Recent content by Kfremlin

Hi there, I am trying to help a friend with clearing up their pool which currently has algae in it. The pool is a 37 year old vinyl in-ground pool, approx 18' x 36' with an 8' deep end. The pool has been meticulously cared for over its lifetime - they went over 30 years before they had to...

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Hi there. We need to replace the O-ring for our Pentair sand filter. Is there a generic one we can get from a local hardware store/home depot or canadian tire? We live in a rural area in Canada in a town with no pool supply stores and with all retail stores closed due to COVID-19 we are...

Thanks. I will try the hairnets. Preventative strategies are not really an option in our case. We live in the country surrounded by wooded areas.

Hi there. This year we have the peak of the ten year cycle for tent caterpillars. They are heading into the pool in droves faster than I can skim them out. Is there any way to keep them from entering the pool? Maybe something to spray around the pool deck? Any ideas would be appreciated. It...

HI There, This is our second year opening our pool and once again we are having trouble priming the pump. We blow the water out of the pipes to winterize. Last year it took us a week before we finally got it primed - by which point the pool was swamp. We tried so many different things last...

Great. That makes me feel better about it. We will proceed as we did last year - blow out the skimmer and return lines only (after lowering water level to below the returns and skimmer) and do nothing with the main drain.

I am trying to figure out if blowing out the water in our main drain pipe in our inground pool is really necessary. Our pool is 10 feet deep in the deep end and water would never freeze at that depth even with our harsh winters here in Northern Ontario (Canada). Our neighbour has had a pool...

Hi there, We have a combination of concrete and concrete pavers for our pool deck (roughly 16" of concrete around the edges of the pool and another 4-5 feet of patio pavers around that. The concrete was poured just over a month ago and we just finished installing the pavers a week or so ago...

Perseverance has paid off! Now seeing major improvement in pool. Started to see improvement the day after I posted. SLAM is not done yet but I estimate I am 90 to 95% of the way there. My cc is 0. FC dropped 3 overnight so not quite there for this test. Water is not yet crystal clear but very...

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Thank you for the prompt replies! We will keep plugging away with the TFP SLAM method.

Ha well if you read further you would see I have been raising to 20 and trying to keep I there since Sunday morning

Hi There, We've being trying to get our pool clear. It started as a green swamp. It is now blue but very cloudy. We can see the bottom of the shallow end but that's it. The deep end is completely cloudy. We started by using shock as recommended by our pool contractor (mistake I know) had...

Yes - he sells chemicals out of his house.