Recent content by Mattapatamus

The pump is only a few years old but previously not taken care of, I'm wondering if it would be more wise just to purchase the whole multivalve assembly, when I took it apart to deep clean the sand the diffuser on the bottom was laying in the sand bed

Bad news I returned home from work and it seems as if I have a bad spider gasket? Water is just barely running out of my waste port while on filter, I can look right on the inside and see that's it's leaking.

The previous owners also mentioned they only managed to get it clean with a product called back to blue by pool life, have a full kit on hand was just curious if this would be any help along the way or not? - - - Updated - - - Heading straight after work to get what I need to at least keep it...

I appreciate the help, so you guys for sure think this is an algae problem? I'll read your story on break at work.

I have test strips on hand, and I'll be ordering a test kit. I have deep cleaned the sand in the filter. I also backwash regularly, the strips today show the same results as the pool store roughly. I've also vacuumed the bottom of the pool after the clarifier.

I'm new to a pool. We purchased a house last summer and the previous owners failed to open the pool since they were in the process of selling. The water is cloudy and I've tried everything I've researched on. I had the pool levels tested at the pool store two days ago and these were the levels...