How can I preserve a swimming pool for a couple of years without spending too much time and effort on it? [more inside]
posted by Jimmy Havok on Sep 11, 2009 - 13 answers

My parents just put in a pool, and what with the rain washing dirt and worms in and the trees shedding, it takes hours and hours of skimming and vacuuming work a week. What's the best solution here? [more inside]
posted by jeather on Jul 16, 2009 - 16 answers

Is there an aquatic sport called zapping? [more inside]
posted by ninebelow on Aug 26, 2008 - 3 answers

I am pondering whether to get one of those $100-150 department-store above-ground swimming pools to help beat the heat. Are they a steal, or am I wasting my money? Comments from anyone who owns one?
posted by crapmatic on May 24, 2008 - 16 answers

Can Bamboo (rhizomatous) damage a fibreglass swimming pool? [more inside]
posted by figment on Nov 2, 2007 - 5 answers

So, in Swimming Pool ... what in the world is that white stuff that Charlotte Rampling's character repeatedly eats? Screenshot here. No spoilers within, as long as you don't click on the YouTube link that may give away the story. [more inside]
posted by Xere on Jul 31, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm not going to sleep through my death by drowning, right? [more inside]
posted by John Kenneth Fisher on Jul 8, 2007 - 25 answers

We're looking into building a swimming a pool in Northern Virginia and could use the advice and assistance of the hive mind. [more inside]
posted by flyingrock on Jun 19, 2007 - 8 answers

How do I get rid of a filled-in swimming pool? [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library on Sep 4, 2006 - 9 answers

How do we drain a pool? [more inside]
posted by climalene on Oct 14, 2005 - 12 answers

The pool: One of these. The problem: Slow leak in the top ring. The question: How to find the leak? [more inside]
posted by I EAT TAPES on May 28, 2005 - 7 answers