Recent content by jscottou22

Here is the screen and equipment.

The little mesh screen/filter at the wall fitting for my pool cleaner keeps getting clogged with debris on a daily basis. I just took apart and cleaned my DE filter, and this was occuring before and after. Any ideas?

So this is my 3rd swim season with my pool, and I have not had 1 single issue with my water chemistry (thanks to this site). I am now ready to install a salt water generator, mainly because I am getting tired of driving all over town every week trying to find liquid chlorine. I reached out to...

I finally got tired of worrying about it and pulled all drain plugs, shut off power, and put plastic bottles in the skimmers. Now I'm going to have a beer and cross my fingers.

Thanks for the advice. I wasn't as concerned about the rocks as the water freezing back into the pipe feeding the waterfall, plugging it up. I will just keep an eye on them and do some light ice removal when necessary. Just not sure what all to expect...I haven't seen temps like this for such a...

So I feel pretty good (or about as good as I can) about my pool equipment for the pending Arctic temps. I just have the pump running nonstop with a tarp covering everything. I am prepared to kill the power and remove all of the drains if we lose power for some reason. Right now I have the valve...

Looks like a cheap solution. Thanks!

I live in North Texas, and am wondering if it is necessary to insulate my filter pressure relief valve/gauge for the colder months?

I am not as worried about getting through the rebar as I am exposing it to the elements, and then dealing with corrosion issues down the road.

That's the one I was looking at. You do anything to account for rebar, or pretty much just drill and hope?

Has anyone installed one of the DIY fences around their pool? I have a 6 month old boy, so my wife is wanting to look into installing a fence before next pool season. I have been looking at the DIY fence, and it looks fairly straightforward. My only concern is drilling holes 4" into the concrete...

I live up near Highland Village, and I have been purchasing my chlorine at Walmart. The brand is Pool Essentials 10% and it's < $4 per gallon. Worked well so far.