Recent content by Marc Bumgardner

I inherited a swamp and it took a month long slam, but here it is now. I never would have known what the heck I was doing without the help of the moderators on here, so a big thank you to all of you!

I have 2 German Shepherds. They look hot at times out in the sun with their heavy coats. What's going to happen if I start having them get in the pool? I have put some 3 foot tall pool stairs inside my AG pool so they can get out and onto the flush deck along the back side of the pool. Just...

Hi everybody! I just ended my month long slam and my water is clear! No chloramines and Chlorine level holds steady overnight. At one point recently a friend suggested using "clarifier". I looked at it but I am leary since it doesn't say what's in it. It's a blue liquid and HTN sells it and...

The lastest thing with my pool is water seems to be disappearing. Drops 1-2 inches every 24 hrs the past few days. Walking around looking for leaks, not finding any. It is warmer so I'm wondering how much is normal loss from evaporation....???? The water is slowly but steadily getting clearer...

ok thanks youall.. I appreciate your help greatly. Hangin in and maintaining the slam and filtering.

I saw a comment on another thread about Clorox shock xtra blue and don't use it. I used 4 1lb bottles of this stuff on my pool back at the end of May before I knew about this website. I have been using just bleach 6% since then. It says use 1 1 lb bottle per 12,000 gallons. It is 0.26% copper...

I guess I should get a cover. What! Yep, no cover and that's how I got in this mess. Never occured to me I might need one before fall shut down. But yesterday a storm came through. A big wind was the first thing, and instantly the whole pool was covered with pine needles! Got the leaf skimmer on...

new DE ran about 24 hrs, got up to 18 psi and held there, backflushed it this morning and didn't add more, did pool math last night to bring chlorine from 12 to 20 and this morning it was 25! Still pretty cloudy but a little better, gonna be a long haul, will continue, but wondering if I could...

I'll stick with the present filter/pump. I put 1/4cup DE in last night and pressure went from 16 to 17 so I quit. That was 7 pm. Mowed some, did dinner, got tired. Did the pool math and dumped in one 121 oz bottle of bleach, noted the pump/filter was running at 18, and went to bed. This morning...

My normal running pressure is 16

Of interest. I googled hayward E-100 and it said in one place that this filter/pump is for pools smaller than mine, like 15 x 24 , and for a 15 x 30 AG, the hayward E-200 is recommended, which has twice the flow rate and water turnover per hour, uses a 1.5HP pump, not a 1.0HP, and 200lbs of...

Yep there is a suggestion of a 3rd step down there. Got A 10lb bag of DE from the pool and spa store in the back of my car, gonna put some in after work today, 1/4 cup at a time mixed with water and poured in slow into the skimmer and watching the pressure gauge. (Guess it's a good thing I...

6:50am this morning FC 19.5 and here's the water