Recent content by aweldon

Right now I'm at about an inch per night, and I'm in upstate NY. Its been hot but not that hot for the past week and a half or so.

The test i did was kind of inconclusive. The dye swirled around the skimmer housing and didn't seem to get sucked in anywhere. I felt around the housing and noticed what appeared to be a crack. I circled it in red here: Is this a common leak area or am I missing something else?

Ok, thanks a lot I'll run up to the pool store tomorrow and grab some dye see what I can find.

Ok, will report back as soon as I get results.

Just an update, I've still been loosing about an inch or more a night. Pool service came out to replace my three way valve and took a quick look found a return plate was cracked. They replaced it but I'm still losing water. I think its coming from somewhere in the skimmer line since when it is...

Thanks for the help... thats the thing, no listed ingredients.. says caution contains cya so I wasnt sure of concentration. After i get the cya up I would like to switch to just bleach found 12.5% at the local bj's wholesale for a decent price. Also the size is based on the pool calculator with...

Ok been busy the last few weeks and it has been raining up here. Just bought stabilizer from a local pool store but it didnt have any active ingredients on it.. is anyone familiar with this stuff? If not I can return it and grab something else..

Also I'm in New York, thanks for the info everyone.

Hi, first time pool owner, we opened the pool back in May and topped it off since then it has lost about 2 inches of water. Is this normal evaporation? Its been exactly a month since opening. Sorry if this has been covered, I tried searching but found nothing.

Ok, I'll get a floater, I'm hesitant to run the pump 24/7 because I was keeping an eye on the DE filter pressure and it was running high. It has since leveled off. I really need to invest in a timer to run it.

Water looks pretty good, we have had a ton of rain lately so I vacuumed this morning and brushed everything down.

Hi everyone, been reading up on the boards and purchased a test kit from TKTestKits. Just got done with my first reading. TC - .5-1 PH - 7.5 FC - 1 CC - .5 TA - 180 CH - 470 CYA - 0 This is my first pool, came with the house. I originally had my water tested by a local pool place and they gave...

Thanks again for all the info, I'll pick up some TSP from the depot this week and break it all down.

Thanks for the link I appreciate it. Is there anything that could really "break" on this style of filter? Or is it the "fingers" get clogged up over time without maintenance?

So you can acid wash them? The video Richard had posted made mention to not use acid and he recommended soap.