Recent content by smcclurg

Good to know, thanks Jason! I don't think the entire thing is bad. The only part I see leaking is the pipe indicated below, but it doesn't look easily removable. Is this pipe fixable/replaceable? It seems to be working fine to me. They just mentioned replacing it might be more...

Good evening all: I had the pool opened this year (I'm not yet confident enough to open/close myself, so I still rely on the pool company) and it turns out that my multiport is bad AND I had a hole in one of my suction pipes. The hole has been resolved (my pipes are still about 1" below the...

The base of my inherited diving board is, well, brown. I found some spray on rust remover and was simply going to scrape all the old paint off, spray on that rust remover and repaint? Does anyone see any issues or have any advice? This is my first year owning a pool. We bought the house in...

Another side stain or algae pic?

I have two things: (1). I'm getting these little floaters in my pool and I can't twll if they're algae or pollen. I clean the pool daily 95% of the time and scoop them out. Pollen counts here in MD are absurd at the moment. [attachment=1:6q49nuyx]image.jpg[/attachment:6q49nuyx]...

So I drained it over the weekend and got the CYA down to between 70-75. They're calling for rain for the next week or so here in MD, so I'm hoping that will further bring it down without me needing to do additional drains (dilution, then evaporation when the sun makes an appearance maybe?). Is...

Great, thanks! Now off to the Pool Calculator to see what I need! Thanks so much!

This may be a dumb question, but I can't seem to find an answer (and get lost reading about solar covers and other stuff that pops up in my results...I'm easily distracted 8-) ) Should I test my pool water when it's raining out? Or wait until the rain passes? Can I get accurate results...

Thanks!! Glad to have found this site. It's helped with a lot of my novice pool confusion. I checked tonight (using the method above) and it looks like my CYA is 180-200. So, quite a bit of draining in my future. I have the FC up to 18 now, so I'm hopeful it will limit algae potential. I was...