Recent content by darrenfauth

@JasonLion thanks! Messed with it for a couple hours but no luck. I did swim down and take off the drain cover and ended up using the water bladder from both sides with minimal results. I got a few old plaster pieces out but nothing major and still no significant flow. I do feel the colder water...

Our re-plastering of our pool that was still sporting its original 1970's plaster is complete. I'm on day 3 of re-plaster start-up. We've known the drain has been clogged with plaster the four years we have owned the house and pool. The contractor replaced the old drain cover and I looked at the...

@JasonLion @crookm11 Ahhh...thanks to both of you for clearing a lot up for me. So, as you say the 3-ways can be at an intermediate position so he can draw from the skimmer, drain or both. Turning it to main drain only should answer the drain clogged question. Although, I now recall that it...

Like so many of us my father became a pool owner when he bought his house and received the instructions to: Turn this, pull that and flip this switch to backwash...put them back where they were to run the filter. We got to talking about whether he filters his pool from the skimmers only or...

Great point Nightmare! I bought 4 squares to see how they look...I've got one sitting out in the sun right now...88 degrees out...I'll see how it feels around 3:00pm. I've got lots of trees in our pool area that keep a good portion of the deck in shade...so it might still be a trade-off to have...

@Mark Thanks! And yes...it is quite the project...we are so excited. To have the pool beautiful and swimmable all season long will be great. @Dave Thanks for the thumbs up vote! It does sound like it should do a good job and be a good solution. I hope, like you say, that the cut pieces will...

Hi- I haven't seen any discussions about rubber pavers like the Envirotile sold at Home Depot http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202526705/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053. We've had our pool for four years which had the original 1970's plaster job. Plaster...

MQueen...we were typing at the same time. Thanks for the encouragement, info and links as well. Yes, I'm finding that the bottom has quite a few leaves that have settled there. They are coming up with the leaf bagger and Polaris. As for the acid wash...I doubt the quality of the work being done...

Thanks for the quick replies! KTDave...that's what I thought. Felt like he was trying to create an illusion of reliance on them for telling me what I needed..which ultimately includes buying their chemicals. JohnT...thanks! I guess I see now how my max 5ppm kit can actually be used to read up...

Hi, Pool noob that is getting a pool with the purchase of foreclosed house. Pool specs are in my signature. Pool was dark, swampy green with no knowledge of how long it had been that way. Bank had the pool drained :( and let it sit that way (in hot Texas sun) for about 5 days :evil: They...