Recent content by Bluthgg

Well the test results from the store were pretty much right on the money. I added baking soda and calcium to get my TA and CH levels up and retesting myself showed a TA of 80 and a CH of 225. The guy suggested using some citric acid on the steps/area and the brushing about 10 seconds later and...

Couple more photos. @YippeeSkippy no other chemicals used other than liquid bleach, salt, borax, baking soda and muriatic acid.

It is possible some lawn fertilizer got on the stairs/in the pool. I have a company that comes out and treats the lawn during certain months. They are pretty careful but it’s been windy. I can sort of see it on the other steps in the deep end and the walls but it’s really hard to see in certain...

Hi all, Been living a relatively trouble free pool life until yesterday! I do not close my pool for the winter so everything is still running - I typically check pH/FC daily and the other tests in the TF test kit monthly. I recently noticed some discoloration on the steps/edges of my fiberglass...

Honestly at this point I’m not sure. I changed the multiport valve on the old sand filter, the lid and o ring, etc.. to no avail. We did so many changes but weren’t able to do one thing at a time unfortunately. All I know is after running at 1200 for nearly 7 hours there are just a few bubbles...

Let everything settle in over night before turning the pool on. Turned on and......one small leak in the drain cap of the new filter. Took the cap off and used some of the magic lube on o-ring and looks good now. I think I can say at this point things look pretty good. No more air bubbles in...

Ok, lots of fun work lately. Added the hi-temp unions, changed filter to ccp420 (I did not like dealing with that sd80 and wanted a filter to better match flow rate of new pump), added a few inches to the inlet pipe while still having the space requires in the back for the pump. I am not an...

While I’m in the process of cleaning things up, should I cut this coupler out and put a check valve here? The pb put one AFTER the salt cell previously. The bypass was just installed by another pool company, wasn’t sure if the increased flow when I either bypass the heater (or partial bypass...