Recent content by moze229

Thanks for the pointer. I'll check it out. Even if my local store doesn't stock it, I should be able to order and pick up at the store. This is a great option. Cheap too. I'm not too far away. My wife works in Morrisville - takes about 35 minutes for me to get there. What's the name of...

I have not. That's what I'm in the process of doing now. I'd like to buy in bulk and I wouldn't mind getting 10%-12% if possible. Dollar General used to carry generic 8.25% for a few years. The last couple of years they moved to 6% and the price stayed the same. Now I can't find any locally...

Thanks for the responses. Back to looking for bulk bleach suppliers. Just thought I'd run it by and hear what everyone had to say.

Hey all, I’ve been here since 2011, and I’ve recieved a lot of help here. I’ve been buying my generic bleach for almost 10 years now, and it’s all worked out great. Last year, it began to become tedious finding bleach in stock anywhere. Dollar stores, discount stores, even grocery stores were...

So sorry to hear you had this happen. I wouldn’t have the first clue on how to deal with this. I would be on the phone with the vendor/manufacturer right away. The Sharkline Matrix pools are their top of the line deal. No way that should have happened in 6 years. That being said, I have a...

Jim is right on. If you fail his test, I think you might consider the following. This is what I would do. Unfortunately, the quickest way to correct your super high CYA is to drain 50% of the pool and refill to bring your CYA to 50. If you don't want to do that, you'll have to continue...

All that I can tell you is that bonding is not the same as grounding. And the only grounding that you have to worry about is ensuring that any electrical equipment connected directly to the pool (usually just the pump) is grounded. (I don't think it's possible to NOT have a grounded connection...

You want to choose 'waste' to drain for your purpose, if available. I've never heard of a filter than didn't have that. Once you drain to the bottom of the skimmer (the water intake in your pool), you'll have to just use the old fashioned siphon method, assuming that you have an above ground...

You really need to obtain a test kit that will contain all of the tests that you'll need to monitor, based on your care method and pool type. In-ground pools require a little more testing than above ground pools, depending on the type. The four first most important are FC (free chlorine), TA...

I've considered this. However, it seems like it would be a pain to remove and re-attach every single time we are in the pool. We are out there almost every day. I do see how this would be beneficial for those times when we may be away for a few days though. I suppose it's either a pool...

Hello all! It's been some time since I've been here, but there's a reason for that. The information on this site is so comprehensive, I haven't really had a whole lot of questions since I got the pool in 2011. I do want to run something by folks though, just in case I'm still doing something...

Update - just got in today and pulled the block out. The water finally got up to 75. That's still too cold for me, but was good enough for me to get in long enough to do that. Also patched a 2 1/2 inch long slit that the block left as the corner gouged into the liner last winter. Lesson -...

Thanks for the clarification. The reason I mentioned CYA is that if one's CYA level is high, more chlorine is needed to bring to the proper levels. The result would be a faster fading liner. The sun will destroy anything over a period of time, so this was my original thought. It would be...

Is there any such thing? I've seen products advertised to help bring back the vibrance of oxidized pool liners. Does this stuff really work, or is it just snake oil? I don't have an example of what I'm talking about. I tried looking it up again online and I don't even know what to search...

I wanted to put my two cents in as well. I'm right down US1 from you, and I have a similar installation - a fairly large slope. Your install turned out well - looks good. My deck surrounds the pool on the high side, so I just filled completely in. It's been five years now with no issues. I...