Recent content by gosusgo

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I ordered this exact pump from HF, used a 20% off coupon and bought the 2 year warranty with the money saved (I am not a big warranty girl, but the brushing issues made it a smart move). I have everything else I need already. It is set to arrive Tuesday and I...

I wasn't trying to represent the FLA person's skill level. Just providing the asked-for explanation of a dead man. The pipe coming out of the ground is the dead man and there is no water return - that's the idea - to get the groundwater up and away. Yes, I have a gravel bed and yes the pool was...

This is s description I got from a pool builders' forum on DIY Home Improvement Information | DoItYourself.com : "Here is something else that most people in the business outside of fla. don't know. You HAVE to run a pump 24hrs a day on the hole when you build the pool just to be able to build...

No way unless it is the world's smallest pump - the pipe is approximately 2" wide.

My liner installer had a Hayward Super Pump on it - that looked like overkill to me but what do I know? That's why I am here….

Yessir and I have learned from reading in the last hour that I need an in-ground pool pump because it will sit above the level of the water it is pulling out. What do you recommend? Also should I have it hard wired onto dead man - that seems much easier than intermittently pulling it out of the...

Hello TFP'ers! I live in a wet area i.e. clay soil and high water table. Luckily, my pool installer years ago put in a dead man to drain off excess water from around and under the pool. Unluckily, he did not tell me how to use it. So I just installed a new liner want it to last so now I am going...

We trucked in some water because the installer said we needed to in order to hold liner in place. Did not get iron free water as far as I know. I started adding more chlorine this am and it has cleared already. Will continue to SLAM until I pass OFCT. Thanks. - - - Updated - - - We are on well...

So we had a new vinyl liner installed this week. The installer had several trucks of water brought in and we are completing the fill with our garden hose. We are over the returns and almost up to the skimmers - using the main drain in the meantime for circulation. So last night I tested and...

I would never want to offend, as you all have been so helpful with my pool over the years. So I will just post my dilemma and you can give me your feedback. Earlier this season I purchased a brand new Compupool CPSC48 with dreams of further automating my pool. But life intervened and we were not...

So I have had a great opening and at this point only see one point that concerns me - my low TA. I know I can add baking soda to raise it, but that will also send my pH up out of range I believe. So what's a girl to do - just slowly add bs and test a lot? Here are today's numbers: FC - 3 pH -...

It is a good morning here at the beach. I did my OCLT and my loss was.....0! I also did a CYA test this am and I have 30 ppm on that so now I am officially going to start shocking - even though my OCLT was perfect! The pool has only been open two days so there is still some stuff to resolve but...

Got it. OK, so I am guessing what shock level to maintain without CYA reading but what can you do when you first open and haven't had a week for added CYA to register on test? I assumed there would be no CYA when I opened pool..that was possibly a mistake I am thinking now too. But I will wait a...