Recent content by harryc1

Ended up being a rip in the liner at the base of the pool. Had stupidly used a long 2x4 to dislodge some debris gathered in the deep part of the pool a couple days before the sudden noticable water loss started, and that must have damaged the liner. Patched the rip but still losing a few mm of...

Wednesday morning update: Did a food coloring test on the two return jets & the pool light, no leaks visible :(

Thanks a lot JJ & Jim. No leak or water coming out the equipment pad. Jim, you're correct that there is only one input to the pump and one input from the filter that goes back to the pool (solar is closed & capped off at the roof). I attached a couple more pics of the pump and filter from...

Hi all! I had something seemingly bizzare happen last evening, and wanted to see if folks have any advice. I cleaned and reinstalled my filter cartridge (as I have done periodically in the past), and then turned the pump back on. About 10-15 minutes later noticed that the pool level had dropped...

Great, thanks both!

Thanks for your reply, mknauss! On a side note, these seem like a really good deal at $2.99 a gallon for 10% sodium hypochlorite (walmart is around $2.60 for 6% around here). I wonder if there's some catch, like it containing stabilizer (the HTH website product page says they sell both...

Hi all, I picked up some HTH liquid chlorinator gallon bottles at ACE hardware for the first time today (all my nearby walmarts are out of stock of great value bleach), and the date code format doesn't match what is posted on the Chlorine Date Code Decoder/Easy Way to Measure Strength guide...