Recent content by Mark_Venture

To follow up, shortly after my initial post, we released the metal cord holding the cover on, so only the ice, snow, water was holding it down. The cover had ripped. And I'm pretty sure we had a leak because by the time the weather got warmer and we could walk to the pool, the water level was...

The old pump (age not known since it was here with the old pool when we bought the house last summer) started leaking along the top where the bump knob was, so we got a new one. I'd like to use Fiber Clear, but I'm not sure how much to use. We got a Hayward DE50c90 kit (filter and pump). The...

This winter has brought us more snow than the last 4 winters COMBINED! So this is unusual. The previous owner lives up the street, he stopped by while I was shoveling the drive way. The pool has survived snows of the past without having to clear it off, but none were nearly as deep. last...

So, my experiences being a new pool owner continue... (above ground came with the house we purchased) Living in norther Delaware, we got hit with two big snow storms in a row. A total of about 30 inches. The pool cover is loaded with snow. While everything seems ok, I want to know about...

I got lucky... the previous house owner stopped by. It is a DE filter. I stopped over at the local pool supply store, they sold me some DE material, talked to me about back washing, and even suggested since we tried backwashing and adding new DE, but the pressure went down, that we might...

Correct. The filter (I'm assuming the tall tan thing with the pressure guage), has no model numbers, or markings. Just a yellow label suggesting caution and to only dissassemble usuing the MFG's instructions... Too bad it doesn't say who the MFG is :(

We just purchased a house that has an above ground pool out back. The water was green, and so far, it looks like I've been successful reading here, and elsewhere, following along, and using the chemicals the previous owner left behind to make it clear, and come up with good values per the HTH...