Recent content by TexasRon

I was pretty sure the salt level was fine to start with because no water left the pool once it was drained down below the outlets when the pump broke down in December. I added enough salt to cover the water added to bring the level up to normal once I got the pool back service. I tested it...

Thank you for the answer and for directing me to the SWG cleaning process. Now to get the chemicals in balance since I added a lot of water this year. Thanks again!

My pool was completely "down" for the winter. The pump stopped working and I lowered the level and disconnected everything. I had a pump on hand and, once the weather was nicer, I put the new pump in place, cleaned the SWG, and re-piped the system, The SWG is vertical and in exactly the same...

Thanks for all of your input so far...I am ready to get this show on the road and bring the pool back to life. Some of the pumps I have looked at seem to look like you use threaded pieces screw into them; others look like the pieces screw onto them (outside threads). Any issues with which way...

This is a list of the equipment on our 21' above ground pool: Sand Filter Hayward Model S210T Hayward Goldline AQ-TROL-RJ AquaTrol Above-Ground Swimming Pool Salt Chlorination System (replaced original in 2017) Hayward Power Flo Matrix 1.5 hp Pump (original is now broken)

Is 1.5 hp the right size for a 13,500 gallon pool? Should I look for a two speed pump? I'll list the other equipment once I take a look at it and get the info.

The pump is entirely rusted out on the bottom. It is unsafe to operate. The people who installed the pool put it in with an extension cord only. I added a circuit and ran conduit to the area, adding a GFCI plug for the pool equipment. That circuit is dedicated to the pool equipment. Once...

My testing routine has not been good; once I open up the pool again, getting better about doing the testing and keeping things "right" will be next. Right now, I am concentrating more on: --what pump to buy --the type of media used (sticking with sand based on your advice, thanks!) and whether...

I backwash once a week or so but I did notice that the DE seems to catch a lot more "stuff" than the sand. This means that the pump flow slows down and the pressure rises within an hour or two of adding the DE. I may add DE and backwash a couple of times in a day. I need to do a better job of...

The original pump for our pool rusted out. I am looking for advice on what to replace it with--should I go withe same pump or something different? The pool is 13,500 gallon above ground using salt. The salt cell was replaced last year. The sand was washed two years ago. This site was very...

This is the beginning of the fourth season for the pool--the generator is just under 3 years since installation (pool was installed July, 2014). The only lights that show are the "Power" light followed by the "Generating" light. Kind of randomly (no specific thing that I can see causes it to...