Recent content by Sammib

Re: above ground pool has lost its skimmer suction...help.. i am having the same problem. Came here to investigate. where you able to fix the problem? I have noticed lack of suction before, but by changing the filter, it fixed the problem. But now, no matter what I do, I cant fix it. my salt...

What about home depot? What is muriatic acid usually used for? Aka, what section of the store?

Thanks! Can i get Muriatic acid from walmart?? I am also going to pick up a good testing kit. The strips that the my machine came with says to wait 15 seconds, so i did, and the readings were not as bad, but if you wait like a whole whopping 30 seconds, the readings get worse, so I'm a bit un...

I am new to all of this. I just put up our pool and added my salt this weekend. I do not have a good test kit yet, for I knew my swg had some testers, so figured I'd start from there. Tested an my ph is 8.5 and total alk is like 240 (I think....my readings I wrote down are not with me at the...

Reading the reviews, many people said they had a leak. A few even said their drains leaked. So I kind of knew this could happen buying it. It was $499....cheep when it comes to pools, so I knew what I was up against. I cant spend a few thousand on a "real" pool. The reviewers also told about...

Hello, this is my first post. We just purchased an intex 20' ultra pool. Reading the reviews on it, I decided tp buy it anyway, expecting there to be a leak that I would need to repair....ok, for a good size pool so cheap, what else do I want? Well guess what?? I have a leak....in the drain...