Recent content by cainadai

Thanks for the tips! Unfortunately I don't have a big bucket, but I ended up not needing it. There was a break in the rain and I managed to get everything done without issue. Something to keep in mind for the future, though!

We're getting some significant rain and I'm looking at having to drain some water out of the pool this evening. I haven't backwashed in a while and the pressure isn't super high but it's high enough that I figure I might as well take this opportunity to backwash rather than just wasting the...

Whew, thank you! That's very good to know. My cleaner has been up to some interesting antics lately, I could write a book about her adventures. You know, if anyone anywhere wanted to read a book about a pool cleaner. ;)

So, my pool cleaner got its tail stuck in an interesting position overnight and sprayed a constant jet of water out of the pool for a while. When I got up this morning, the water level was about an inch below the skimmers rather than halfway up the tile. The baskets still have some water in...

Before you open it up, you might want to inspect the axles for anything that might be wrapped around them. We once found a frog leg wrapped around one of ours. Once it was extracted, she was puttering around the pool again like no one's business. I can see it also potentially happening with...

I've fished scads of frog eggs out of our pool in the last two days, sometimes in big clumps and sometimes in little ones scattered all over the pool. Grrr! I wish there was a way to keep the frogs out of the pool. They're in there every night since the water warmed back up again; I've counted...

Looks great, nice work! Welcome! :)

Problem solved! After striking out at Ace and Lowe's today, I went to another pool store and they had the correct replacement part in stock and were able to swap it out for me, negating the need of a new hose. I'll be returning the wrong part I received, and Christine is moving around the pool...

proavia: The other pipe that the hose connects to is pretty close to that center pipe. I had a heck of a time getting it off this morning; really not looking forward to trying to wedge it back on. I don't think routing it around the other side of the pipe is an option due to placement. Either...

So, interesting dilemma... This is the part pictured on the web site: This is the part I received: The bag has the right part number but the elbow points the wrong direction. Okay, so, I figured I could hook up the hose to it anyway BUT the hose isn't long enough. I could get a longer...

I know I've seen this information around here somewhere but I can't seem to find it so... yet another stupid newbie question. What should the wait time be between adding chlorine/muriatic acid/borax/baking soda and swimming? Also, if you have to add more than one thing to adjust the water, how...

Ok, I will get one of them moved. Good tip. Thanks, Jason!

It has assorted bottles of things we inherited from the previous owners. Algaecides, clarifiers, etc. And about half a bottle of muriatic acid. The caps on all the bottles are all tightly sealed, it was just the chlorine tablets that weren't. I hate to get overly technical but that lid is mighty...

First, a confession: Over the winter I wasn't diligently brushing my pool. With that out of the way, when I got my pool brush out of the plastic storage hutch outside that it'd been living in, the metal parts of the brush were covered in a kind of chalky substance, like it had oxidized or...