Recent content by CUTiger78

Give the addition of DE a try. I did that w/ sand in my filter & now w/ Zeosand in my filter. Get a bag of the synthetic DE, it's cheap. I believe the occasional addition of DE has improved my fine filtering when I needed it. Certainly didn't hurt anything. BTW, I've been using Zeosand for a...

I need to replace a leaky piece of PVC flex pipe. It's glued to a PVC stub connector and I've got no room to trim either pipe & place a new connector. Can I use a heat gun to heat up the flex pipe and pull it off the connector stub it's glued to? Thanks!

I second the leaf bagger idea.

Yep, the waste port.

My multiport valve was leaking so I replaced the spider gasket. Still leaking. What now? Replace the diverter only, or the key, cover, and handle assembly? Any thoughts? Thanks!

Marty, you might want to get a sharper estimate of the volume of your pool to keep from wasting chemicals. If it was a true 30X60 w/ an average depth of 5 feet, it would contain just less than 70K gallons. Just a thought. Cheers!

Vince, I've been enjoying your saga and feeling bad for ya that there's so much of your labor in this "labor of love" you're taken on. Here's an idea that I use and it might ease your labors--you could brush the walls & floor while you're in the pool. It'll sure be cooler that brushing from the...

Wow! Almost 18'--that's something!!! You've got everything big w/ that pool, except the heater. I've got a Pawley's Island rope hammock w/ a stand like that and it's only about 10' long. That's what I was using to estimate the size of yours. Good luck figuring out the # of gallons in that...

Marty, Are you sure of the 30' X 60' dimensions? Looking at the picture in your post #13 and figuring that hammock frame to be about 9, maybe 10', long, it looks like your pool might be closer to 20' X 40'. That would still be a big residential pool, but 30' X 60' is huge. Not trying to be...

Even though I've got a Hayward S244T and you've got that Pentair, I've got to think that any filter losing 1 or 2 cups of sand per backwash has got to have something wrong with it. Sometimes I might lose a teaspoon, sometimes none. Does rinsing for 30-60 seconds after backwashing make any...

I'm w/ Jason. Some jugs even have graduated markings to simplify estimating. I did buy a measuring cup w/ a built-in digital scale for weighing dry chemicals. Found it online, seems to work fine, wasn't expensive. As gadgets go, it's good, but I don't brag on it like I do my 5-star gadget, the...

Well, I can't speak for everyone, merely share my experience. I've owned & maintained my current pool since 1994. When I had to replace my filter in 2009, I switched from silica sand to Zeosand. I'm not sure that Zeosand performs better than sand, but it's certainly no worse. I maintain the...

In a filter that size, it wouldn't be too expensive to give Zeosand a try.

My 380 is about 20 years old. I've tuned it up more than once w/ the Tune-Up Kit. It's been working better than ever this year, mostly when the heater's on. But, with the pool temp over 80, I'm not running the heater lately. 380 had a couple of leaking swivels, so I replaced 2 this year. Now...

Cox kept telling me to upgrade to a docsis3 cable modem. Since I needed better range in the house, I upgraded w/ a new Motorola Surfboard. Fixed my range problem, but I can't tell that it made any difference in my internet speed. Can't see what benefits docsis3 provides.