Recent content by Kik10

Hi, after opening the pool this year we're noticing a lot of sand at the bottom. I'm sure it's sand because I can see it in my vacuum. I start seeing it on the floor again about an hour after vacuuming. We changed the sand at the start of last season and the laterals, stand pipe looked good...

Update: Let it sit four days with pump off at same level > no water loss. Filled to normal level and let sit with pump off one day > no water loss. Ruled out main drain and going back to thinking the winter loss was due to tear in cover. Ran pump a couple hours > no water loss. Let sit...

Yes, they do have screws on them. Thank you for your replies.

Thank you. Yes, the filter waste line was bone dry. How would I go about plugging the main drains in the pool? Here is a picture of the drains. Not sure whether all four of these are drains.

New pool owner on year three. Opened the pool for this first time ourselves this year 8 days ago. Found we had lost quite a bit of water over the winter and thought it was due to a tear in the cover (basically a large plastic tarp held down by water bags). When draining the water from the cover...