Recent content by Rszimm

Just an update. Filled the pool. Everything bubbles! Thanks everyone.

This "jet" seems like nothing more than a nozzle. Is this all there is to these? Shouldn't there be something more sophisticated going on? Incidentally, I tried pulling vacuum on the air intake and got zero flow. Then I turned the shop vac on blow and it blew fine. I wonder if there's a...

OK, they came out easy. FYI for anyone else doing this: 9/16" socket. Mine took a full 12" extension AND I needed the deep socket. They're deep. I'm glad they came out easy. Some of them had globs of PVC cement, but luckily not enough in the joint to seal them in there. (freakin' plumbers!)...

Uh, OK. I'll try. It looks plastic to me. Makes me very nervous to be unscrewing them when I don't really have a backup if it breaks off. I'll be super gentle..

Thanks. That makes sense. Are these designed to be self clearing of water in the air line? (i.e if water gets in there, will it be 'vacuumed' out by the jet venturi? ). When you say "remove the jets", what exactly do you mean? I've removed the eyeballs at the end, but the "jets" seem to be...

I've got an inground spa/pool. The pump is probably 60 feet from the spa. The air intake is back by the pump and is "screened" with a 1-1/2" PVC cap with about 10 holes drilled into it. I've unscrewed all the eyeballs to try and figure out what's happening to no avail (I just see a little...

so you think the chlorine is OK to leave in the shed?

So I've got a 100sf shed that I keep my pool chemicals, my tools, my bikes, some fertilizer and gardening stuff, and a bunch of other random things in. I know enough to keep the acid and chlorine on opposite sides of the shed. Recently I've noticed that everything steel in the shed has rusted...

Water softening is on the agenda. Just been too busy lately. Our water is hard. 250 mg/L with over 500 TDS. I also have plans for a rainwater supply system for the pool. Most of the plumbing is in, but it needs some finishing touches. All on the to-do list! I’m not sure what I have is black...

wow.. thanks. While you're here, any advice on black algae?

80 or 90! Gulp. That's a lot higher than I typically have it at. Thanks...

Just watched your video. So I guess I'll go get some liquid chlorine rather than the granules, and stop with the weekly shocks..... I will say that in the height of the summer I've really struggled to keep my chlorine levels up with the SWG alone.