Recent content by JBird

Thanks Jason and Kevin. So the spider gasket should be something I can buy at my local pool store? Leslie's or Aquarama in my case.

Jason, I have had to slowly learn how to do different things on my own to my pool pump, etc., like changing the sand myself, and changing out the capacitor on my pump motor, so pardon me if I sound a little uneducated when I ask the Hows. To open up the multi-valve, is it just a matter of...

When my pool is in normal filtering mode I have water escaping through my back wash line. It just started doing this. At first, I could backwash, switch back to filter and water would come out of the back wash line as well as water recirculating into the pool and also it would send debris into...

Ok, I figured out the problem. There is an air release tube coming from the return valve inside the filter that had pulled loose, leaving an opening. There is no replacement fitting available so I capped the opening with a leak repair putty. It should be fine but I won't know until tomorrow.

I did not run on backwash first after putting the new sand in. I have backwashed since putting the sand in. I did not have it on recirculate. I don't know how easily the laterals can crack. I guess they are pretty old but I was extremely gentle working around them when taking the sand out. I...

I recently changed my sand on my own for the first time. I got some information here as well as researching what to do elsewhere before taking on the project. I have an old brown Fox 300lb filter. I was very careful in taking out the old sand and careful not to damage the laterals. I was also...

Thanks JB. I will see if I can find one in Marietta, Ga tomorrow.

$75-100? Wow! That is amazing. I have spent over $200 in the past three weeks trying to clear this up. Do you have a SWG? I have spent considerably less per year since I purchased mine and I had less trouble with algae when I would leave town for few weeks of vacation in the summer. But, I had...

Thank you so much for the continued support in this thread. You are so kind. I haven't visited pool school yet so I was just thinking about how much liquid chlorine to add compared to what the chlorine in a lb of shock would present. Certainly one can add and test. If you can't find liquid...

I am starting to get the picture. I was just reading the link you sent me. Can one of these test kits be found at Leslies(TF100 or K2006)? Looks like I need to get one of these first thing. I keep reading the word "bleach". Are we talking about clorox here or is that another term for chlorine...

I think you are correct that I need to spend more time researching this site. I have only come on a couple of times in the past. That said, I looked for my other thread and couldn't find it so that is why I started a new thread. A couple of weeks ago, Leslie's had me hit the pool with 12 lbs of...

Definitely Leslie's. I don't have a quality test kit. I have been relying on Leslie's since I got my SWG in '06. Thanks for your reply.

I have been fighting my green pool for several weeks now. I have a 25K kidney shaped vinyl liner pool. I have been following Leslie's advice and I think even they are scratching their heads now. I have used three bottles of algaecide and over a hundred in shock. I have a SW swim pure system an...

Not sure where I can get liquid chlorine in Marietta/Atlanta, Ga. Leslie's doesn't sell it. I don't have the water test results available at the moment but everything was good except the ph dropped to 7. I added 4 lbs of soda ash and have a box of shock on hand. I was instructed to add 3 bags...

I had the cell tested and it is good. The box is giving me mixed readings and the "generating" light is not coming on. The pool store said there is a fuse that may be blown but it looks good. I have been fighting algae for a month now it seems. I cleaned the cell yesterday after changing my...