Recent content by FnC80

I’ve heard of using water softener salt, and having a water softener I use it regularly just not in the pool. Since I converted to salt I’ve just always used Leslie’s. It’s pure, fine grained, and dissolves really fast. Pour in, a quick brush, then it’s nearly gone. Though I do pay extra for...

I’ve been staring at my crystal clear water all winter, and now that the pool temp is near 70 I figured it’s time to do the spring chem balance and tweak everything to its optimal range. In anticipation of this I bought a couple bags of Clorox pool salt from Lowe’s a month or so ago as it was on...

Having owned a stenner for a few years now, there’s one of three likely culprits based on what you described. 1) the tube is worn out and even though bleach is coming out it’s not of sufficient pressure to push it further. 2) your black tube is plugged; try and thread heavy fishing mono down it...

:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: It was good for a laugh thanks.. though my thoughts in watching that we’re two fold. 1) what a waste of good vodka 2) it has to be cheaper than some pool store chems and just as or even more effective. Perhaps Tito’s should start a pool chemical retail line.,.

It’s a hayward, and part of their professional line. I don’t know exact cost, but wasn’t much over the 400k, so I figured less time hearing water. We had to upgrade our gas meter, but natural gas in south Texas is pretty cheap. As far as plaster, it’s a quartzscape grenadine grey. My wife and I...

We live in houston where it’s hot, but we use the integrated spa October through April 2-3 times a week. We love it. Our spa is also finished in glass beads so it’s smooth to sit on and rolled edge to lean against. Also our 500k btu heater will heat it up in no time so another thing to think...

So I was doing my “biweekly” full test suite last weekend when I pressed the button on my trusty speedstir and nothing happened. Must be the batteries, so I changed them out and still no response. Tasked with either manually stirring or going without, I opted for the latter as a day of...

I know exactly how you feel. Our pool was finished about 3 weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit and we git 36” of rain. First off, make sure you and your family are safe. What worked for me was having plenty of bleach on hand to maintain levels, keeping the pump running to circulate and running our...

In regards on how to wire it in, I’d go the route of just wiring in a new outdoor outlet connected to your relays in your control panel. I did this for my stenner and it makes servicing much easier, with zeei issues in years. You just unplug when needed and then can move indoors in the air...

It was a few years ago when we were in your shoes trying to decide tile, the back and forth between options, and seemingly an impossible decision. To help, I’d first decide what kind of “feel” do you want? Do you want formal, fun, resort? May help you decide. Given your pool water color will be...

I’ve had my robot since just before Christmas in 2019, so it’s going on about 18 months now of continual service. Again, it lives in the pool pretty much 24/7 without issue and I run it probably 4-7 days a week. Right now he’s on a programmed schedule for 5 days a week. The baskets so big I only...