Recent content by JStock7169

59 Bucks on clearence at Target, You may be able to get them online? Aluminum framed and seem to be pretty nice, Wont last a lifetime but good enough to catch some rays..

Update - I bought a new gasket for the basket and a new top manifold for the DE filter, Got home last night and tore it all apart, cleaned the filter again, replaced the manifold, tefloned taped the drain plug on the filter and both drain fittings in the pump, also replaced the gasket for the...

I dissasmbled the DE filter on Sunday.. took all the filters out and cleaned them, then reinstalled and mixed 6 lbs of DE and poured it through the skimmer. pressure is around 10 lbs I think? but the guage is hard to read. I can take it all apart and clean it again, no problem, I will run to a...

Thanks for the response, I will take a pic of the new setup tonight, It looks much better, The water is actually perfect, very clear and clean, SWG is making CL and pool readings are perfect other than CYA a tad low, which I am bringing up slowly. As far as the DE being clogged, I did but about...

another note - they had silcon caulk pretty much everywhere, on all unions, valves etc.. (you can see it in the picture) I replaced basically everything and did not put caulk anywhere.. what is the proper procedure?

I have read this forum for several years and it has helped me with numerous questions about doing my own pool. Now for my first question.. I installed an aquarite SWG over the weekend and when I did it I cleaned up all the plumbing. replaced all the valves, rearranged the equipment for a neater...