Recent content by Sivartb000

Thank you, I was hoping to avoid that due to cost, but I’m starting to come around to the idea and acceptance that that’ll probably be my best bet. Do you by chance have a recommendation for an economically priced robot for a smaller size pool?

I have a 15’ round intex with a 12” intex sand filter. It says 2100GPH pump rate and 1600GPH system rate. I put in a larger outlet, so I’m guessing I’m maybe more around 1800-2000 flow rate, but I’m not really sure. I guess we’ll just call it 1600 to be safe. I tried the discharge side intex...

I just went through most of the thread - color me jealous, I can’t wait to be able to do this myself. Until then I’ll continue to enjoy my vinyl above ground. Congrats!

Here’s my opening this year (after proper closing) and last year (half assed closing). So much easier!

Yeah, I probably would’ve just shook my head and begrudgingly accepted the overspray, but with the paint thinner, completely erased serial numbers, and how he spoke with you - I’d probably play hard ball and refuse to pay until you got a replacement pump. Sucks for him, but his worker should’ve...

I see what you're saying. Maybe I'll give it a shot. As for cutting the hole, I'm not so worried about the actual cutting. I'm pretty handy, I'm more worried about it holding up. Theres extra vinyl in that area that reinforces the bulkhead, I'd be concerned with it tearing, but I'll actually...

Wouldnt it still have the same restriction, since it has to go through the 1.25 ports of that valve, and I'd still be using 1.25 hoses from the pool to that adaptor? I currently have a similar set up - 2 1.25 hoses about 3 ft long, to a t with 1.25 to 1.5 adaptor and then 1.5 to the pump. I'd...

Just the pump. My pool inlets/outlets are 1.25 adapted to accept the 1.5 hoses that the pump uses, so im definitely restricted by the 1.25 hoses. The original filter was one of those crappy intex cartridge filters. I did a bunch of research before buying and got the sand filter at the same time...

I tried that and it was super hit or miss. Sometimes it would roam around and seem to work well, other times itd sit in one spot and not move for hours. Could never figure it out. My neighbor gave me a suction side vacuum and it was the same deal - would just stop moving. If I back washed it...

I have a small 15ft round above ground pool with a sand filter that was designed for a pool larger than I have. It really gets the water moving. So while I can vacuum with it on filter, I cant see anything on the bottom because of the return, and it kicks up a lot of what's on the bottom. If its...

Lol, I enjoy the humor on this website. Fixed it.

Thanks for the replies. My TA was around 100 all year last year, and I was constantly battling high ph. I was (and probably still am) going to get my TA to 60 or so, and see how that works for me, because ph really was an issue. Its only at 7.2 right now because I just dropped it from 8 to 7. I...

I have perpetually high TA because my fill water is really high (200). I believe the correct method is to add muriatic to get ph to 7.0, and then aerate to get ph up, then I can add more muriatic, rinse, repeat until I get my TA where I want it. Can I simply do this cycle as quickly as I can...