Recent content by Clueless

Yeah, I'm going to stick to blowing it out like I always have. Bought a Cyclone today, so I'm planning on using the threaded side of an extra Pentair pump union I have to be an adapter to go from the Cyclone to the spot where the pump currently hooks up to those two black pipes. That should get...

Left pipe goes to the main drain. Right goes to the skimmer.

As luck would have it, I have one from earlier this spring when I replaced the pump.

I've lived in my house with an in-ground pool since 2010. I paid a pool company to open it the first year and I watched them and took notes. I've opened it every year since. About five or six years ago, I started closing it myself. So far no issues! Today I went to close it and my compressor is...

Great info, thanks. I'm about 99% sure this is the leak because I paid a leak detection company a pretty penny to drop a hydrophone in the pool and tell me where the leak was, which they did in 5 minutes of arrival. Then they demonstrated the leak with a dye test in front of my eyes. I'm...

I've got an old Polaris After Dark fiber system (that I literally never use) and, of course, it's causing my pool to drop about an inch a day. The dye test shows it sucking the dye in around the front edge of the lens, not the side of the fitting... literally right into the edge where the lens...

Anyone know if this particular valve requires the entire top half of the valve to be replaced or can I just replace the gasket? Does replacement require glue? Lube? Appreciate it, as always!

That's exactly what I was thinking. I guess the only unknown then is cost. Are cartridge systems more expensive than sand?

Went to the backyard today and discovered about a four inch crack on the front of my Waterways sand filter's body and a small stream of water shooting out the front... lovely. My pool guy is recommending a cartridge system for the replacement but I've had no issues with the sand filter at all...

Opened the pool today and everything with off without a hitch (thank you TFP), so naturally I NEED to find something to work on. My pool was installed with the pump controlled by a normal on/off switch inside a box next to my Autopilot. I have no idea why the Autopilot isn't controlling it but...

Re: Second year with pool, things I'd like to do. Need advic So if my current 17K gallon pool has a 1HP single speed pump, what's the ideal two speed configuration with a dual speed pump?

With the mild winter we've had, it looks like year two of my pool ownership may start earlier than I planned so Id like to run some ideas and changes by you that I'd like to make. Can someone tell me if these are viable or find any holes in my theory. 1. Replace single speed 1HP Mustang pump...

I'm flirting with the idea of doing the boric acid thing instead of the Mule Team route as muriatic acid scares the bejeezus out of me... I simply do not care about the additional cost (if any). That having been said, I assume my 17.5K vinyl lined in ground is currently sitting a big fat 0...