Recent content by coreyblake

Thank you all for your help. After hours and hours and lots and lots of research I couldn’t find much info on cracked laterals. As far as possible symptoms or even videos. The general consensus at every pool store I went to was “a cracked lateral will just put sand in the pool but won’t make it...

Hi guys. Here’s an update. I’ve been beating myself up over this because it seems to be doing the EXACT same thing that it did last year when I had a broken down pipe. I’ve told all the pool guys this same info when I went to various pool stores. I recently tried Floc. Woke up to find that I...

I had it running all day. All night. Nice flow on return. I have limited water source here. We have a cistern. Not county water. Making this even harder. I have to haul water in. One trip with water only raises level of pool about inch and half. So back washing and vacuume to waste is very hard...

I’m ordering test kit. In the mean time this is what it’s looked like for weeks.

Only 3rd year owning a pool. A bit of a back story. Last year when opening the pool it would not stop being cloudy. For days and days. I found out the down pipe was busted. Branden new down pipe and laterals. Fixed it quick. Overnight the pool was clear. This year it’s the same exact thing...

Thanks for the reply. Im not exactly sure of the physical size. All labels and things are worn off. If I had to guess.....maybe 15 to 20 gallon? Im just judging by a 5 galllon bucket. Its maybe 4x bigger. The water is very dirty. So maybe its just clogging? Should I run rinse cycle instead of...

I just bought a house with an above ground pool. About 16ft. It hasn't been open in a couple years. I bought a new pump and new sand. I cleaned out the filter. Added half water. Added a little sand. Placed the thing in there with the arms that fold down, then 3 maybe 4 bags of sand. Backwashed...