Recent content by Salpal

Hey! I opened up my pool last week and almost immediately noticed a brown cloud being shot from my return every time I turned the pump on and now there is clearly pool filter sand on the bottom of my pool. I plugged everything up and started draining the filter today to inspect the laterals...

Yes. The pink basket is filling with air when this happens. I'll try what you suggested and go from there. I might just buy a new hose regardless.

Hey! Late last year, I started to notice my standard pool vacuum would lose suction after a few minutes. The only way around this was to shut off the pump, fill the pump tank with water, and turn the pump back on.... And hurry up before it lost suction again. Around this same time, I noticed a...

I guess last year, one of the neighbors kids threw a small pencil sharpener into my pool and I missed it before closing so it sat there alllllllll winter. When I opened this year, I found it as well as several rust stains on the liner. I searched old TFP threads and YouTube and saw the Vitamin...

Yeah, that's exactly what I meant. I think I'm settled on unions. I was leaning that direction anyways and can kinda feel this thread pushing that way too.

Hey! I'm looking into cutting the pvc running from my pool to the pump and then again from the filter to the pool. My ultimate goal is being able to disconnect everything in the fall and move it indoors for the winter but I'd like it to be as simple as possible while still being good and...

Bwahahaha! Bubbles? That's it? Well, in that case, I'm dumping the other gallon and a half in! :p But seriously, thanks. I'm stopping at the store again tomorrow after work and I'll grab the proper stuff then. Appreciate it!

Please tell me that everything is ok! Supermarket is running a 3 for 5.00 deal right now so I grabbed 3 from the same row that I always grab from. Ran home, dumped it in my pool, and saw bubbles which got me to check. 2 of the 3 bottles that I grabbed were splashless. Is this safe to use and...

Thanks, everyone. I tinkered some more and find that the beige background of my deck was a better background. Everything looked uniform and my eyes were able to really hone in. I think I was just on the edge of 7.8..... Probably a 7.9. I bought some acid, undershot the pool math recommendation...

Hello. Ever since I started using the TFP methods for balancing my pool, my one hang-up has always been the pH. Everytime I test, I feel like I sit there and stare at all of the pretty colors until my brain forces me to settle on one. I use my best judgement but I never walk away feeling...

I ended up just opening it. It was my first time and went pretty well thanks to this site. Water is clear and chlorinated :) Do I need to worry much about the day it two of below freezing temps next week? According to the weather reports, the drop comes for 2 to 3 hours in the early hours of...

That's precisely what I'm worried about. That top inch. Deeper down, the water is 48 degrees. But that top inch (where the water is touching the sun baked cover) is pushing 60.

Northeast Pennsylvania is weird this year with uncharacteristically below average temperatures for most of April. Yesterday, it suddenly spiked to near 80. Today, it's in the mid 70s. Tonight into tomorrow, it drops back down to 50 with the lows being below freezing and is supposed to hang...

Cold weather is coming quickly and I'm starting to prepare my pool for closing. Water temperature was 65 when I checked it today so I will be waiting until we hit 60 before I close completely. Right now, I'm draining the water below the return. Tomorrow, I plan on skimming and vacuuming as best...