Recent content by Robord

Got it! He clogs up my spa drain causing me time and effort to fix without so much as a let me do something to make up for it, nice business practice!

Yes.

Two years ago I had a guy come and blast some heavy buildup on my tile. Did a good job and half the price of another guy who was gonna use glass beads. The guy that cleaned the pool said his material was safe and water soluble. Don't remember the name he gave. Anywho when I tried to drain...

Not that I plan to use it but still being an irritant seems like some people may have reaction to it. I go to that pool for water aerobics and haven't had a problem myself. I'll stick to pumice stone for the calcium build up, it's not that bad lately.

I saw 2 life guards cleaning the pool tile at the school pool with Bab O cleanser. I asked if it was safe for the pool water and swimmers and they said yes. Tried doing a search but couldn't find anything. What say you guys?

A full size uneaten Baby Ruth candy bar! Some neighbor kids must have done it but they should have taken the wrapper with them otherwise I would have been very cautious to approach that.

I've been working on my 9 year old Pentair filter and noticed a very very slight rash and itch on my forearms. Thought it was from some gardening I did recently but then I saw tiny little reflections of light on my arms and figured it was from placing my arms on the filter. It has a dull...

I used a dental type mirror and found some broken slots underneath. I've been trying to take out the assembly but the fittings that hold it are super tight! I tried a strap wrench and adjustable 3 inch wrench but it's not budging and I don't want to break something. Finally, I just put slow...

I was having some sand come out into the pool, not a lot but it's there sometimes. From reading looks like one explanation is a broken lateral. Pulled off th top, removed sand to get to laterals but they seem fine, nothing broken. Looked everything over but all appears in good shape. I could...

I just noticed the same thing in mine. The pool had been drained for three weeks and I just filled it and noticed what I thought was dirt under the area of 2 pool returns. It was DE from the Pentair filter. It's not coming out now but seems to have come out when the filter was run once the...

You got the same tile as me! I got some hairline cracks all over from the plaster drying out after being empty for 3 weeks but yours are wider. It does looks like you had an expansion joint pointed at the area in question and as gewegan said there appears to be new cement in that area and the...

I already had a couple of tools to scrape out grout, one has carbide and the other is a blade with some hooks. You can find them at Home Depot or Lowes. You could also use a fine bladed screw driver or a utility knife. My tile has thin joints so sometimes the tools were a little too wide and...

I just used a pool patch grout repair kit to fix some tile where the grout had come off. There seem to be different versions but I think they are the same, just some white cement with a bonding additive. Anywho a word to anyone looking to use it, this stuff drys quickly! I mean don't use the...