Recent content by andrewjstrominger

@nuttyp Yes, these are pictures of the new marine grade 316L ladder. That's why I was so surprised too. I figure it would happen...but no that fast. I put the ladder in the pool on Wednesday 6/19 and these pictures are from Saturday 6/22. I'm interested to see what SR Smith says. These are the...

I emailed them but just noticed it today so I don't expect a reply until Monday at the earliest. I definitely understand that it will rust but this seems like it’s happening way faster than I would expect.

I had some iron staining in my pool the last few years. We got a new liner this year, so with the fresh water I wanted to get a new ladder in case the iron was coming from the previous ladder rust. I ordered this SR Smith marine grade ladder: https://lesliespool.com/306340.html The new ladder...

Update here: I am going to have 614 pools replace my liner in the spring, I'm 3rd or 4th in line once the weather gets warm enough. The price is $6,650 (plus tax 🙃) I paid them the 50% deposit and they have come out and measured. They are waiting on us to decide on our liner pattern. They have...

One of my buddies had 614 pools replace his liner on a conventional in-ground pool and was happy. I obviously can't speak to their work on a buster crabbe liner install. I knew it was going to be time to replace my liner soon even without the tear as I believe the liner is ~15 years old. I...

@hagemenp Sorry that I missed this back in July! @Jeffshank :wave: Yeah, I called a bunch of companies and got quotes over the phone then had Clear Water Pools come out to get a quote. They took one look and said they don't work on Buster Crabbe pools. That's when I knew I had a problem. The...

I have a Buster Crabbe pool that was installed in the late 80s. I have a tear in the liner, so I figured it was time to replace it. No one wants to replace the liner, because it's an overlap, not a bead. I have one company that said they would install a track on it so that it would be a bead...

Thank you for the suggestions! I’ll have to pick up a sock or some DE. Yes, I’ve read that it can take up to a week to filter all of the algae out. The good news is it’s only been dropping about 1.5-2 FC every 8 hours and CC has been around 0.5. It’s going to be chilly here for the next week so...

It was 10 this morning at 7am, so only a 2 FC drop from 12! There’s was barely any CC, it was a faint pink after the 5 drops of reagent, so I counted it as 0.5. It’s much better! Still about the same clarity, but I think it can take a while for the sand filter remove all of the dead algae.

Update at 8:45pm: 10.5 FC 0.5 CC 80 TA 6.7-8 pH It only dropped 1.5 FC between 5pm and 8:45pm! Excited to see what it does overnight.