Recent content by Esiebert7625

I need the Winston Wolf of pool water here. I've been fighting yellow algae for weeks, or at least I'm assuming that's what it is, it's a yellow/brownish substance that looks like dirt. I've tried everything to get rid of it and I can knock it back for a while but it comes back within a day...

It does go immediately down to zero when I switch off the pump.

That’s unknown, supposedly it was cleaned not too long ago when it was last active but it has sat un-used for quite a while. Sounds like I should focus on the filter that might be restricting the flow.

Pressure is about 32

I have a pool that sat empty for over a year and we now filled to try and get it up and running. It has 2 skimmers and a main drain. When we first started it up it had almost no water flow, after a while we started to get minimal water flow, I think the main drain was fairly clogged up and some...

Hello there, I’m trying to connect a male threaded pvc fitting into the skimmer bottom hole to blow it out and it seems that a 1.5” mpt is slightly too small and won’t thread and a 2” mpt is too big. Is there a chance this is an off size or are all fittings usually 1.5”? Don’t know much about...

I did check with them and they were OK for us to paint it. Honestly I’m the angry one as they did hardly anything to restore the pool and I’m stuck dealing with it now. We signed on with this house that was vacant for over a year with the promise that they would get the pool going and they did...

Thanks I actually did see that site while doing my searching.

Thanks for the reply, yeah all I care about is cosmetic and fill. Here is the paint I planned on using from Home Depot. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Dyco-Paints-Pool-Paint-1-Gal-3151-Ocean-Blue-Semi-Gloss-Acrylic-Exterior-Paint-DYC3151-1/205422264

So basically were are renting this house out in the E. Texas country. It has an inground concrete pool that is in poor shape. It had some big chunks of plaster missing that the owner paid someone to patch. The pool really needs replastering but that isnt going to happen so I want to do what I...