Recent content by ebaldes

I have this pump that attaches to my shop vac for this purpose. I never thought of submersing my utility pump into the shop vac, though. That would be just as easy, I suppose! https://www.homedepot.com/p/RIDGID-Quick-Connect-Pump-Accessory-for-RIDGID-Wet-Dry-Vacs-VP2000/100496507

The 300 gal was added because I had under filled to pool so that my nieces could touch bottom, so CYA has definitely been diluted a little bit. I did go ahead and add 10 PPM CYA. I figure it can’t hurt to border on 40 anyway. Thanks for the responses.

I’ve looked in pool math and the forum but can’t figure out what I should do. I just added about 300 gallons of water to my pool. My CYA was at 30 before I added the water, now it is obviously less but my test kit only goes as low as 30. How much CYA should I add to get it back up? I am nervous...

I upgraded my pump, and the new eyeball for the return is too big to fit through the original hole in my pool. Does anyone know if Intex makes an adapter for this? I figure they must, but I would rather ask here than deal with one of their customer service reps or sift through a gazilion bits...

Well, nothing worked while it was gushing. The opening was so big that everything I tried just kept getting sucked out through it due to the high water pressure. My entire pool drained into my backyard. Thankfully my FC was close to zero because I had been out of town for a few days. So I...

It’s a good 5”. I’ve tried everything, including getting in and nothing is working. OMG, this sucks.

Will that work to apply to the outside of the liner while it’s gushing?

I was just going to pump out some water from my AGP to lower my CYA, and my sump pump put a hole in the seam at the bottom of my liner! I'm running to the hardware store, is there anything I can get there to stop the leak before I have 5k gal of water in my backyard! Gah!!!

No, if anything, it is high. And it doesn’t take in air when I don’t have the opposer inlet throttled.

I have an over the side skimmer on my pool. I have always used the little grey cap on the second inlet so that more water is forced through the inlet where the skimmer is attached. Well, last week, I added plunger valves to my lines, and now I get air in my suction line whenever I try to use the...

Thanks for the quick reply! I am so paranoid that I will lose all my progress, after SLAM-ing for two weeks! This is only my second summer with this pool, and my first summer using the TFP method, so still learning a lot.

I literally just finished my SLAM this morning, and we are leaving town for a few days this evening. My CYA is currently at 30. I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to throw a puck of dichlor in my skimmer to keep the FC up and also increase my CYA a bit, since I planned on doing that anyway...

Great, thanks! Aside from the bit of debris on the bottom of the pool, things are looking really good. I would take a pic, but it’s raining. Passed the OCLT this morning (did not lose a single PPM of FC, and CC was .5), so once this new pump arrives, I’ll be able to vacuum and I think we will...

My water is looking really good! There is some debris settled on the bottom, but I’m pretty sure it’s sand/leaves. My pump is fubar, so I don’t want to get the vacuum out before the replacement arrives tomorrow. Speaking of the new pump, I’m wondering if it would set me back a ton on my SLAM...

Yeah...I ordered a whole new pump. Of course the one thing that can’t be repaired is the one thing that breaks. Just my luck. I have no clue how this even happened! Thankfully it’s limping along well enough so far to clear out a ton of algae.