Recent content by monkeywrench

Thanks again folks ima goin lookin John

Hi All, Is there such a thing (kit) to repair a vinyl liner under the water or is draining the only option Thanks John :monkey:

Sounds exciting!!! My only suggestion if possible, would be a bottom drain. I find the constant available volume provides a reliable prime for the pump which is helpfull for hooking up the vacuum, draining for winter closing, backwashing, and getting started in the spring. good luck JB :monkey:

Just checking in for all those who've helped, I know I like to see the outcomes of some of these efforts here it is. The inline cartridge filter did the trick, I installed it in the return line after the sand filter, and began showing results, I just had to wash out the cartridge every...

Thanks guys, I put all those practices into play. I also have made an inline cartridge set up from supplies I had a work I'll try to install on Thursday jb :monkey:

Re: Going to give the BBB method a try - need some advice pl Hi Mike and welcome, to be brief If your in the market for a test kit it would be worth your while to order the TF- 100, you'll be glad you did , i find it to be much more cost effective. second if your using triclor pucks this is...

Sounds like the start of something bad ,you should shock, here we use the BBB method, so some bleach would be in order and more brushing. Please tell us if you do any testing of your own, filter type, what your using for chlorine now, size of the pool in gallons. The rest of the folks are going...

Re: Starting Borax after shocking the @#$%^ out of pool - 2 Greetings, Borax is used to raise the level of ph in your water if you have add five boxes of borax to your water stop right now! If your trying to raise the level of chlorine in the water we suggest using bleach. You didn't mention...

Hi just returned from my PIF project , the water shows some improvements by not too exciting there is about 16" of visibility from the surface. Saturday I rebuilt the filter, it looks like play sand may have been used compared to the much finer Leslie's sand. Great tips on assembly and start...

Great tips dattia, the sand I dumped from the filter was probably 12 to 14 inches from the top of the tube, sound like not nearly enough

Thanks for the info especially the back wash tip,i'm assuming that helps settle everything? It does have the lateral pipe set up as you described. I'm wondering if anyone out there has purchased sand any where other than the dreaded pool store? thanks JB

Good morning I hope everyone's Saturday is as pretty as it is here in central MA. I'm still on this pay it forward project, the owner has gone on vacation for two weeks so the ball is totally in my court now. The water is still milky so this morning I've gone after the equipment. Filtration is...

thanks Jason will do i'm going to have just FC and CC test and brush. jb :monkey:

I have not confirmeds as of yet, Saturday will be a week, my filter is DE so I have some on hand, I will check the algaecide for copper ( what IF?) . Also no more chlorine ? just keep testing for CC's?

Hi Folks, back again, my student (a teacher mind you!) has gone rogue on me and lost POP , her milky water has led to some over chlorination behind my back. While i was there I noticed the pool wasn't even close to electrical code so I've been buring conduit pulling cable,installing GFI, and...