Recent content by Tommy_B

I bought the house in January in New York. Tough to have the pool open, but I know what you mean :)

I just bought the house and pool hasn’t been run in a few years. I thought changing it all to new stuff was a good idea since I plan on being here for another 15 years at least. Originally I was going to just replace the sand. I am going to test the natural gas heater that’s there, but honestly...

This is the equipment I’m considering:

Here’s a picture of the current setup. Based on my research, I’m going to use a 1.5 HP variable pump, and a 130k heat pump. I’m going to use a salt generator (55k gallons?) and am trying to decider between a cartridge filter and a 500 lb sand filter.

Water was drained but there appears to be about 2-4 feet of standing water in the deep end

So I'm closing on a house in June that has a pool that hasn't been opened in a few years. My game plan is to powerwash first, and if that doesn't work, then decide to resurface or acid wash. My question is do those little veins tell me anything about the surface. It that an indication of a...