Recent content by Ms Flo

Thanks for the advice elwood. That's what I've been doing, but it seems like it's taking forever. :-/ Oh, I guess I didn't say that I've been aerating for the last few days while I've been at home. I've got another 46 hours or so when I'll be able to really keep an eye on everything, but...

Thanks Jason! My husband was very happy to add another 120 pounds of salt. He loves the way the water feels now! We did a test run with the SWG last night. I expected it to say that the salt level was low, but I was surprised when it ran just fine. Unfortunately, I still need to lower my...

I'm trying to get our water balanced so we can switch to a SWG. We replaced the liner & refilled the pool at the beginning of the month. Between the tap water & rain that filled the pool, I started with a TA of 240. Two weeks & a gallon and a half of muriatic acid later, my TA is still at...

I think the pad is probably a little below the water level with the piping/tubing above the water level. But there's no way for water to get into the plumbing at this point. (Sorry, I should have been more specific.) We have an AGP with no bottom drain. The only openings in the pool liner...

No. The water is more than a foot below both the skimmer & the return. I think it has to be a tear in the liner. If we put in enough water to make it leak again, will the dye test work? Do we have any other options? ...other than just eyeballing it.

Well the pool seems to have stopped draining, & the yard is drying up. (YAY!) I'd still appreciate tips on doing a dye test though. I've found some basic instructions. (Use food coloring or pH reagent. Stand very still.) So I can picture what to do if you only need to check one area, but I...

How can you check the seam? We also have an above ground pool with a leak. :-( Our pool completely drained while we were out of town for the weekend. There was an obvious tear in the bottom of the liner near the wall. Quite a bit of sand was washed out. We pulled the liner away from the...

Re: AquaQuik SolarPRO solar collectors Welcome to TFP greg! Hope you get to enjoy solar-enhanced water very soon. :-)

:( bummer...

But these aren't panels. They are "domes". The small one has 20' of "heating coil" & the large one has 66'. The heating coil is ...well... coiled up inside a clear ball thing--the "dome". We've been looking at them too. (FWIW, I have seen better prices than the Amazon link.) It looks like a...

What did you think of the cover PEEKABOO? Anyone else? We're looking at buying an 18x33 armor kote cover for our 16x32 pool. Last year we bought a 16x32 cover & had a lot of trouble with the wind mushrooming it up. We had a 2' deck on one side of the pool, and we eventually used bungee cords...

Thanks Jason! That's very reassuring. My husband has decided to try sanding the flat surfaces of the steps. When he gets tired of that, we'll put them in. 8) Butterfly, thanks for the photo info. Thanks to everyone who has posted tips for weighting & cleaning wedding cake steps. :goodjob:

A friend gave us a set of wedding cake steps. Some sort of stain has been spilled on them. My husband was able to get off everything that was still "tacky", but there are still areas where the steps seem to have completely absorbed the pigment. If we put the steps in as-is, what are the...

We have a winter storm coming. We may get a 1/2 inch of sleet during the day tomorrow and another 1/2 inch of sleet & snow tomorrow night. I'm also having cover issues. I'm afraid the weather is about to turn those issues into big problems. What should I do? Here's the situation: We have a...

Is it okay to close the pool (disconnect pump & put on winter cover) while we're still at shock level (12 for us) :?: If we really should wait, how long should we wait :?: Our instructions from the pool store didn't say anything about waiting, so I was caught off-guard when I saw it on here...