Recent content by steele_07

Also, why does the water need to reach 60 degrees? It's at 72 now, may come up a little with some warm temps over the next few days, but not enough to comfortably swim. Just wondering why I need to wait for the water temp to drop.

I will this afternoon......so do they make main drain covers for winterization?

Thanks, the problem I'm having is contradicting advice. The cover I am thinking of getting (Arctic Blue Eliminator) recommends using its skimmer dam vs draining below the skimmer. Also, on your point of disconnecting the filter pump......it is all plumbed with pvc, so there is no...

Yes we do reach below freezing, although not for an extended period of time. Some winters are colder than others, but typically our freezing temps are relugated to nights and no more than 2-3 consecutive "daytime" freezing temps. And Ramer is 90 miles due east of memphis, less than 10 miles...

First time closing my pool, so pretty much looking for step by step. I'm going to slam it again because I was on a wildfire for 2 weeks and it got neglected.......still crystal clear though. I assume that I need to drain the pool below the skimmer, and drain the filter pump and plumbing. Not...

None that I have seen. The 10% walmart chlorine is the best option for me.

Bestjoeyever..........there's not really a concern over the loss, it just seems like it should differ from the hot, high use days last month to the cooler, low use days recently. Not to mention I brought the cya up from 40 to 50 with no change. The only foreseeable concern I have is the...

So my FC loss has stayed consistent at 3-3.5 ppm daily no matter the conditions......hot or cool days, heavy or light use, cya of 40 or 50, it doesn't matter. Either way it seems a little on the high side for FC loss. I add liquid chlorine to the skimmer rather than directly to the pool...

What is the biggest difference between the $300+ robotic vacuums and the sub $100 automatic vacuums? I am only wanting to clean the bottom of my 30' above ground pool for dirt, sand, and occasional yet minimal leaves. When I search for automatic pool vacuums, I get a large array of results and...

Just one isolated spot, 2 sections wide?

We have had our pool installed for about 4 weeks now, professionally by the company we purchased the pool from. After some splash out and evap, I've noticed 2 sections that are 1/2"-1" lower than the rest, judging by the water line against the liner. The guys building my deck said that it is...

Yes it was initially filled with the city water and looked like a stock pond in the middle of a cow pasture.

Due to evap and splash out, my water level is down an inch or so below where the pool installers told me to keep it, and it got me to thinking about adding water. When should you normally replace the loss? My water source (city water) tends to be brown at times, so is there a way to fill...

Yes I know the range is 3-7 and that is what I'm saying. I am having to overshoot the max and add a quart midday in order to keep it from dipping down below the minimum. If I bring it to 9 ppm FC at night, add 6 ppm per day to maintain that level, then just stopping at the target of 5-7 would...

Adding 6 ppm, and I just successfully completed my second OCLT just 3 days ago so I'm certain that algae isn't my problem. The SLAM I completed was merely a week before that, so I'm not gonna do a SLAM on a weekly basis, that's not feasible or even sensible. Is 4-6 ppm accurate for a cya of...