Recent content by lconnors

:party: Great job! Having just cleared a swamp myself, I know how good it feels to look at clear water

I have an "after" pic! Including the reason for all the hard work, my daughter, who rents this house from us, and my grandson, who just had a great time being introduced to the pool. I wish I would have kept track, but I believe we used around 40 gallons of 12.5% bleach. That, a little pH...

Re: Replacement power supply for Dolphin Diagnostic Advantag I'll try to take a pic tonight of the brushes and see what it looks like. I'd like the ability to do the walls, as the Hayward does not, but I have the warranty with the Hayward and I have no idea how old the Dolphin is - it could die...

Re: Replacement power supply for Dolphin Diagnostic Advantag Thanks, guys. My daughter actually found the power supply in a corner of the basement storeroom. Literally 2 days after I went and bought a new Hayward Pool Shark or something. (I'm at work and can't remember exactly). Anyway, the...

The solar cover is brand new, still in the box, so we won't be introducing any algae to the water. I will keep in mind the cc test values if we decide to put the cover on. I think I have become so accustomed to studying the water, I'm a little terrified to not see it for a few days! I'm not...

Probably stupid question - since we seem to have a good handle on this, and the chems seem fine, we are basically waiting ( not so patiently) for the filter to clear the water. Would it be silly to put the solar cover on it now and hope the timing of sparkling water coincides with the water temp...

We've been busy! I wanted to thank everyone for all the great information here. It has been a rough trip, but we are almost there. A new pump, filter, gallons upon gallons of 12.5% bleach, hours of brushing and vacuuming and it may just be swim able soon. I think we might have been there, but...

Re: Old Hayward skimmer replacement basket / vac plate quest Success! :party: The skimmer basket I ordered with the offset hole fits perfectly. Once I got that in place and replaced the weir, it's noticeably clearing every day. For future reference, here's a pic of the basket

Bought the house in January, in the midst of cleaning up the pool which had not been touched in 3 years. We've replaced the pump and filter, started the shock process and are preparing for the day when there might actually be swimming taking place. We found a Dolphin Diagnostic Advantage pool...

Re: Old Hayward skimmer replacement basket / vac plate quest More research and another trip to the pool store ( I did not buy anything :-D ). Pool store guys had no idea and really no suggestions. A little more reading and apparently this isn't common but it isn't unheard of either (except by...

Re: Old Hayward skimmer replacement basket / vac plate quest I will check that tonight and see. It would make sense if that were the case - and would explain why there isn't a skimmer basket when everything else seems to at least be present, even if it isn't in good shape. Or if it's a dead...

Re: Old Hayward skimmer replacement basket / vac plate quest I realized I didn't mention earlier, and it isn't clear in the pictures, but there are 2 holes in the skimmer: one in the center, and this second pipe on the side. I'm totally baffled.