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  1. darrenfauth

    drain clogged with broken plaster

    Our re-plastering of our pool that was still sporting its original 1970's plaster is complete. I'm on day 3 of re-plaster start-up. We've known the drain has been clogged with plaster the four years we have owned the house and pool. The contractor replaced the old drain cover and I looked at the...
  2. darrenfauth

    Help understanding these filter pipes and valves

    Like so many of us my father became a pool owner when he bought his house and received the instructions to: Turn this, pull that and flip this switch to backwash...put them back where they were to run the filter. We got to talking about whether he filters his pool from the skimmers only or...
  3. darrenfauth

    Recycled Rubber Pavers around pool

    Hi- I haven't seen any discussions about rubber pavers like the Envirotile sold at Home Depot http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202526705/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053. We've had our pool for four years which had the original 1970's plaster job. Plaster...
  4. darrenfauth

    On the right track with Algae Problem?

    Hi, Pool noob that is getting a pool with the purchase of foreclosed house. Pool specs are in my signature. Pool was dark, swampy green with no knowledge of how long it had been that way. Bank had the pool drained :( and let it sit that way (in hot Texas sun) for about 5 days :evil: They...