Recent content by jcessnar

so, if an internal part is broken it would be blowing sand back into the pool?

I have a haward sand filter. I do not know how old it is other than they do not make it anymore and it does not have laterals like the newer models. It has some type of circular grid in the bottom. My question is how do you know when it is time to replace the entire filter and not just the...

I started opening our 24' ag pool about two weeks ago. We had an issue with mustard alge last summer so we left it and did nothing to it over the winter hoping to drain most of the water this summer. We decided not to do that however and started shocking it about two weeks ago. Since then the...

I read a post somewhere on TFP that if you do not have a test kit yet that there is a way to temporarily use a wal mart kit to test the chlorine levels. By that I mean there was a way to add water or something to come up with a higher ppm level. Does anyone know what I am talking about? If so...

If I just drop the high side do you think that it will level out? Also, how do I chech the round if there is water in it?

We recently installed a 24' x 4 ' ag pool. When we started everything looked level. After the pool was completly full we realized that one side was about 1 1'2 inch higher than the other. Also, it seems that the low side has settled a little bit more, so now it is slightly lower. I know that...