Recent content by Siamese

I’ve had a 20x40 inground pool for the last 13 years and have always closed it myself. I blow out the lines with a shop vac. Follow the article that you posted. It’s not a big deal at all.

I was just coming here to post that. Bought 80 gallons of it yesterday!

I got mine on Amazon -- I think $799. I maybe could have got a better deal, but I'm happy nonetheless.

I have a 20x40 IG with an 8 foot deep end. The 4WD does a fine job of making it down to the depths of the deep end and traveling up to the waterline. It does a good job overall in cleaning the pool -- I'm still very happy with it.

Yes - Bring it up to 16 as soon as possible. Are you checking the FC level every hour, and bringing it back to 16 any time it drops below? When it drops less than 16, the algae are multiplying and winning the war.

I'd get the chlorine in the water and then start brushing. Brush often and check your FC level every hour to start with, adding chlorine when necessary to bring it back to shock level.

The ph test won't be correct because of the high FC levels, so don't worry about that for now. You'll need to know your CYA level in order to shock properly. You could take some water to the pool store for testing. Take the results with a grain of salt, and don't buy anything other than...

Shocking the pool means keeping the FC at shock value (16) until the water is clear and you pass the overight chlorine loss test. You should be testing every hour initially until the FC begins to hold, then you can move to every few hours.

It's very possible. Little holes canleak a lot of water, especially if theyare towards the bottom of the pool and the weight of the water is forcing the water out. See if you can patch the hole with a piece of old liner or a kit from the pool store.

The easiest thing to do is to go to http://www.poolcalculator.com. Enter the size of your pool in gallons, your current FC level (0), your target FC level (15) and the percentage strength of your bleach (sounds like 8.25). The website will show the amount of bleach you need to add.

Hi Bulsworth, all you have to do is to pour the liquid chlorine into the pool while standing above the return, while the pool pump is running.

Swimming today would not be safe. The ammonia in your pool is eating up all the chlorine very quickly. There's no chlorine available to attack any bacteria in the water that could make the kiddos sick.

I have the AWD Breeze and it can climb my walls to the waterline, so I'm not sure what they mean by 60%.

I had similar problems with my pool - losing a ton of water every day to a broken line. I knew it was in the return line, so after plugging the returns and hooking up a garden hose to the line and pressurizing the line with the water, I was able to hear where the leak was (where the water was...

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