Recent content by BillyBricks

Hi everyone, I have above ground pool in the Midwest. Algae is growing above my waterline, it’s a real pain. Chlorine level between 3 to 5 and PH at 7.2. Algaecide worked okay to prevent more growth but I missed a couple weeks of brushing and a ring above my water line appeared Any...

I have an above ground pool and only use 3" power tablets which creates low PH without PH increaser. Low PH seemed to be creating this greenish brown/black algae above my water line. Raised my PH to normal levels and used algicide. Once a week, I sprayed the algae directly with algicide and...

Hi Everyone, I live in Chicagoland and old man winter got to my heater this year. When I filled my pool and turned on pump, water was spraying from my heater. I opened up the cover and saw that my manifold was cracked : ( Every pool store/repair place told me six to 12 weeks for new manifold...

I purchased new manifold cover on Amazon for $150 and changed myself, super simple for an average DIYer Just make sure to take photos of all the current wire placements. Only other part I needed to purchase was a 3/4” pipe plug, the original seemed too loose when I transferred to new unit