Recent content by rig2

Work on a water well drill rig. Rig 2. Not as cool as oil or gas field roughnecks. But here in the land of fruits and nuts (California valley) farmers love us.

When I leaf rake my pool, I would just put the leaves on the grass. Then when I mowed, it would be bagged up and go to the green bin for trash. Since I live in the land of fruits and nuts and we are on water restrictions, we are getting artificial turf in the back yard where the pool is. What...

First year of a Trouble Free Pool. Way better than a pool store here. Upgrading to platinum. Help here is priceless. Questions answered fast. No algae with proper testing(thanks tft-100) and a few minutes a day. Thanks to all who have the tfp knowledge and help others, and those who have...

When we were about to get our agp installed, the installer saw the gopher mounds in the spot that we wanted the pool. He refused to install the pool. Not because he was a bad guy but he stated this. If there is one gopher now there will be others in the future. I will not install and...

Thanks for the reply Texas Splash. I live 3 miles from Beale. We have The U-2 and the Global Hawk programs there now. The summer sun and heat are still brutal. Thanks for that link. WE gave the pool a day off today and vacuumed and had the pump and filter running all day. That seems to be...

Did my weekly testing which includes cya due to high bather load and extreme sunlight. Last week cya was at 30. Started season at 50 with cya addition due to high sunlight. Installed stenner pump for chlorine addition with digital timer so we could dial in cya/chlorine per tfpc specs. As...

This is what I woke up to this morning. Pool is near my bedroom window and the kids/parents went swimming way early. In a thick spanish accent "Oh my gawd, this water is so clear and it even sparkles" They tried to complement me but I stated it was due to troublefreepool. Thank you to...

I have a chance of getting a good used low pressure 10 gpd 45mp2 for a free through a work friend. The pump tube needs to be replaced and its missing the injection point. Through my research and searches here, can I get the the high pressure pump tubes and a check valve and it be a high...

Mas985, our yard is funky to where it is low and the roads around us are three feet higher than us so everyone can see into our yard. So we buried the pool 3.5 fèet so when we are swimming the street walkers can't see us. I call it an above ground pool with an in ground feel. Not the best...

I just went through this same thing when I did the upgrade a few weeks ago. What I diid was plug off the skimmer intake. Then took the union off of my filter. Filled up the pump and suction pipe through the pump lid. Put that on and filled up the return line from the pump to filter and...

Thanks pwrstrk. I do have the tft-100 testkit and am getting very familiar with it. It is this test kit that led me to my chlorine testing questions. So much information on the water in only 5 minutes of testing. You totally answered this question and my next question. My next was going to...

After a few partial drain and refills, I finally got my cya to 50. Since my pool is in direct sun for a solid 9 hours in the summer, I should keep my cya here or higher according to pool school. It says 60 or 70 for full sun but I think I'll start at 50 since its easier to raise cya than...

Hello from 50 miles north of Sacramento. Have had the pool for 3 years now. Was totally pool stored. They tested the water for free and said buy this and add that. We did that and fought algae twice or more a year. Our algaecide bill was through the roof. Well the pool store went out of...