Recent content by DrUNC83

Thnks for all your help guys! I will be out of town for 1 week but will place a new gauge when I get back and let you know if I have any more issues.

Ok so I assume the bleeder is the valve that is on top of the filter that the gauge screws into. I took that off also just now and looked in there. No junk. I put toothpick in there. I blew and it is open with pin size hole. I turned pump back on and now trickle comes out of valve release...

I will check that now but the gauge was reading zero before I even cleaned/opened pump

Ok, so I am a pool novice. A little background, I am in NC and pretty much all winter didn't clean the filter or mess with the pool much. A few days ago I noticed the pressure gauge was reading zero. My pool is pretty dirty and the skimmers were full. Today I turned off the pump. Cleaned...

It was a computerized tester at the pool store. She said trust her readings of course.

Could j be doing the tests incorrectly? I follow the instructions in the TFT-100 kit. And it is pretty dang simple so don't know how I could be messing it up.

So I still consider myself a "new" pool owner and need some help. I have a tft-100 test kit and tested the pool today. I got a FC of 2, CC of 0, pH of 8, Hardness of 275, alkalinity 30. I took a sample of pool water to the local store and got a huge discrepancy with FC 0.86, CC 0.15, pH 8...

What should I put in my signature line exactly about my pool? Also I am so ignorant about a lot I don't even know what an equipment pad is, i suspect that is the area where all the pippin and filter and pumps are? Valves are open but when i look at the skimmer holes (there are 2) the look like...

Thanks for response. So if air temp below 34 sustained you run the pump 24hrs or even if say 50s daytime but 29 at night? Also, you just put in regular bleach? How do I figure out the dose or amount to add? How come bleach instead of chlorine tabs? In winter, how often do you test your pool...

Ok so newbie here and this is my first real post to the forum. I have tried reading about winterizing or keeping pool open in winter but there is so much information on the site so I thought I would just ask. I have never owned a pool before and bought a house this past July so this is my...

Hey everyone! New pool owner in NC here. Recently moved into a house in July and was using a pool company but decided to take over myself. It is a 40,000 gallon pool with a Jandy salt water system. So I have finally got the chemicals and filter system down but have tons of other questions to...