Recent content by Ecrivan

Thanks for the suggestions.

Currently, I have a Pentair Kreepy Krauley (a suction-side cleaner with the large, circular seal on the bottom). And I can't stand it. It has never worked right, even after I added an in-line basket to catch debris. Either it hits a pile of debris and stops (making it worthless), or it gets...

Thank you again, everyone, for your responses. This is why I LOVE this forum. The guys are coming back to drain my pool halfway (at their expense). But we will be refilling at our expense, which will only be about $30-40, thankfully. I will not have them re-balance the chemicals. I will be...

tim5055... when I did the extended test, I got around 30, so by doubling it, I got 60. Is that right? Also, the pool is in Dallas, TX. duraleigh... when I talked to them on the phone, they didn't say anything about aiming for 40 ppm or getting their calculations wrong, but they did admit that...

Feeling a little miffed and looking from advice from a forum and people I've come to trust implicitly with these matters... I just had my mom's pool professionally power-washed and refilled over the past weekend. This included cleaning the filter and re-charging it with DE. The same guys...

Thanks for the help. I'll try to respond to everything... 1. I will be ignoring Phosphates. Luckily, I haven't bought anything to tackle them, but with my algae not going away, I started thinking phosphates were the only thing left. 2. When slamming, I've been bringing the pool to between...

I guess my slamming levels have never been accurate. I was using the Pool Calculator, which usually gave me a slamming level of between 16 and 20. I'll go higher and see what happens. For now, I won't worry about the phosphates. But I'm still concerned about the CH. No one--here, in the pool...

My plaster pool was completely resurfaced and refilled 3 summers ago (2011). In that time I switched to the BBB method and while this worked and looked good for 2 summers, it's falling apart now. My CH level has consistently gone up and nothing brings it down... not even overflows of rain...

No, the chlorine is not holding overnight. I am slamming it probably 3x a day, but the next day, it's down to zero. I can't babysit the pool and check it every hour (I have a job), so I can only work on it when I get home. The amount of bleach I'm having to buy is making the BBB method...

I can't figure out what's going on with my pool. I switched to the BBB method 2 summers ago and generally, it has worked for me. But I find I'm spending a lot on bleach because my pool water drops to around 0 FC after a bleach slam the day before. And of course, because it won't hold an FC...

Thank you. Apparently, a clog was the problem. I couldn't quite get my hand in there (and am always nervous doing so, even with the power completely off), so I used a coat hangers to pull debris loose. Seems to be back to its old self. Thanks again.

I suppose a clog is possible since a lot of things have been falling into the pool from "spring" blooms on the overhanging trees. But how would this debris reach the impeller with the basket in place? Assuming it is a clog, is this something I can fix myself? Or would doing so void a warranty...

Yes, there is an air bubble that hovers at the top of the basket. But it was there (maybe not quite as big) even when the pump was working properly.

Last week, my pool pump, which is a Pentair WFE-24, lost pressure from one day to the next. Usually, my DE filter reads about 12 PSI and there is sufficient flow to keep the water moving and operate the pool vacuum. But upon start-up the next day, the pressure was close to 0. The water still...