Recent content by dsprint

That happens to me usually after I empty out the skimmer by the pump. And letting air out of the filter using the air relief valve takes care of it. And one time it turned out to be a tiny leak in the plumbing. Luckily it was small enough to fix with jbweld.

Yay, its all working now.

I just did that. Looks like that will work only for threads I start in the future. I manually subscribed to this one, for now. All well.

I need to figure out how to receive email notifications when someone posts here. Thanks kimkats for showing me around.

Yup, those photos were taken while the submersible pump was doing its thing slowly. I replaced 80% of the water and started to work on stabilizing the chemistry. I am all excited to use the pool next week, confidently. I wish I had more reason to engage with this wonderful community but some...

Thanks for the advice. It does not seem to be leaking so far. I guess I will refill it for now and start saving up for a re-plaster. And after all the help I got from the site it would be a crime to not support the site.

Yet another new pool owner here. We bought this house with a pool just before winter. After spending hours and hours on this site, I said good-bye to the pool guy, purchased a TF-100 test kit and just found out that CYA level is around 160 (half tap water method). And then decided to drain the...