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It is 9 months later and still crystal clear, grout lines bright white, and plastic accessories bright white. Not doubting you, just saying for now all is well

My pool has been sparkling for 5 yrs but over the last year all white plastic turns dark brown, walls get coated also but water stays very clear. A few times I had 2 guys come and they spend all day scrubbing entire pool by hand, it looks great when they leave and it’s turning brown again in...

You can buy reagent refill kits on Amazon and I believe on Ebay also.

That is a poor job by an inexperienced stone mason or tile setter. It will get worse over time as ground settles under them. If u havent paid them yet......dont until it meets your acceptance

3.5 yrs

I would be more worried about all the sharp and sizeable stone they have backfilled your PVC with. I just had an expensive repair from my builder backfillng with large stone on my return line. The proper way is a foot of compacted sand for bedding and a foot of sand on top to protect it.

This has been going on for a while now. After Backwash and Rinse, when I put Multiport back on Filter and put pool back in normal service, it sends a cloud of dust and debris back into the pool through the returns. I let it Backwash until the sight glass is crystal clear, I shut off the pump and...

The piping has been restored, now filling the pool to test it. We will wait a week before backfillng with sand and doing the surface restoration. Now I hope, the one we fixed was/is the only one........and I really think it is...

That is another of the good things about living in Thailand, the cost of living is about 1/3 of USA which means your money goes 3 X as far. The going rate for an 8 hr day unskilled labor is 300 BHAT @ day........thats 9.75 USD For the DAY, not per hour. The pool company charges me 500 BHAT...

Hi Dave, The 4” is a petimeter patio drain, like floor drains. - - - Updated - - - Hey, I like that idea.

The pool is 3.5 yrs old, so I own it. excavaring, repair, and surface restoration is going to be around 650 dollars..........the guy who built this is a neighbor, I have a better chance of getting pregnant than any reimbursement thanks

No wonder my piping is damaged, look what the inexperienced idiot used for backfill, These were taken out in the first 16 inches. the guy who built this........starts every sentence with “ before I was a Pool Expert......I...

Alas........we finally found the source today when we broke out 4 more patio tiles above one of the 3 returns. It leaks out pretty good by gravity and when you turn on the pump, it sprays out. Not going to be an easy repair ro get to. stay tuned.

Thanks Dave

UPDATE: After putting Hydrophilic Putty in the ends of the light conduit, letting it set 8 hrs, then filling pool to an inch above the lights and wall flanges......marked the wall with painters tape and 8 hrs later, water never moved. I figure......problem solved. NOT~!! Filled the pool and...

What is the correct caulking / sealer to use where it will be underwater. the wall flanges that go from end of PVC to face of tile........builder did poor job installing them, most have space between back of flange and face of tile. While I have it pumped doen below them now, I want a bead of...

I pumped it down below returns, vac port and lights........water never moved. Thats good, not leaking thru structur or in main sump. Today, I want to seal around all wall flanges and where lighting conduit comes thru the tile, let it set up, then fill to above lights and see if water holds...

I will go check pool school now. I let it go down by itself and kept track with a piece of blue painting tape. it dropped 4 inches in 24 hrs. Yesterday I put a 1.5” expandable test plug in sump pipe, left it 24 hrs, pool still went down 3/4 inch, hopefully that rules out my worst night mare...

My builder was an inexperienced idiot~!! pool is leaking. He did not glue the joints on the half inch electrical conduit going to the lights nor did he compact the soil so now the soil has caught you know the soil went down when the lighting conduit sleep and soaked everything and then the...

It will be the best thing you ever did. i have Dolphin S-100 for 765.00 USD with Ultra fine filter basket. The Unit: only takes 10 minutes to launch it and clean it afterwards it keeps all the debris in onboard basket NOT in your filter allows for significantly less backwashing backwashing...

The experts here, KNOW what they are talking about. I was having a CLOUDY problem and it just wasn't getting any better, so I used a Flocculant/Clarifier.........it worked great and my water was crystal clear. (This was BEFORE) I found this site. Then it started getting cloudy again, and I...

Re: Not Happy with our REALLY tall concrete deck. Thoughts? The existing elevation dictated the slab.......what else could they do? Matched the house and Pool elevation, just go ahead and do the nice planters recommended or just add fill and loam and grade from top of concrete and plant new grass

Sometimes you cant tell until you take it out.

Exactly what I was going to say. I use 10 Ml and use 2 scoops but I am careful not to dip the dipper below the spoon part of it and get 2 equal level scoops. More important to do it the same way each time.

They are very easy to nspect, the only way you can be sure is to remove the element. shut off the pool. you can close the vacuum, skimmer, drain valves remove the 3 wires, before removing make a diagram where they go. 2 wires to element, 1 wire to gas detector now unscrew the element from the...

100 dollars a week, that is nuts. I go to World Chemical here in Thailand for my chemicals and I don't spend 20 dollars a month and water is SPARKLING. LOOK IN PHONE BOOK NEAR YOU, LOOK FOR CHEMICAL SUPPLY....see if they have what you need and compare prices.

A sock seems to be the preferred method here but I prefer to put it in a 5 gal bucket and stir it........CYA does NOT readily dissolve in water, so stir it, then dump off the milky white water, then fill the bucket again. I would only put 1-2 pounds in a bucket at a time. I have dissolved 3...

Do you know how to open the vacuum valve so you will have suction. you should have a valve for skimmer, a valve for main drain in bottom of pool and the other one is the one u open to get suction on the vacuum line.

A good fiberglass guy can cut out the bad sections and easily lay up a glass repair but if your family enjoys the pool and it is in your budget, go for a new one and end the headaches. After 16 yrs, it will be nickel and dime you forever.

Go to Home Depot, get as much 2" hose as you need to reach the street, you must have storm drains in the street and you can use the same hose when you need to backwash. you COULD......dump it in your main drain for the house...........there should he a T-Wye where your sewer line exits the...