Recent content by rodaniel

I believe what we have is the Pentair Clean & Clear 520. Takes 4 cartridges that are 32" tall x 7" in diameter. West Texas is dry and dusty all year long, so we have to clean the filters 3 or 4 times per year else the buildup will start impacting the water flow and the vacuum-side cleaner won't...

Kind of a mixed bag of related cartridge filter questions: I've been considering buying a 2nd set of cartridge filters to make it easier & faster to get the pump back up and going. While that's not as much of an issue this time of year when we can't use the pool anyway, it's quite a bit moreso...

I had my hands full so with less than optimal supervision, my helpful but overzealous young son put the drain plug cap back on our Pentair Clean & Clear cartridge filter a few months ago. Due to the maze of plumbing, it's a Twister-esqe, laying on the concrete ordeal, so I was happy to have a...

The drain cover/grate on my in-ground pool crumbled apart and I'm struggling with finding a replacement. The markings are fairly clear and reads "SP1048-C." The grate measures 6'5" and has 2 screw holes. It sits flush with the bottom of the pool. Since everything else was originally Hayward, it...

I have a suction-side Poolvergnuegen 2-Wheel Pool Cleaner in my in-ground 15k gal plaster pool. I've been pretty happy with the performance of the cleaner, but after nearly 5 years in action, the whole bottom chassis has become brittle and is crumbling, causing various pieces to fall off. I've...

Knowing that it's never been cleaned since I bought the house/pool over 5 years ago and likely not for many, many years prior, I decided to deep clean my Baker Hydro HRV30 sand filter. My filter has the plumbing in/out on the side and the valve (a Hayward "SP715 ALL" multiport) sits adjacent...

We've been eyeballing the Toronto Deep Seating 6 pc set at Sam's Club and I'm pretty sure that's gonna get snuck in next week as a Mother's Day gift. Truthfully, I'm not at all enticed by the bland tan cushions, but I figured we could get those recovered. The furniture is roomy and seems very...

We found a fantastic upholsterer who literally works out of a storage unit. But he does terrific work at a very reasonable price (cash-only) and in a very reasonable amount of time. We provided the fabric and he handled the rest. We found some really nice remnant material at Hancock Fabric for a...

The deck drains that the original owners of our house had installed when they did the pool are scrawny little affairs with a fixed cover that features very narrow drain slots: Well, the drain troughs are almost completed filled with sediment despite all efforts to Shop Vac or even power wash...

Carl, if I understand correctly, you came up with a homebrew solution that's very similar to the Solar Roller CoverStick. I can't quite visualize what you've engineered for a handle/crank for this. Would you mind posting a pic or two so I can get a better idea of what you concocted? I don't...

Jeez, I've been worrying over this issue. I'm out in arid West Texas where we can typically still wear shorts (sometimes) even in December. The only "real" dab of winter we get is usually in early February and if we get 1/4" of snow, the whole town freaks out. So, am I better off just keeping...

For what it's worth, I'm a relatively-new pool owner (came with our new house back in Feburary) and had been battling this same problem. Given that the stains look like rust, I understand why the inclination is to think the cause is something metallic. But the real culprit is tannins in the...