Recent content by Lawmann

I'll report back for sure. I learned everything so far from TFP, the website and forum posts. I even found threads on how to decipher the date code on bottles of liquid chlorine! The people here are amazing and so helpful, and the website, by far, is one of the best organized, easiest to...

Thank you. 👍

When I started my SLAM a little over a week ago, I found HTH 10% LC at Ace Hardware (about $4.99/gal in Dallas). Then I switched to WalMart which had 10% LC a bit cheaper. The HTH seemed to work fine, although I was at my early stage of SLAM and had a long way to go.

First, thank you for the correct technical term "hydrophilic". (y) I am going to try to scoop up the leaves and then vacuum. I've been saving the leaves and vacuuming until now, and it turns out, the organic stuff is the remaining hurdle. I have testing several times during the day, but...

Thank you, phonedave. I just got some skimmer socks to help with the smaller stuff and hopefully reduce the number of backwashes. Appreciate the tip.

Thank you, Marty. I'm on to removing the debris.

I've been sitting in the back pew of the Church of TFP for a few years and just moved down to the front pew. Now, I want to make sure I'm singing out of the correct hymn book. (Eye rolls are OK from anyone not from Texas or the South :)) Background: A few weeks ago, my pool was Army green --...

This is exactly why NASA didn't hire me to work on rockets. :D I just had the ah-ha moment with your explanation of pressure. I was confused by a description of the internal air bleed assembly I saw online at pool center.com which said "this item allows air trapped in the tank the escape back...

Thank you for such a quick reply! I know I am overthinking this but after seeing the new internal air bleed assemblies -- which I understand are supposed to allow air to be sucked or pulled into the grids and back out into the pool -- I thought the small tube in my manifold would also be on the...

All, I’m a new member and have a question about my manifold on a very old filter. I have an original American Products stainless steel vertical DE grid filer (60 sf) manufactured in (please don’t laugh) 1984. My manifold has cracked, and just for kicks I looked for a replacement manifold...