Recent content by Slightofhand

I've got splits in my hoses that are making a lot of noise. You think that's it?

Alright one more thing before I search, I ran it on recirculate today and doing that had the same effect as backwashing the filter, the filter ran great (full basket) after like an hour of recirculating the water. Basically, when the pump basket became half full of air I put it on recirculate...

When I go looking for the air leak, does the fact that it's okay on recirculate and after backwashing give me any hints on where specifically i should be looking?

So my filter pump basket becomes half full of air after about an hour of running the filter (the pressure also gets quite high). Once I backwash it, it runs fine (the basket is full of water) for about another hour. Then we repeat the process. The pool is dirty (green), but this means I backwash...

Re: Filling a pool with "undrinkable" well water I usually test it with the basic red drop yellow drop kits. Wish I'd have just asked the people when we first bought the house wait what do you mean by that? - - - Updated - - - My neighbor has a well also, if I asked about his well...

We bought a house with a well and were told that the water was "undrinkable" but that it was ok to fill the pool with. We've lived here about 10 years and filled the pool from the well without thinking about it. Recently children have been added to the family and their swimming has concerned me...