Recent content by rkhodges21

Bump. Looking for any advice here I can get. This has me really worried. By rough calculations I am estimating that I have roughly a 100+ gallon a day leak somewhere either in my liner or in the floor drain line. Will the liner be affected detrimentally by the pool sitting empty until spring? I...

I partially drained (below skimmer and return lines) and closed my pool at the end of September/ early October, and I realized yesterday that when I went to pump the water off my cover, that the pool is now basically empty. I first guess is that I have a leak in my floor drain line. I know I did...

I have a Hayward Power-Flo II pump with a MagneTek 1081 Pool Pump Duty 1.5HP motor and i have noticed that it appears the shaft seal is leaking. This would not seem like a costly repair to me, but I recently discovered that the motor's foot mounts as well as the bottom of the cover has rusted to...

Sorry it has been a few days since I last updated you guys on my progress. I had a minor setback because we had to go out of town for a couple of nights, so I didn't get to pay as much attention to it as I should have. We have, however, got a TF100, and I conducted an OCLT last night. Since it...

So just a quick update. My wife went out to skim the film off the top and she tested the water at about 10:50 am and she said the strip went to 10 ppm on the FC. There probably was not much sunlight on it then as our pool is shaded most of the day. So I would guess it has not lost 5 ppm for 3...

Ok. From the way I had read the conversion write-up and other posts, I had a feeling that this was the case, but I wanted to be sure. Like I said, I want this to be as painless as possible, so I want to go "by the book" and follow through on expert advice. I appreciate the help. Can't wait to...

Thanks for the welcome. Glad to hear your pool is doing well. I am excited to get to swim in a week or so. I am definitely going to get a test kit soon.

I had a kitchen sink clog so I bought 2 bottles of that hot power or liquid fire or whatever it is called, but I only used one. I believe it is basically muriatic acid, so could it be used in the pool to lower pH?

Great! Thanks for the info. Since my pH was correct to begin, should I just kind of ignore it for the time being and focus on the FC or should I also keep and eye on the pH and keep it between 7.2 and 7.4 for the entire process?

Oh, one more question. I have read the conversion process on this site many times now. I feel comfortable with the steps, but I want to be sure that I deviate from it as little as possible, since I want this to be over as quickly as it can. From the conversion write-up, my impression is that the...

So I finally took the cover off my pool Monday evening. When I closed the pool, I knew I wanted to get away from baq, so I actually didn't use any baq closing chemicals. I just drained the pool down about 50% and put the cover on it. By this point, I had had so many issues with baq that I just...

Ok. Thanks for the insight. I will be sure to get a sample as soon as I take the cover off and post some numbers so I will know how to proceed from there.

I don't think there should be much baq left in the water, but I am not really sure. I guess a testing kit could tell me how much is left? Draining the water completely may be worth looking into. Will I have any issues with my liner if I drain the pool completely? I was also planning to replace...

Hello TFP! I am new here, and I have a ton of questions. My wife and I purchased a home in May of last year that had an in-ground pool approximately 18000 gallons (major plus for buying or so I thought). The previous owner opened the pool before we moved in, and he had been using baquacil and...