Close The PRO Grid D.E. Filter If you need to open up your Hayward PRO Grid filter to inspect or clean the internal parts you can do so but first you will need to shut the filter system off. Next you will need to remove the drain plug which is located [...]

The Hayward Super Pump motor has two bearings inside. If you super pump is starting to make a grinding or a screeching noise you may need to change your super pumps bearings. The bearings inside of the super pump can not be oiled or greased. If your pump is making those noises you will need [...]

If you have a King Technology “Pool Frog” hooked up to your filter system you can adjust the levels easily by turning the blue knob on the front of the canister. The Pool Frog is made for inground and above ground swimming pools. The Pool Frog requires chemical packs to operate. You can buy …

When the winter time comes and you need to remove all the water from your swimming pool plumbing you will have to do something called “blowing out your lines” or otherwise known as winterizing your swimming pool plumbing. One of the things you need to make sure you winterize is the vinyl pool step returns [...]

If you need to remove your inground swimming pool light you can so so in a few minutes with a screwdriver. If you look down at your swimming pool light you will see a hole in the top of the light ring. Inside this hole you will find a screw that can be removed by [...]

If you need to remove the “wet end” or commonly known as the pump housing on your Hayward Super pump you will need a 9/16″ open end wrench or a 9/16″ socket. Once you have a wrench or a socket you will want to turn the 9/16″ bolt on the Hayward pump housing counter clockwise(to [...]

The Zodiac Baracuda Wahoo Above Ground Pool Suction Cleaner offers a great way to clean your pool while you spend more time in your pool. The Wahoo is an automatic swimming pool cleaner that can clean your pool in a couple of hours. This above ground pool cleaner offers a safe way to remove dirt, [...]

Donna Simpson is that lady from New Jersey who you have been hearing about all over the news as well as on the Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. She currently weighs a remarkable 600+ lbs and is on mission to not only to be the fattest women in the world but to also be …

If your Intermatic swimming pool timer has stopped working you will have to do something called troubleshooting. There are many reasons why your pool timer may not be working. You could be missing the timer pins, you could have a bad timer, you could have no power to the timer or maybe even the timer [...]

If you have a Hayward Super Pump that has broken drain plugs stuck inside of the pump housing / wet end of the pump and your looking for some help to guide you through the Hayward Super Pump Repair then read on. You maybe able to remove them with this trick I would use all [...]

If you have a Hayward Super Pump powering your above ground or in ground pool then you will know from time to time you may develop some air leaks inside of the pump. This air that gets sucked in from the pump fittings will travel through the swimming pool plumbing and then wind up blowing [...]

If you need to hook up the swimming pool pump and the filter on your existing above ground pool, or if you need to plumb in your new filter system this guide is what you will need to give you a “heads up” and will let you know what is involved and what you will [...]

The most common mistake pool owners often make is that they do not add enough shock into the swimming pool when they are trying to clear green algae from the swimming pool. In fact many people do not even check the chlorine levels before they shock the pool. They just add a few bags of [...]

In order to properly hook up your above ground pool filter system you will first need to make sure you have everything to do so. You will need the pump, the filter which may be sand, D.E. or a cartridge, pool hoses to connect the pump, filter all to the pool or rigid PVC plumbing [...]