Recent content by Jimk

I am using a DE Pentair 2000 (discontinued) and in daylight the water looks great, sparkling clean. The chlorine and Ph are good. However, at night, if I put the pool light on, you can see particles in the water. I ran the pump for 24 hours (normally I run for about 6 hours and if people are in...

I have a Pentair 2000 filter but I don't appear to have the lid opener tool and I haven't been able to find one online. Since I can't find the tool, what is the best way to get the lid off without damaging anything ?

That's what I am having installed too, Midnight Blue but by NPT (Quartzscapes). I was going to ask about the start up on here, so what's involved with the start up ? Is that something I can do myself ? I'll check with the PB about the install, cheers.

Aesthetic. I never really liked the existing coping or the tile that went round the pool so I am replacing both.

Actually I did this about eight years ago so yes you can. But the work involved will depend on how the existing hole in the ground has been built. We pretty much ended up with a job that was a new build minus the excavation.

Not much happened after the demo until this week. The coping was delivered and is being cut and placed.

Fair point ! :) But does nobody worry about brushing and vacuuming the pool for a couple of weeks ?

What arrangements do people make for pool care when they go on vacation ? I am hoping to start maintaining my pool myself this year but I just realized I will be gone for a couple of weeks in the summer and I am not sure what to do. I'm sure our friends will be using the pool while we are...

The kids had a great time playing in the pool while it was getting emptied.. The demo was done yesterday. The crew of four did a good job, worked their socks off and were gone by about 6:00pm. They cleaned up good and didn't damage any of the pavers as far as I can tell. It rained slightly...

So after much procrastination I took the plunge and have started the resurface of the pool. The is currently a standard gunite/plaster finish and I am having it redone with a quartz, midnight blue. I have done this @ss backward as I already had the yard resurfaced so I hope my builder is very...