Recent content by JerryTx

I thought I'd take a moment and share some 1st time pool owner lessons I learned trying to get my pool crystal clear. This is the first pool I've owned and been responsible for maintaining. My parents had a pool when I was a kid but they had a pool guy and a system that practically ran itself...

So I know this is an old thread but wanted to follow-up with my findings. Turns out the problem with the priming was the o-ring that went around the lid to the pump skimmer had fallen off. How in the world the pool guy was able to get the pump primed is beyond me ... but as soon as I put that...

I'm hoping that's the issue. The pool has a lot of landscaping around it and I need to bag up all the leaves. Over the weekend I was walking behind all the landscaping and trees leading up to the waterfall and didn't see a valve but it could be covered up. I found lights out there that I...

jdt, Going through the same thing now with my new pool. The previous occupants of the house I bought didn't change light bulbs (I replaced literally 30 bulbs that were burned out) so I think that's the problem. But like Mike said, the switch could be anywhere. I found an Intermatic switch on...

Hi John, Your idea was very helpful. I turned the valves so I was pulling from the spa and the flow was really good, but when I changed it to the main drain in the pool the flow stopped. I think the drain is clogged with leaves. The previous owner had renters who for some reason removed the...

So I just bought a house with a pool and still trying to figure out how everything works. I had a pool growing up so the concept of cleaning/testing water is not new to me. The pool was built in the mid-90s so it is an older setup which might be the root of many of the quirks I'm running into...