Recent content by Guffey Guy

Thanks a million. My wife will keep me.

I was in the process of precoating my filter with Diatomaceous Earth. However, I had left both return line valves to the pool open. One shunts water through the filter and the other directly to the pool. I should have had the return valve to the POOL off. Upon adding the six pounds of DE to...

I have a 26,000 gal in-ground pool with hayes filter and pump system. I put 3 trichlor tabs in each week plus chlorine bleach should my FC needs a boost and run my filter 8 hrs a day. My problem is I have developed 1/4" black spots on the bottom and I am sure it is not Black algae as I can't...

Thanks for the reply. I have a sungrabber solar panel on my roof that is used to heat the pool also so what I'm going to try to do is use the liquid heatsaver product for the season and see if that does the same job. I think I got between five and seven extra degrees last year from the solar...

Well, gentleman, I see where it has been first and seconded to go the Aqua Perl route. I will be glad to give it a try. Thanks

I have a Hayward EC65a filter. I am about to load it up for the season and need to ask the question . . . Is Aqua Perl a Diatomaceous Earth DE Alternative and Replacement? I have read about safety issues with DE and have to make a purchase soon. I used the BBB method last year for the first...

I am looking to buy a Solar Reel and cover for a 16x34 pool. I have been reading the posts on the covers, but little or nothing about the reels. Are there reels to just stay away from because of construction and materials? Is there a consensus on a reel or reels that do the job as advertised?