Recent content by MrBfromNC

Thanks Kim. I may have to try it soon.

After precisely four years of hard work and admirable dedication to the task at hand, my poor little Pool Rover Jr has one foot in the grave. It runs slowly, stops after 5-10 minutes and the inside is looking quite rusted. I would love to purchase another one of the same model but cannot find it...

Yep, the gauge drops to 40PSI when turned off. I'll order a new one and install it. Thanks y'all. I think I'll postpone the PVC work (for now).

I was not aware of the lower limit for that pump. That's actually good news, if true. Just to be safe, I can order a new gauge while I'm getting the unions.

I'm not home for another couple of hours but I can check and see.

Oh, NOW I realize for what purpose the threaded unions are designed. If I wanted to cut the PVC pipe RIGHT AT THE SIDE of the multiport, I could replace those couplers with unions instead. I obviously need to read up on these more.

Hi folks, sorry I haven't been too active on the forum this past year but I've been using the TFP method ever since we installed our pool four years ago. Even when I get lazy and neglect it until late April, it always bounces back quickly using the SLAM method taught here and running my filter a...

Every spring now, I begin to clean up my 24 ft AGP. Every year I pull all my equipment out of my garage and test my water and purchase a couple dozen gallons of liquid chlorine from Wally World. This weekend I began my journey towards crystal clear water once again. As my wife watched me pulling...

Very carefully. LOL

It's also handy to leave some space between deck and rail in case you need to replace the liner in the future. You won't need to remove any of the decking boards to access the old liner.