Recent content by Tommy In FLL

So I took a part of the cleaner hose to the pool store today and they took one look at it and the "sand" attached and diagnosed the problem right away: Calcium attack. Everything is coated in small calcium blobs, not silicon based sand. This is a normal part of the curing of the Marcite, and...

I checked with the pool contractor and he asked his tile guy; They used regular fine sand. I can find some in the hedge near the pool and it is indeed regular sand. I just cannot figure out how it was physically stuck to the cleaner. And it is in the skimmer on the basket as well. Thanx!

Hello, new here but not new to pools. I've had a perplexing thing happen. Here's the background: I replaced the Jandy PLC1400 salt cell with a less expensive aftermarket unit in January. It seems to work, but I get an error code saying that it is not reversing for some reason. Then last...