Recent content by ToddGak

scout123- By marine vinyl, do you mean marine upholstery vinyl? Does anyone have a good source for it? Amazon?

Thanks, will look into to those options. Are the Boxer peel and stick patches any good or should I skip them? I always end up making a mess with the cement that you apply yourself to patches, but I’m willing to do it again. The liner was actually replaced just before we moved in 2.5 years ago...

Does anyone have a favorite heavy duty (or maybe just large) way to patch a vinyl liner? Here is my situation: My above ground pool began leaking two years ago where the liner is pressing against the bolts that join the walls together. There doesn't seem to be padding to protect the liner from...

Edited my first post to clarify that I can't do anything about leaks now because of all the ice.

As far as I can tell, it is a Cornelius Pacifica. Just like the rest of the house. There's definitely no insulation over the bolts. And there are at least two different areas of the pool where the bolts can be felt, so the wall is made of at least two different sections. Is that normal for an...

Well, I thought I had patched the leak(s) prior to closing the pool last fall, but today I noticed a drip-drip-drip coming from the inside of the pool wall, about 1 foot from where I had patched a hole. There's nothing I can do about it right now because of all the ice on top of and under the...

Thanks all - I hadn't heard of this store before, but just came home with 3 cases of 12.5%.

Thanks - didn’t know about that place. I had used the tool for finding liquid on the blog here, but the only place listed doesn’t have any in stock at the moment. Is everyone finding enough liquid to keep their pools going?

I'm getting a water delivery later this week to fill my pool. With bleach/liquid chlorine being so scarce at this time, I'm concerned about getting the FC levels up quickly enough to prevent algae. How are people handling this? Shock followed by tricolor tablets?

Yes, the pool has 1 1/2 ft of water in it now. Thanks!

Over the winter, my above ground pool’s water level dropped significantly. I assume there is a leak, that I have yet to find, but that’s another issue. I am on well water and can’t fill the pool myself. I called the local pool fill companies and the earliest I could schedule the fill is almost...

It was the centrifugal switch. I manually actuated the centrifugal switch a few times, then the motor started right up. Assuming I cleaned some dirt or corrosion off of the contacts. Wish I tried this several weeks ago. Thanks

FC: 9.5 CYA: ~45 pH: 7.4 TA: 70

Yesterday I vacuumed. In the evening I added chlorine and before bed I started the OCLT. When I was done vacuuming, the water was cloudy. I assume from a combination of the vacuum brushes kicking up debris (though I went as slowly as I could), and some of the debris making it through the sand...

Will try... I installed it myself and according to PoolSupplyWorld, the warranty is for 60 days from the delivery date, even though it was delivered a while before I even opened my pool for the season.