Recent content by rwood5093

We still have it in SC! At least they did last week. The pool section is getting smaller, but it's still a full aisle.

I'm the one who asked after having laprascopic abdominal surgery. My dr said it was ok if I covered my surgical wounds with waterproof bandages, and avoid anything strenuous, such as lap swimming. I tried the bandaids, and the pads on the stayed perfectly dry. But pulling them off was pure...

My first Intex pump had a timer that went bad. Slightly different symptoms, but it was definitely the timer. It quit working on 4 hours, then 6, then 8, then 12, and eventually all together. It would work (24 hours a day), but not on the timer.

This is us too. Except we need the 5 gallon bucket filter to help get the oxidized iron out. We get our top off water from mother nature. Were lucky to have only needed a top off once or twice in 3 years. Today might be our third time. I have a house prefilter, but it's pretty much...

Re: Filling pool with well water soon - need advice Another way to know if you have iron, is to check inside your house. Are your toilet tanks and shower rusty? Do your white clothes turn orange? Is your landscaping rusty from being watered by a sprinkler system? If so, chlorine will...

So, having had surgery this past Monday, they told me to stay out of the pool for 4 weeks. Last year for another surgery, different Dr's/nurses said 4 weeks or 6 weeks. One Dr told me it was fine after incisions were closed, but to use waterproof bandaid, and to just wade around (do nothing...

Are you using pool math to tell you much bleach to use?

I will probably never get a sand filter. My pool is a 5000gal intex, and my fill water has high iron. We filtered out the oxidized iron, and haven't had any more issues. I don't want to backwash, then top off with metal filled water. I like my cartridge filter, because I don't have to back...

The iron filter works once the chlorine interacts with the iron. This type of filter works great on oxidized iron. Like the person above indicated, this will not work with plain tap water, as the iron hasn't oxidized yet. It's a cheap inexpensive solution to make the 5 gallon bucket...

Re: Brand new Intex 16’ Ultra Frame I have same setup. Ours originally came with the smaller intex cartridge filter. We added a Hayward skimmer and the intex swcg and didn't have any problems. The pump died the 2nd summer , so we got the larger intex cartridge filter. It works great too...

Here are a few pics of ours. Materials were about $10. Well worth it for us!

With your small pool (like mine), it should be easy (or not too difficult) to create a 5 gallon bucket filter to filter out the oxidized iron. We did that 2 years ago, and since mother nature keeps us topped off with rain water, we don't have to use a sequestrant. I highly recommend!

This is my third summer.

I have this one and love how easy my pool is to take care of. My pH has been 7.4 since last July. Through hurricanes, tropical storms, and enough rain to probably totally replace my water at least once. I did have a little algae this year, under the seams of my liner. Other than that, no...

During the heavy pollen season, my filter goops up with stuff that looks like hard boiled egg yolk. I totally underestimated how bad it would clump up, and mine was similar to yours. It was gross, and oddly fascinating at the same time.....