Recent content by fisherman

Hello, In the past week, the chicago area has been receiving lots of rain. Last night we must have received a deluge. Anyways my yard is on the lower end of the block and drainage from neighboring yards had eventually created a river that flowed into my pool. The pool is a mess, which that I...

I live outside the Chicago area. I too found my water level about 5 inches lower than when closed in october. We had only one real snow event this winter, little rain, and a late freeze. I believe the issue was just evaporation especially with the strange temperature changes we had this winter

Hi, One of my sons complains of blurry eyes that are watery and sometimes burn the next morning after swimming a lot in our pool. He wears goggles 90% of the time, so whatever water that gets in his eyes would be minimal. I am thinking he is very sensitive to CYA which this year I have my...

Hi, I have noticed that when measuring the pH with my Taylor kit, that after the initial reading (10seconds or so) if I let the sample sit in the tube over a minute or more, the sample darkens towards the higher Ph range. I assume this is normal and readings should be taken immediately ...

Hi I thought I would share this one. I have been a steady lurker for a while picking up many tips to maintain clear water. Lately my pump pressure has been steadily increasing and sometimes while vacuuming I would see dirty water coming back through the returns. I thought initially that my...

Hello, is this pool new to you? I am local too in the chicago area. For whatever reason, this was a "dirty" winter. My pool was hazy/cloudy on opending. It tool about 48 hours of continuous filtering with DE added and multiple backwashed to get whatever it was out. First half day I was...

Hello, Welcome to the Forum. That is a beutiful pool. I have a 70's era inground pool that one day will need the type of service you had done (re-coating of the vermiculite) with a new liner. I am in the Chicago area and it is possible your pool company may venture that far. I had a few...

Hello I have a pool close in age but vinyl walls. It had the black poly pipe you describe. It was replaced in 1990 with HDPE pipe which from a repair standpoint has similar challenges - standard PVC glues do not stick. Where they did connect this pipe to PVC they used clamps and what looked...

Hello everyone, I have an old inground pool that we inherited with a home purchase last year. We love the pool and have crystal clear water thanks to the information gained here. The previous owner had a new liner installed presumably to prepare the house for sale in May of last year. I had...

Hello, I have an older (early 2000's) jacuzzi sand filter with the DVK-7 multi port valve on top. After backwashing the filter discharges some ultra fine crud back into the pool when it is set to filter again - it not a big deal, just annoying. I have read elsewhere here that the "rinse"...

TFP to close this out. The mystery pipe was HDPE High density polyethylene used in irrigation and potable water supply systems. No idea why anyone installed this for my pool. But long story short I ripped it all out and replaced with PVC except for a 5 foot section where it goes under the...

ok the folks at INYO pools claim to have this part. I ordered it as part number 4685-14 for 9.99 in case anyone else needs this. Beats buying the whole new multi port for 130 bucks.

Hello, Briefly, last year we took ownership of a new "old" pool with our home purchase. The owner at the time did not have an eyeball on the closest jet to the pump, and the two times I heated the pool last fall i noted that the water from this "open" return was nice and warm if not a little...

Hi, I have a Jacuzzi 225L sand filter with a 7 position multiport model 39263009 tag indicates the manufacture is Jan 2000. The gasket under the diverter handle cover is shot. It started to draw in air after the pump was shut down (but did not leak under pressure) causing all kinds of...