Recent content by rjbeals

Great recommendations - I'll look closer this weekend and report back what happens.

I'm attempting this repair myself, but it might be too advanced, but here goes... slow water leak last summer, would need to add water every week. Powered off and it sat all winter (South Carolina, not too cold). Water eventually stopped leaking at upper bottom cyclone jet. There's 2 jets at...

fixed it. Pulled the back off and there was an exposed wire. stripped it, crimped a new attachment to it and plugged it back on the receiver - works fine.

Above ground 12,500 gallon pool. Hayward Power-flo LX Pump, had maybe 10 years. This season, when I turn on, a few sparks fall out from where the ground wire is attached (I think), the motor and pump turn on anyway and work fine. I did this a couple of times. This morning, I video taped it...

I drained the pool, folded up the liner on the sand floor, re-smoothed the sand, and re-positioned the liner. I also shoveled out some of the sand on one side before smoothing because it wasn't level - that was obvious from filling/draining. I'm headed out of town for the week of the 4th, so the...

when you say, "can then be adjusted", what do you mean? It's a J-Hook liner so it has the pre-set overlap piece that hangs on the lip, also allowing the diamond pattern to be the same level from the top.. ? thanks though for the comment.

Okay so I decided to tackle this liner replacement myself (with a friend). We followed some instructional videos and it looked easy enough. My sand floor was wrecked from the previous installation and a leak, so I had to add sand (12 bags play sand from home depot), mainly to build up my cove...

fas titration test kit through taylor. I use a combo of bleach and tabs. I've ruined a lot of shirts with bleach splash back, so tabs are just more convenient for my life. I tend to keep a bit higher chlorine and a bit lower ph than normal. It seems to work the best for me. I have a lot of kid...

yes. The bottle said add it weekly, so I do. preventative maintenance. I think the shine may have to do with the time of day and the reflections. thanks dmanb2b

ever notice sometimes the water looks really shiny? My wife swears that every time she notices the "shine", that the pool is about to start an algae bloom. The water is balanced, I have algaecide in it. It's really clean. I think she's nuts, but maybe there is something to it? Anyone have any...

one last thing - If i siphon most of the water out, maybe leave just a bit so I can look for that pesky leak, do you think it will harm the liner? I know when they installed it, they used some vacuum pump to draw it in as the water filled up. ?

I can't believe I never thought of that. I just assumed the leak was at the point where the water stopped, but the bottom seam could by all means have something blocking it. I will certainly make that my next target. but still curious if anyone has any experience with that fix a leak product...

Hi Zea3. The only opening is the skimmer, you can see straight on in the pict above, and the return hole, about a foot to the left, also seen in the pict above. The leak is way below that. I also thought that it could be evaporation, but it hasn't been that warm yet here. I haven't tried the...

Live in South Carolina, USA 24ft round above ground pool. liner is 2 years old. built the deck myself last spring (1 year ago). All summer, pool was great. I covered my pool last September. Around November/December, I noticed the water level dropping. It was really slow. I couldn't tell from...

Jeez... reading through this, I'm more confused than ever. I was about to re-order some reagents for my Taylor kit, when I came across the AquaCheck test strips. They seem to be accurate and quick and pretty dependable. I'm simply a pool owner who wants a quick & easy way to keep a clean pool...