Recent content by Jermocide

Excellent explanations for a simple mind like mine, :). Thank you guys.

I was thinking about what would be the fastest way to heat my pool with my gas heater. Should I heat up the spa first since it heats so quickly by re-circulating/heating the warm water and then once it's up to 100 degrees adjust the valves to normal so that it overflows into my pool? Or should...

Thank you guys for the response. Although I'm sure it can be done, I don't think I'll take the risk of a big boom. Thanks!

I am thinking my hot surface ignitor is no longer working. Is it possible to manually light the heater with a flame as I do with my BBQ grill when it's ignitor does not work? I hope this is not a stupid question. I know once it reaches temperature it will shut off and of course not re-ignite...

I finally figured it out. First of all, Thank You all. This site has been such a huge help. JamesW, I think you were right, it was ahead of its time, LOL. Seriously though, I had to go to the set time section and just Hold the down button. As it started counting down from 9,996 the front...

Hey Guys, The other day I went to check my pump controller and there was no time, at least not in the format I knew. When I went to set the time/date, it still was in this weird format. I defaulted the system but it hasn't changed. Please look at the attached picture. Two things happened in...

Thanks RobbieH. I'm on youtube now checking into the skimmer throat. Yikes, American Leak Detection sounds like $$$$. I'll check into it though especially since Water cost here in LA are so ridiculous.

Hello Everybody, I have an ingound pool and spa. Details should be in my signature. We recently moved in to our place in January. Our water bill seems very high. Of course one of my concerns is the pool. Seems as though I am having to run water in my pool for about 30 minutes every two to...

Sounds good Smykowski, I think I'll go that route. I have some friends nearby but if I ask them I'll come back to a green pool and a backyard full of beer cans, ;)

Hey Everybody, My pool is in great shape thanks to this site. However I will have to leave it's side for a week. What should I do? Normally 1 bottle of bleach per day keeps me in my recommended FC number of 5 with a CYA of about 45. Should I throw in 5 or so bottles before I go?

Hey Everybody, Just wanted to post an update. I Slammed my pool over the weekend and it's amazing. I can't even believe the results. I have a shallow area about 6in high that had bird poop that I couldn't get off even with a wire brush. It's now gone as well. I never knew it could look so...

Hey guys, This is my second post here. Already been sooooo much help! Wish I would have known what I've learned here 4 months ago. My pool guy let my FC go to 0 and now I have algae on walls. He's gone and I'm taking over. That was another thread. Anyway onto this threads questions. Is it OK...

Hey Everybody, Here is a link to pictures of the pool. https://www.flickr.com/photos/22257491@N08/ Hopefully I setup the URL and Flickr correctly. The water is crystal clear. It has been since I moved into the home in January. It has just been the last 3 weeks when the yellow staining or...

Thanks Richard! I think I'm ready for the battle. Just got to stock up on the supplies. Anybody get any odd looks when purchasing so many bottles of bleach? Might look like you are trying to clean up a crime scene. ;)