Recent content by Chad1979

Go to any home improvement store (lowes, home depot, menards) and look for the expanded foam, NOT the small foam bead type foam. Owens corning is a brand of xps, not the trype. Johns manville and others make it as well. Thickness wise, i cant say what size to get, but its recommended to get...

As your pool is green, your filter is working properly and that is why your pressure rises so quickly. There is so much algae in your pool that the filter quickly gets clogged by it. You can start slamming now and just keep backwashing your filter as needed. The faster you start on your slam...

What kind of pool pump and filter are you using?

I did not know pvc could turn pink when heated. Or would that discoloration be due to the glue and dyes in the glue and primer?

One thing you did not mention was your pool chemistry numbers. If you could post your pool testing kit and your most recent numbers we can get you better guidance as to what is going on with your system. Also adding your pool and equipment to your signature would be helpful too. Welcome to...

Those pool pumps are not designed to take the lid off of them while they are running. Those small pump filters are just big enough to push water back into the pool while using gravity to pull water down to the pump from the suction side. When it is running and you have good flow to the pool...

Nice, i didnt know if the dye or antibacterial additives would be an issue.

What type of dawn soap? Antibacterial? Heavy duty? Clear? Ive never heard of doing that but i may just try it out when i get home from vacation

So if his MD valve is wide open currently, would you suggest he tries to close it most of the way? In my mind that would increase the amount of water the skimmers pull so in essence they would have better pull to draw debris into them, as long as water level in skimmer mouths are near proper...

You really arent going to want to put the pool on the grass alone if you leave it up for over a week. If the grass isnt dead, enough light from the sun and water in the ground will keep it from dying fully, and it will be a risk to grow up thru the liner bottom of your pool. Put a tarp or...

That is going to probably be a tough one. There isnt really any specific indicators on that to help identify. Do you see any numbers or lettering on there? Those could help if you do.

I have a 10 foot round pool that is similar. Your pool should be fine at 1 inch out of level.

From what i can see on your side wall leg supports, they have a slightly odd shape and its causing it to look like they are leaning in. They have what looks like a fade inwards from the top down to the lower third of leg where they flare back out. Just my thought on it.

Id make them pay for the water since they are the ones NOT installing the liner per the liner manufacturer's specifications. Theyd also be eating the cost for the preformed coving as well. How lazy are their installers? Let alone the massive amounts of money they have sunk into liners this...

As was suggested, you can try the garden hose attempt. However i dont see that working so well. Your best bet to get the center pipe and laterals in the proper locations os to take all the sand out and relocate the stand and laterals. This would also be a good time to inspect the laterals...