Recent content by coldjustin

Even with a deck over it I still fear water will run under the pool. My retaining wall and sloping the ground away should do what I need it to do. I've got some spray cans of rubberized undercoating used for the underside on cars and trucks. I'm gonna wipe down the pool wall and spray it on...

But is it ok to put the stone and soil against the pool wall with nothing else on the pool wall? Will this cause the pool wall to rust over time? It's a mid grade pool. Not the cheapest sold but also not the most expensive. When I call the store I bought it from originally they told me I can't...

I think I've got a plan. I'll give the ground a bit of slope away from the pool to a trench with the drain pipe wrapped in gravel. Then take the drain pipe and trench to an exit point on the edge of my property. What can I put on the pool wall to separate the dirt from the wall? I've heard of...

I don't have any good pictures showing the ground slope in towards the pool. I've been very busy working to get the water out and away from the pool. The flooding rains we seen only a few days after the pool was installed was scary seeing that water up against my new pool. Happened 1 time and...

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I'll try to upload some images of what I've got going on. I see what you mean about the drain needing to take the water away once it flows downhill to the drain. I've spent alot of time trying to figure out how to go about it and I've got a plan now just gotta do the work. And it's alot of work...

I'm wondering if digging is necessary. When the pool was installed they basically dug out a bowl in my yard and placed my pool in the center of the bowl. I was thinking maybe just laying the drain pipe on top of the dirt opposed to digging a trench for it. Or will the French drain not do what...

So I've finally got around to landscaping around my 27' pool that was installed in July of this year. Throughout the summer I was adding a great deal of water. Expected to find a leak over the winter but the water level has stayed perfect since covering for the winter. I didn't want to put...

Funny you say that! Did a test last night for fun and my FC is at 9.5, CYA still around 65. Ph somewhere between 7.5 and 7.8 We had some rain and very little activity in the pool. I was told by the pool store chemical lady to skip the usual weekly shock and shock AFTER the party. Also I asked...

Thanks for the replies! I found a setup that will meet the requirements for the time being. We are having a pool party Sunday for my 5 year olds birthday. I'll try to upload a few pictures. I did go with a 14" gate closing spring from a big box store. Not happy with it though and will start a...

My return jet is pointing down so no noise is heard. I assume by pointing that up some and allowing some aeration my PH and TA levels would change?

Should i be concerned with my TA at 130? Im assuming this is why my PH level likes to creep up. However now that I have an accurate test result my PH being 7.5 seems near perfect. Water is still clear enough i can distinguish the individual squares on the floor of my liner from the deck.

Nice! Thank you! I should have a read into that a little more but I felt reasonably confident knowing whether i could see that dot or not. Until i actually had the test kit here in front of me. The pool stores number was 65 on the CYA last week and that seems pretty accurate from what my results...

It is brand new and I've monitoring what i thought was a leak from the 1st week it was installed. Adding water way too often from what i can tell. It rained for the first 3 days the pool was up so it hid the leak. Then took a couple of days to dry up. Then the heat wave began. So hot that the...

Not 100% sure on the plans for winter yet. I spoke with the pool store today about the suspected leak. If i do indeed have a leak a new liner will be going in next spring. Or whenever best for me. They will cover water replenishment and chemicals as well. Still havent managed to keep the kids...