Recent content by Sashka

OK, I figured it out. The key was not to pull it up or at various angles close to vertical. The pattern of motion that worked in the end was similar to what you do when you dance twist, except here it's the shoulders that do the twist, not your butt. The vertical component of the force that I...

Yes, Jim, I did all of that and more: I climbed on the bottom half of the filter can and used my legs to provide a stronger pull but still no cigar. However - see the update that I'm about to post.

I don't think it's possible to disassemble the manifold and grids in the tank. at least I can't do it. One has to hold the (unreachable) nut on the bottom to unscrew the nut on top.

I needed to clean my Hayward DE filter after yesterday's flood. Same thing happened last year after the hurricane Ida, so I knew what to do since last year. Except this time the manifold pipe somehow got stuck to the bottom pipe. I tried the straight lift first, then turning and twisting every...

Maybe compared to RI :) I'm in Essex county. In my opinion, the competition in our parts is rather thin. So far I have an impression that pool service companies (particularly my current) like to sell the equipment to customers themselves, with a large mark-up of course, rather than simply...

Could someone recommend a SWG installer in NJ? I tried google search but found nothing.

Most (but not all) people advice to have normal 7.2-7.4 ph and ~100 TA. Could someone explain why? My understanding is that the winterizing kit that I throw in water just before closing takes the phosphates out and that all I care about in terms of algae bloom prevention in the spring. What am...

I added an image now. The reason I didn't do it at first is that you can't tell much from it. Ignore the leaves and pieces of dirt. Perhaps you could see the whitish streaks on the bottom. The builder tells me that I need more acid if I want more uniform color. I'm just not sure that he is...

This is partially a followup to an older thread https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/89405-exposing-the-aggregate-in-Diamond-Brite I had my pool resurfaced with Diamond Brite Blue Quartz. To expose the color, the contractor used acid bath (or hot start - I never got the difference): he...

Thank you for replying, Brian. Could you please expand on potential issues with Diamond Brite? I have to assume that it will be installed correctly. WRT maintenance, I've been maintaining my pools for 20 years, so I'd like to think that I'm doing OK. Well, I admit I let TA to drop to 70-80...

Could you tell me what I should consider when choosing between Diamond Brite vs. AquaBright for my resurfacing project? The existing surface is marcite.

Hello everyone. I'm new here (so please take it easy on me) and I came here for advice. I own houses with pools for 20 years. The most annoying part of pool maintenance for me is dealing with tiles falling of the walls. I'm not handy at all but eventually I got tired of paying people for...