Recent content by mattsmomma

Where am I on me free time lately? Here on TFP. Worst pool year since I have had this pool (2010). This by far is the best DIY pool resource around! Ok, to start off I opened the pool and had filter issues, well fixed that. It took about a week and a half and my pool turned into a dark green...

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well to start off I really need a new liner to but don't have the $$$ at the moment. well opened the pool this weekend patched the tears and went to turn on the pump. water started spewing from the multiport valve. There is a big crack on the inlet on the multiport valve from the threads all...

Thanks for the advise. If we need to take the top off to put in more sand looks like we will clean and inspect the filter through out and replace all of the sand, which isn't such a bad idea anyway, not exactly sure how old the sand is and how much spilled out on the previous owners. Also with...

Starting to think about opening the pool soon!!! Trying to get my list together of everything I need. This is only going to be my 2nd season opening a pool. Last year we had to putty the drain plug onto the filter bc the threads would not catch and we lost a little bit of sand. Then when...

Thanks for your $.02. This is what I did. Started up the leaf blower and I'm pretty sure my vac had more pressure. When I stop blowing with the vac I hear the water gurgling back up the pipes. So it has to be pushing some out of the main drain. We put some pool antifreeze in the line and...

This is my first time to winterize I have read a lot and watched some u tube videos and thought I had it all figured out. I am trying to use a rainbow vac, it is kind of like a shop vac, to blow out my lines. From the pump I inserted the hose to the pipes I wanted to blow out. This method has...

Re: BBB for Beginners OMG I am so glad I found this info!!! thank you so much for posting, I only wish I would have found it this year when I opened my pool for the first time. I knew it should be able to be done this way. I am a first time pool owner this was my first season with my pool, we...