Recent content by palmettomoves

Thanks Texas Splash. I appreciate the input. Unfortunately, I suspect you're right, the liner is just deteriorating in general and I'm grasping at straws!

I'd appreciate any thoughts forum members might have on what the cause of this might be. I kept my in-ground vinyl pool uncovered and maintained through this past mild South Carolina winter. The vinyl is not new (8 years old) and I have had to patch it a few times to seal holes/leaks so I was...

Thank you YippeeSkippy. Started today.

My pool was left open and untreated throughout the relatively mild South Carolina winter. The water is thick with algae and pollen. I've begun running the pump and have been using a nylon in the skimmer basket. To give you an idea how thick the algae is I have to rinse the nylon at least every...

I'm hoping some of you faithful TFP's who read in the off season can help me out. As a result of lack of commitment to maintaining it, and the fact that the swim season was over, I lost my pool to green algae in October. I made the same mistake the previous year and was able to clear it in...

The guage stays at 11 when the pump is running and it drops to zero when I shut it off. I've not backwashed for short increments (hours) and long periods (weeks) and it always goes immediately back to 11 and stays there. The only time it goes up, and it typically happens quite fast is when I...

I have a Hayward sand filter (I'm not near it now but I believe it is a pro-series. In any case a standard sand filter with a control valve handle at the top to move between filter, waste, backwash, recirculate, etc.) It has been in use for seven seasons with no maintenance other than...

I do agree with Highlandreef and thought about that too. Here's the thing. 30K+ is a lot of money, particularly if it's a 200K house, but maybe its a 750K+ house we're talking about and then that number doesn't seem so large. I guess it depends a lot on the circumstances. Still I'd ask. I...

I'm ashamed to admit it but I'm a 47 year old man and I use women's nylons. Knee highs to be exact. Get your mind out of the gutter! I fit them over my pool strainer basket not over my pale legs. Here's my question. I always buy the biggest pair of knee highs I can find but when I stretch...

Is it worth buying CYA? I had a new vinyl liner installed over the winter and fresh water was put in. I've got it all cleaned up and it's ready to go but there's no CYA in the water (and I mean no) so it's burning through chlorine. I currently use the liquidator but before my rebirth I used...

IMHO if they were willing to put enough money in escrow I'd actually prefer that to a full inspection. Get the abbreviated inspection and get the escrow money. Enough escrow money will enable you to fix any problem whereas even a good inspection could miss something. As you originally asked...

Thanks Bama Rambler. It's not covered so I guess I'll wait. It's going to be pretty thick by then!

I live in South Carolina and the weather has bounced around a lot this year. It was quite warm recently, I didn't have much chlorine in the pool and the obvious result is an algae bloom. Here's my question. I don't really want to clear the pool and begin having to maintain it regularly as we...

Thanks Carlscan 26. Turns out there was something small in the (impellor?) That was preventing it from turning. So the pump is working unfortunately the new gasket didn't stop the water from coming out from underneath the pump. There's a square hole underneath the pump and water is coming out...

I had to remove my pump from the strainer housing to replace a gasket. I had no problems whatsoever initially. I removed the four bolts changed the gasket put the pump back in place and tightened the bolts without incident. I turned the power back on and when I hit the on switch for the pump...