Recent content by davep18

I just opened my pool yesterday and I ran into a few issues. I managed to repair all of them except for one. There is a very small dripping leak on my filter where the multiport valve connects to it. The leak is on a part that appears to be discontinued ( see and look at part 19 on this page...

Yes, I did remember that. The change in water conditions after cleaning the filter and adding ~6 pounds of DE is stunning. Too bad the weather is starting to cool off in NJ. While there is a heater on the pool, I'm probably going to close it down for the year rather than go bankrupt running it...

My wife and I purchased a foreclosed home in NJ that has a pool. We knew going in that the home hadn't been lived in for about 3 years. We figured the pool was neither used or taken care of for at least that amount of time as well. I don't have any pictures currently of how it started but it is...