Recent content by cfherrman

Yeah the wife is probably going to do that and cut up the shirt for her.

At the bottom of the pool it's only 4 psi so it's not really hard to stop the water.

I picked up some jugs at my local farm store and put them on my flatbed. The bet had something sharp on it and poked a hole in the jug as I was lifting them out. New shirt from Christmas so either the wife is going to make a shirt out of it or I just have a new work shirt.

What was the friends test kit? I assure you, there is only one way to test things for pools and if your not using it it cannot be relied on! If it's not a Taylor 2006 or tft or equivalent those test results go straight into the trash. Oto can be relied on for 0-2 fc, after that you don't know...

Should be fine, you probably won't get much heat transfer as every material takes a hit on efficiency. Every efficiency number is probably way over estimated and I'm probably missed some things too. Sun 100% Black paint 90% 90 Wall paint 80% 72 Steel 80% 57.6 Liner 50% 28.8 % of the sun gets...

Plug them and patch the liner, if you want to drain your pool like a main drain but or rent a sump pump.

I would say it's a bad idea since you want a sand like material around the plumbing to make sure it's properly supported when you backfill and the mortar should properly support it but won't move at all. I think if this was common they should have dug the pipe trench extra wide and put the...

Do you have pressure at the filter, does it change when you turn the pump on or off

Go to the PVC hanger dept of a box store and there should be something close. Go to the clamp tool type section and pick up a kit of spring clamps, that's not what you want but it's something you can use till you find something. You can make your own clamps with some aluminum and ss bolts but...

Keep calling

I hope to build a pool one day and learning this stuff is pretty cool, but I'll have to remember it as well.

Best way to think of a 90 is it's like adding 9 feet of pipe, not that big of deal now.

Tighten the nut by hand and turn on and see if it leaks, then you can give it a little if need be so you don't crack the next one

If it sits in snow or standing water it would be a good idea, but if it gets dry after rain/snow I wouldn't be too concerned. It not being covered helps it dry out.