Search results

My normal SOP is to drag the solar cover to the driveway hose it down and attempt to get it off the ground to dry off. Then fold it, without stepping on it, and dragging it to the garage. I have seen several posts where pool owners roll it up on the reel, cover it, and store it that way…which...

In the spring I had the people who installed my pool replace the rubber type hoses connecting the pump, filter, and heater with PVC. The past several years those rubber connections would tend to pop off so that was a pain. As they were connecting everything I questioned how I was going to...

Never had a problem with cloudy water since I converted from Bacquacil (2017). This past Sunday I noticed, after some rain, the pool bottom was rather dirty. I brushed it and created a cloudy mess. On Monday, after reading multiple TFP posts I bought some DE for my sand filter. I did an OCLT...

Walmart is only carrying 81oz bleach (I used to use the 121 oz), but that isn't an option in Pool Math. They did increase the chlorine % to 7.5 though. What are the actual FC calculations to figure out how much I need to get to various FC levels with the 81oz size bottle? Thank you!

I have been waiting for a replacement liner and was told I needed to remove my deck boards for a replacement install. A couple of weeks ago I was given the heads up to remove the deck boards, so I had to remove my winter cover. To my horror, there were 6 dead raccoons in the pool and the...

I closed my pool several weeks ago and placed the winter cover and leaf net on it. I decided to get one more year out of my "solid" cover for another season even though I knew some moisture was coming through from the pool water. Last week I noticed the cover seemed lower than it should have...

I am nearing the end of my baquacil conversion and it was suggested I deep clean my filter to help get to the end of the process. I watched the video on deep cleaning a filter on this site and read several threads, but I am still a little unclear on the precautions to take. Someone mentioned...

I have used Baquacil since 2008 and over the past two seasons I have started dealing with cloudy water and slime. Two days ago I discovered the pool had turned green and from reading on this site I knew it was time to dump Baquacil. I am waiting until next next spring to convert as I will...

I live in central Iowa and our winters can be a bit brutal and the pool water seems to freeze solid during January and February. I need to replace my winter cover and decided to continue to use a solid cover, rather than the mesh and place some inner tubes under it for ease of keeping any...