Recent content by tideman

Here you go. The reflection obscures the view of one side but you can see the one connection really well.

Thanks everyone for your help - I think the problem was me not understanding properly what you all meant by double clamping. I only single clamped the first time and unfortunately was so impatient I re-cut out the section of pipe and tried again. This time I was a lot more careful with the...

Here's a pic without the clamps, is it not tight enough?

Thanks for the advice. It is the low point in the plumbing, I did blow out the lines last year to winterize but there must have still been a bit left in the low point. I am in Connecticut and although it was mild for a Connecticut winter, it was still cold enough for long enough to freeze. I...

I believe it is black poly pipe based on doing a bit of research so maybe some barb fittings and hose to hose clamps are what I should use?

So I finally beat the rain today and dug down a bit more to uncover the leaky plumbing and it is quite the leak! It is more than a trickle when the pump is off and once the pump is on it starts gushing. I am not entirely sure how to proceed and have begun the research phase. Any suggestions...

Thanks for the advice. Rained all day yesterday so I wasn't able to get any further. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks again!

Hi TFP Friends, I did a baqua to cholrine conversion back in April and had a fantastic and less expensive summer! The only problem that I ran into was that I was losing water...a significant amount, over 250 gallons a day while running pump. I added water throughout the summer, did a bit of...

lol - I keep telling my wife I am going to jump in as soon as the levels are right. I hope the levels aren't right until it is at least 70 out :-)

Guess what everyone. It was 31 degrees when I woke up this morning. The sparkly pool is just mocking me now.

Thanks All, we are very excited to actually jump in...and now of course the weather has gone from 75 and sunny to 55 and rainy :roll: We have been at .5CC for two days so I will probably keep the FC high until tomorrow and then let it come back down to regular levels (just to be safe) I've...

Leeb- not sure what I'm gonna do with all this time, probably start planning for the salt water conversion :-) I passed the OCLT last night and still only have .5 CC so I added a bit of CYA this morning...I think I read somewhere that I should wait a bit before testing to get accurate results...

Just had to do this for those of you looking to convert Best it looked last year (when you look at this pic alone, it doesn't look too bad) What it looks like today

linen - thanks for the advice, I did start step 7 today. I told my wife at 10 that I would be done around noon so we could slack off the rest of the day. Needless to say, I just finished around 5. I learned a lot about sand filters, plumbing, and patience lol. After spending about 7 hours...

Last night FC - 13.5 CC - .5 This morning FC - 13.5 CC - 1