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My home depot only carries the HTH brand, which is 96%. I guess it depends on location, since their website shows another brand, "Pool Time" with 100%. I get mine online once or so a year, a 25 lb bucket ay Inyo pool, when they have a deal. This year it was a fairly fine powder, which...

I never had any noticeable CC buildup with my solar cover, and it is always on, unless swimming, or the pool gets too hot. Then it's left off overnight. But, it does not cover all the pool, it's a 20 by 40 foot cover cut to size. Since the widest part of the pool is more than 20 feet, there...

Great Scott! I hope that slide has an elevator around the back.

The pool was built by Challenger. They did a good job, but I did have to catch a few mistakes, such as a mislocated skimmer, not putting tile makers on the bench and steps, stuff like that. But they did the important stuff right. When I get a chance, I will try to post some newer pictures...

I'm glad people enjoyed the pictures. And yes, we still live here and have that pool: My wife and I will be using it later today, it's going to be over 100 deg here for the next week :swim: Payoff days for pool owners! Plaster is getting a little discolored from the years, the deck has a few...

I recently got a chance to scan many old analog photos that were stored in boxes. Here is our Spring of 1996 pool build, in no particular order, with a few pictures enjoying it that summer. https://www.flickr.com/photos/100098593@N04/sets/72157645830677499/

I abandoned those darn solar cover straps long ago, I always had issues with them. They would tangle, then act like moldy wicks, rip the cover sometimes, pull the reel into the pool in a wind storm tangled in the cover, all that. If you do have to use straps, and don't need to detach the reel...

On my Kreepy, this can happen if one of the two tubes leading to the flapper gets partially clogged. A flow imbalance then results, holding the flapper to one side intermittently. Make sure there isn't something stuck in the tubes. Try flushing it out, or poking a stiff wire through each...

Need more info, but do you have something like a Uniclor chlorine generator that you covered with plastic? If so, just turn it off, and wait a while, longer to be safer, but do not cover it in the future! It's designed to be out in the weather, and it does release hydrogen gas, so the vents on...

Re: A couple of tips I thought everybody knew. Anybody got some I didn't read this entire thread, so some of this might be mentioned already: Get 2 poles, one for the skimmer and one for the brush, so you don't have to keep changing attachments. Sit inside at a table after getting a sample...

The "precision" is a dead giveaway! Numbers like FC 2.47 are just meaningless significant digits.

Just an FYI, I also tried Santastic a few years ago, and it lasted about a year until starting to deteriorate. Like others reported, it looks great at first, but does not last long. I am now looking for options to again replace the mastic. I found this thread while doing a search. Only good...

Hah, this thread reminds me of my stubborn cousin-in-law, who I have nicknamed "Chemical Ali", and has taught me not to argue about religion, politics or pool care. Sorry about the rant to come, but to get some of it off my chest here it goes: He uses trichlor tabs in a feeder, and has an...

Hi, just a quick question out of curiosity. When I changed my pump out a few years ago (Sta-Rite Max-E-Pro), the manual was very specific that the basket lid o-ring NOT have any lubrication applied to it. On my old pump, I had always used Leslies o-ring lube, and it lasted the life of my pump...

Very good, I used to do that too with my son and their friends when he was young. I told them that pH was short for "pee H", and warned them I would know if anyone was doing something they shouldn't in the pool! Sometimes I would glare accusingly while testing, as all the kids exclaimed "it...

Hi Timewarp: If you still have the Uniclor, I might be interested in buying it from you, as a backup or for parts. (same to anyone else who might be reading this). Please contact me via PM if you are interested.

Hi Sunny: I don't have an auto filler. But as far as I can tell, there are no leaks. I've done the bucket test on the steps when the solar cover is off for a few days, there are no wet spots in the lawn, and water usage amounts are in the normal range, based on reading the water meter when I...

Re: CYA debate Yes, as an engineer I thought the same thing!

Hi Jason, thanks for the reply. Wow, my 1st post moved to the Deep End! I guess that's a good thing. ;) Anyway, what do you consider "high temperature"? My wife and I do like the pool in the 90 deg F range. That may sound very warm to some, but during a hot Texas summer it's all relative...

Split from http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/80300-Keep-needing-to-add-CYA-why-would-this-be Please start your own thread rather than hijack another member's thread :wink: Butterfly Hello everyone, my first post here, but I have read this forum out of interest from time to time. I...