Recent content by theSmurfette

We're building a 16x32 rectangle pool w 8' hopper we got from Royal as a kit. We're working on digging the hopper. It has been complicated by our high water table which we are working on getting under control. We are digging below the finished depth of the hopper and placing some drainage pipe...

Are you using the Intex SWG? I’ve had success with just running it in boost mode for a cycle and it gets everything where it should be without have to spend more $$ on bleach. Boost mode makes the SWG run continuously for 3-4x what it is set for.

I posted this on the AGP board but I didn't get any responses. Sorry for cross-posting. I've had a suction cleaner (Mamba) for the last year but it never does its job very well. I'll leave it in overnight but then it'll get caught on our ladder. It also tends to favor one side of the pool...

I've had a suction cleaner (Mamba) for the last year but it never does its job very well. I'll leave it in overnight but then it'll get caught on our ladder. It also tends to favor one side of the pool over the other so one side is very clean. So, I've about decided to buy a robot. These...

No. You've added CYA. It can take up to a week for it to show on a test since it needs to dissolve into the water. You will assume that your CYA is what you dosed it at (30?) when you are adding chlorine/bleach. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's what the default value was on PoolMath. I noticed that was higher than the recommended levels but thought someone else knew better than me. We dissolved the CYA by hand on 7/4. We have not added anymore since then. I have not used tricolor pucks since filling when my kids were...

pH 7.0 FC 0 CC 2.0 TA 70 CH 50 -- but I don't believe this number because our area has hard water (and when I was using an HTH 6-way test a few years back, the total hardness was so high that I had difficulty with the test) CYA 35 I just added 121 oz of 8.25% bleach tonight. Pump is on a...

Finally got my pool up just to find that the pump motor is locked up. I've got it working on an old Intex pump (1500 GPH model) which I know is underpowered. I now need a replacement pump. I found a Blue Wave brand TidalWave 1 HP 2 speed pump. Does anyone know anything about the BlueWave...

OK, so the pool is up. Should finish filling by tomorrow afternoon. I threw some old diclor/triclor (don't remember which) pucks in a floater since my kids have been playing in it. Other than that, I haven't done anything to the water. I don't plan to use pucks after it is filled. Just...

We are in the beginning stages of installing our new-to-us pool. It is a 24' Artesian Echo Canyon II with 54" walls. We have begun leveling the ground with the tractor. We have clay where it is going to be. It drains very poorly and is already squishy in spots (old trees?) that was there...

Thanks to someone pointing me to the Artesian pools in another post! It is a 24' Artesian Echo Canyon II with 54" walls. Any opinions on this brand?

Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction! It is an Artesian Echo Canyon II. It's nice to know what you have.

Does anyone know what brand track it would be for? Is there anyway to figure out a pool's brand without paperwork? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Is this a coping strip for a beaded liner? or what? It seems that the liner was a j-hook liner of which we only have the j-hook part--they cut off the actual liner. I can identify all the other parts of the pool except this one. This is a new-to-me pool. I only know that it is a 24' 52"...

Pentair pump. The sand filter has the following valve on top P/N 272526 which google says is for a Pentair Tagelus. We're going to unload it tomorrow so hopefully I'll find more/better identification. No manuals, no paperwork. We bought it off a FB garage sale site. She bought it secondhand...