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Glossary

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Ladder: A device used to enter or exit a pool. A-Frame: Straddles a pool wall in an above-ground pool only. It has a safety feature that allows one side to lift and prevent access into the pool. Product suggestions: Neptune Stair Entry System w/Gate, Rotate & Lock A-Frame Pool Ladder. In-Pool: This "candy cane" shaped ladder goes from deck to pool bottom. It can be used in in-ground pools or above-ground pools with decks. Product suggestions: Premium In-Pool Ladder, In-Ground Pool Ladder.

Laterals: Devices at the bottom of a pool filter that collect the filtered water and carry it up the tank to and back into the pool.

Liner (Vinyl): Overlap Pool Liner: These pool liners hang over the pool wall and are held in place with a liner clip. Product suggestions: Blue Swirl 20-Gauge Overlap, Solid Blue 20-Gauge Overlap Expandable. Beaded Pool Liner: These pool liners have a beaded top which snaps into a bead receiver located at the top of your pool wall just underneath the seat ledge. Product suggestion: Boulder Swirl Beaded, Blue Diamond 25-gauge Beaded. J-Hook (Uni-Bead)Pool Liner: These pool liners have a J-shaped piece that forms a grove (pocket) on top of the liner that hooks onto the pool wall corrugation. These liners are also very versatile because use of the hook is optional if the liner needs to be overlapped beyond the pool edge for a proper fit. Product suggestions: 25-gauge Rolling Rock J-Hook, 25-gauge Classic J-Hook.

Liquid Acid: A liquid chemical (muriatic or hydrochloric acid) used to reduce pH and total alkalinity. This is a dangerous, corrosive chemical that should be handled with extreme care.

Lithium Pool Shock: Done with an expensive, white granular form of chlorine that has pH of 9 and available chlorine of 35%.