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scattered leaves in shallow end, silt on stairs and ladder. Bout as much as I can tell at the moment

Update! I dragged the bottom with the scoop net and managed to get a bunch of debris out. Mostly leaves and straw. After lots of Rum, I decided to turn on the pump. I run a cartridge filter. After a couple hours, I realized I was losing the flow. I popped the cartridges out and between...

Some advice please, Lets presume the pool has dirt and debris in the bottom from the rain runoff. I have a cartridge filter and a pumpside polaris. I ran the polaris for five minutes and the bag filled up. I am going to start scraping the bottom with the net. Should I run the pump? I...

Beer may not cut this, may need copious amount of hard liquor LOL

thanks so much. I was hoping that was the answer. Much more work, but better that way. I have the vac hose in and am siphoning it down now but we have 4 more hours of torrential rains they say

So I had my level down low in preparation for some serious rain but I wasn't prepared for the road behind me to overflow into the neighbors yard and wash down into my pool )c: How much of the pool am I going to have to drain to get it back to where I can get the chems correct...

thanks all. going robotic but will keep my 280 handy for fall leaf season (c;

We have a 280 in the pool now and it seems like I break an axle every 6 months. It tends to get stuck at times as we'll. it's 6 years old now and I am considering replacing it with a dolphin deluxe 3 or a dolphin nautilus. I know the dolphins will clean better but are they worth the hustle to...

Mats, Please accept my condolences on the loss of your mom. These are trying times for you and your family and you will be in my thoughts and prayers.

<--- Cart user and no pressure change unless I change the pump speed. I decided to pull and clean mine this year after the bulk of the spring pollen stopped. Once a year seems to be the norm from other I have talked too.

Any thoughts? I am really POd about the liner. the pool is not even a year old and that wear is across the whole width of the pool at the transition line. It appears that the polaris is sucking pretty hard on that line for some reason. I caught it in the same spot for a good 3 or 4 minutes...

Think of it like a tank track is what I was told. it forces the wheels to turn together and supposedly prevents it from slowly proceeding down the transition like it does to make this wear. He also moved the rear jet to 11 o'clock. He indicated that that itself might alleviate the run doen...

~sigh~ he says that it is likely a ground water seep pushing up. He implied it was because that are was backfill and that the water weight pushed the "spring" that was underneath the pool that way. When he put the pool in he put a dead man in there that I thought was supposed to take care of...

hahaha I can't read the tube. you are correct, it is more like 0 as the top of the tube says 20 not 200 :oops: Thanks. Off to the store )c:

Last night's numbers (Saturday was about the same) PH 7.8 FC 3.0 CC 0.5 TC 3.5 TA 80 CYA 200 <--- ?!?! I almost overflowed the CYA tube. I was worried I had messed up the test last Saturday when I saw CYA at over 200 (past the line) but it came out the same yesterday. I am pretty sure this...

not yet, but he has another problem to deal with that will require his presence now. Something isn't grounded quite right. When i'm wet, bathing suit wet, deck wet, both, and I put my hand in the pool to get the skimmer or anything really, the little nicks and cuts on my hands tingle like a...

He hasn't been out yet, will let you know what he says

YAY! builder called, he says he'll come out (c:

I'm not sure you intended the pun but it just made me laugh. (c: Your grout work is incredible, but I think the most incredible thing is your patience in completing all of this.

they put a dead man in during the build but the squishy base is higher than the dead man spot. Also the opposite side is where I would have expected it to occur as that is the up hill from where this spot is )c: Builder is non-responsive )c: its right below the steel wall in this picture...

What about the Pool Base, anyone? Does a 2-3 foot section of squishy base cause a concern?

The pool is less than a year old. Pics and info are in the sig Pool Base Issue: I know that pool base can be soft in a spot or two. I know that with a vinyl, I want the pool base to "give" to prevent damage. I have two spots giving me concern. The first is the "downhill" side of the...

It too early for April Fool's jokes )c: This is easily my most favorite thread and I would be most unhappy to be left hanging without seeing it through

Well fudge!

My wife was all for the no hand rail look on the stairs until you slipped this weekend. I have now been tasked with finding a resolution. I was hoping a seach would show up something for non-skid/slip tape here but I came up blank. What I would like is a 2-3 inch tape that I could apply...

Its ok reebok, i figured you had (c:

Thanks all. Jason, I shhould have thought to do that, thanks for the reminder for next time. I should have also told all those boys i use the purple dye too :twisted:

/breaks out of normal testing time (c: PH 7.8 FC 6.0 CC 0.5 TC 6.5 Looks like I should be fine

So we had a pool party for my 9 y/o son yesterday. I can almost guarantee many of the boys decided not to get out to go pee. I ran the filter overnight but can not decide whether to shock the pool or not. Thoughts? Yesterday's numbers: PH 7.8 FC 7.0 CC 0.0 TC 7.0 TA 90 CH 80 CYA 70 Salt 3810