Recent content by sodfather

Do fiberglass pools even have a gasket with the skimmer?

what if I just seal around the outside of the skimmer and cover the screw heads that should do the trick also right. Would on screw really make that big a difference in pressure?

One of the bottom screws is striped and turns endlessly. Small leak it appear in there.

It seems I have lost a little bit of water over the winter. I had the water about a quarter of the way up the skimmer opening and now it is near the bottom. I used the red ph Taylor 0004 testing liquid to look for a leak around the skimmer it looks like I found a small one near one of the...

Started a SLAM. CYA on my Taylor test kit appears to be 50. So I went to pool math and thought I was brining it to the 20 level. I miscalculated and put in 4 gallons and now have my chlorine at 45ppm. Should I be too concerned??? Going to leave the autocover off and it is supposed to be sunny...

Go flex with the thawing and movement. Most people I know here with rigid get leaks at the elbows with ground movement. With flex there are significantly less elbow joints and minimal connection points. Never heard of anyone having termite issues this way. To each there own I guess.

Glad the builder addressed it! Keep us posted

Thanks!

It looks as if it’s bowed due to not filling the pool up and backfilling properly. Your going to have major issues. Do you what they used to backfill? It appears it is bowing at your skimmer basket too if there’s more movement at that location I would fear leaks rather soon. Address this...

Have them lift that pool back out and get it replaced the cracks will start to show after a couple months and it will be too late you will be on the hook 100k redo of your yard.

I noticed while looking at the chart a salt water pool has lower minimums for chlorine than one maintained by liquid chlorine?? Why is this??

Why would anyone choose a DE filter over a cartridge when building a pool? Is it that much cheaper? Just reading over the years it seems people have way more problems with them.

No valve is shut off to the waste which makes me think it could be going bad too