Recent content by yeller

I'm interested in this as well as I have them as well only on the wall on 1 side and not the floor... wife threw down granular pesticide around pool pavers while I was out of town for 2 weeks..maybe Al Sulfate or something...??

Yes I turned the handle but that wasnt real easy not like a DE set up. It may be time to install a new multiport..

Just a couple quick questions, this is a little older with only a backwash valve not a multi-port with rinse. Today I tried to pull up the valve to back wash and it's tuff as a rock. Any ideas?

I have a neighbor with a Triton sand filter. The multiport valve is pretty old it's the knid with 2 small pins on the bottom and the grooved channel that runs the length and you pull up to backwash but I don't see any rinse position. Also on a hayward multiport on a DE there doesn't seems to be...

Took a second look today with the Vit C and it appears to be Calcium build up. Added the de-calcifier will see what it looks like in 2 weeks.

My neighbor has a plaster pool new in January and I'll try to determine if the charcoal colored stains are organic or metallic. If the stains are metallic and I chelate the metal will it coagulate and get picked up by the cartridge filter? I assume the filters are 5 microns. I'm ok if it's...

Saint what in floor system do you have? Just curious.

replaced all but balls, cant get em anymore but the cam on the gear set is new as well. would have to retro the new valves with glue..that concerns me a bit

replaced the whole set

I have 1 pop up when the head is in, the gear set stops at that location. When I remove the head the gear set moves and all is ok. I have replaced the gear set - no change. New heads still stops. This is an A&A top flow 5 port with balls. I have removed other heads and blew out small scale...