If you’re owner of a pool or hot spa at home, you would need to get familiar yourself with the basic aspect of water maintenance, routine cleaning and servicing, during or after the season.  No two technicians will approach a job in the same manner, so there is no right or wrong. At your regular [...]

Whether it is a pool and spa that is newly constructed or an older vessel that is being replastered, the break-in (or start-up) of a new plaster job is very important, and you should hire the technician and the service contract if you don’t know what you’re doing. Most builders subcontract the plastering and …

The Hayward Perflex D.E. Pool Filter operates in a different way then most D.E. pool filters. This type of filter cannot only be back washed but the filter also has an option called “regeneration” which allows you to get the most from your D.E. powder. The Perflex filter also has something called a “bump handle” [...]

Owning a sand pool filter is great when everything is working 100% correctly. But when your filter breaks down and needs repair not only will you need to spend time repairing the problem but you also will be spending money. Once way to get the most out of your pool sand filter and to also [...]

Whether its the beginning, mid or end of the swimming pool season your pool pump could wind up having some mechanic problems that could prevent you from using the pools filter system. But most of the time the pump will stop working and can be generally fixed within a few hours or days. Sometimes you [...]

If you own a Hayward Pool Filter that has a white PVC ball valve on the filter tank and you are having trouble with it, then you made need to troubleshoot, rebuild and repair the inner workings of the valve or simple replace the valve. The white PVC ball valves can be found on many [...]

If the pressure on your Hayward Perflex D.E. filter, which includes the EC 30, EC40, EC50, and the EC65A, has risen 5 – 10 PSI above the normal operating pressure, you will need to do something called “back washing a Hayward pool filter”. You also might have be noticing the water pressure that comes out [...]

Closing an in ground swimming pool can be done easily if you have about 2 – 3 hours time and a friend or family member that can help you. You can close most of the pool with just one person, but when it comes time to put the cover on the pool you could have [...]

If you own an in ground or above ground swimming pool and you have a Hayward swimming pool filter on the pool, then there will come a time where you will need to clean out your filter. Whether the filter runs on a cartridge, D.E. powder or sand each filter will still have to be [...]

If you have a Hayward Perflex D.E. Pool filter on your pool you are going to have to do something called “backwashing” from time to time in order for your pool filter to work properly. Now your probably thinking; “What is backwashing a pool filter” or “how do I back wash my pool filter” because [...]

If you are looking to fix, or repair your Waterway Clearwater In Line Chlorinator, this parts cutaway diagram should help you identify the parts that you need to replace. Always make sure that you shut down your swimming pool filter system when you are working on your In Line Chlorinator or any other part of [...]

If your above ground or in-ground swimming pool has turned green you will need to learn how to clear up a green pool. You will need some liquid or powered pool shock. You will also need some sort of pool vacuum equipment so you can vacuum the pool after it clears. The following pointers should [...]

If you are having troubles with your top mount multi-port on your swimming pool filter system and you need to replace the multi-port valve then you can read the steps below to help you do so easily. You will need a Philips head screwdriver, Flathead screwdriver, and also a pair of channel lock pliers or [...]

If you are cleaning out your Hayward PRO Grid D.E. Filter you will want to be sure that you inspect the tank belly bandO-Ring . If the belly band O-Ring is dry, cracked our split you will have to replace the belly band with a new one. If your Hayward PRO Grid is leaking in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]