Recent content by PNWDad

Nice tip.

Thanks for the reassurance. I'll keep it going and see what happens.

The t-shirt is picking up a rust color, but the poly-fil is not??? Am I doing something wrong?

Ok, I packed the poly-fil in an old T-shirt.

When I place poly-fil in the skimmer basket, what do I use to contain the Poly-fil? Do I put it in something first?

Read a few more posts...called a local pool supply store., perhaps more confused. Pool supply store said I needed to add something to the water to sequester the iron, then my cartridge filters will remove the iron precip? Is the poly-fil/skimmer method to be done with using one the products...

Do I want to boost my Cl when I am using the poly-fil in the skimmer so that the Iron will form a precipitate?

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what draining 1/3 of my iron well water and refilling with iron well water would do to improve? Because I've dialed in the salt, I'd rather not dump the water. When I add the poly-fil to the skimmer, should it be contained in a mesh bag or pillow case...

Here is a picture:

We just had our liner replaced and re-filled and salted our pool. Initially, the water looked clear and blue. Once I dialed in the SWC and brought the FC to around 2, a green tint developed, not cloudy, jut a tint as others have mentioned. I know our well has Iron concentration around 3ppm...

No other features, just like the water to be clean and clear, and not a fan of cleaning the filters often. The cost of up sizing filters and pump is not significant, and should equate superior performance IMO.

Bigger is better

How large is your pool? We inherited a similar pool a few years back and after changing plumbing, filter, pump, and moving to a Salt Chlorination, have had very little maintenance. Flow can be improved by improving the above grade PVC diameter and correct fittings. Perhaps the best investment...

check sunplay for pentair 3-way valve in your pvc price, install with 3+ inches of pip in-front on all 3, will last a long time. It's $35 bucks. Yes, bottom drain is important.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloud.tourbuzz.net/www/db_images/tour/388970/photo_13286850-1100x733.jpg I could not get the image to attach, but this shows our stye, track is in the concrete. If I were doing it over, I would choose this same setup vs. in the cap.