Recent content by lambo

I can confirm that it definitely isn't any fun. But we had a 90 degree day yesterday and with half the pool empty, the remaining water was actually warmish. Wasn't able to identify the leak location unfortunately so it looks like I'll be calling a leak detection guy. I think his rate was...

Dave - That's what I thought as well. I've been shocking the pool, so everything is basically dead or dying. I figure if I swim in the lake, which has far more organic matter than my pool, than I should be fine for a few minutes in my cold pool. Thanks!

Not literally diving, but is it safe to swim in a dirty pool? As you can see in my pics below, my pool a) has a leak - see this thread - and b) is still green. I'd like to find the hole and attempt to repair it myself, but the pool is taking forever to get clean because I'm having to use a...

Yeah, water is well below that hole in the wall. So I guess all that diverter was doing was pulling air through those side holes then eh? Bummer. So what in the world is that thing in the bottom of my deep end?? If the floor drain isn't plumbed to the skimmer, and I don't see a split before...

Update - so I purchased and installed the float diverter gadget as shown in Jason's links. It fit right on my skimmer no problem. But when I turn on the pump, I hear gurgling but don't get any water into the pump. I even tried brushing around the floor drain to make sure there was nothing...

Can you tell me where you found that second type? I can't find one online anywhere. If I attempt to Macguyver something, will I need to plug anything along the pool wall? I thought I read somewhere that sometimes there is an equalizer pipe or something which may just suck in air if it isn't...

Here ya go - and thanks!!!

Aha! I see two holes in my skimmer. I plugged the main hole but there is a second hole with a plate attached to a screw which rotates around freely (for some reason). So what exactly does it do now? Looking back at my very first post...

So the pool is down to just a few inches in the shallow end... I need to do something about it. I opened the light and did a dye test and could see no evidence of water leaking from there. It seems to still be leaking at a fairly slow rate, but still, it's leaking. I've talked to two leak...

In ground vinyl liner pool in Virginia Beach, VA, 3rd year with it. Age of the liner is unknown, though when we bought the house 3 years ago, it looked fairly newish. Past two winters we've had basically no water loss. This winter we've lost approx 2 1/2 feet. I've filled the pool back up...

Thanks all for the suggestions. I've dived deep into this sub forum and there is a wealth of information, but it is also frustrating. Each time I find a good option I read another thread or review thrashing it. May just need to commit and pull the trigger on one and hope for the best. We...

Roy - Thanks for that info! I checked out reviews on Amazon and it definitely seems like a smart option. I like that it seems to be a far more common cleaner so replacement parts would be easier to come by than with the Hayward. The one thing that the Hayward seems to have going for it over...

All - The folks gave my wife (our pool girl) a 'voucher' of sorts for a Hayward 925ADV. Basically they talked to their friends who were over the moon about that cleaner, and my folks said they'd buy it for us (or we could pick another for around $400 or less). Their friends live in Florida...

I've tried, believe me I've tried. That thing is stretched TIGHT. In fact, in the corners of the pool, the liner is stretched so tight that it pulls away a little. I can feel an air gap in the corners, almost as if the liner was sized a smidge too small. The fence is mesh, but tight mesh...

John - Thanks for the input. We actually have a few spots in our liner where it has slipped out of the coping, the worst being about a foot long and showing a 3" gap. So they aren't huge, but certainly large enough to allow water behind the vinyl liner. Would that be a concern then? We are...