Recent content by TonyM

Liners go in easier when they are warm so consider that if you are picking between now and spring. If I could pick any time for my next liner change, it would be Mid July - mid-August. The liner stretches better and it is warm enough for you to get into the pool to work on it while it is filling...

Yea a foot is not bad you should be fine.

I cant tell from the picture - is it partially buried? I would be more worried if so, as the dirt would be working against you. If not, what you have should be plenty of water. No need to run the pump or add more water - you are going to have to pump all of that water out anyway when the new...

That's what it looks like to me as well, since i can actually push on the wall and pull on the upright to "peek" in there. It seems like there is not much force on the upright. Here are a few shots (pulled the top cap off).

Hi Guys - Continuing with my never-ending hobby of pool improvements :). Today's project: Bonding Back-story: 27' AGP, installed by the previous homeowner (guessing about 11 or 12 years ago). I noticed no wire connected to the bonding lug on the pump, or any tool to bond to the water, so I...

Yea, sounds like a clamp is needed but a picture will go a long way

My pool had the same issue. When we bought the house (pool was installed by previous owner), there had been so much wash out below the skimmer that the liner was actually almost going under the rail. Maybe not that far, but it was at least a good 3" divot inside the pool where the dirt outside...

You definitely want to use rock with the perforated pipe, but I would not wrap the pipe with the fabric. What you want is to keep the dirt out of the pipe and the rocks, so think of the fabric as the "dirt barrier". The same clay that will plug the pipe will also plug the rock in the same...

My pool is partially buried (was installed by previous homeowner) and, if I had it to do over, I would not do the same. If and when you change the liner the dirt will push in on the wall some and if the wall pulls away slightly from the packed backfill dirt, rocks or the wall itself will crumble...

Adding 45 oz of 15.7% will lower the pH by .4. I would add about 36 oz, let it run for ~30min then re-check and add more if needed. Edit to say: I only plugged the acid numbers in to check the change - did not look at the rest of your levels

What do they appear like? is it a "bump" (like they are pushing their mound up under the liner) or is it a divot (like they are digging up to the liner, then "giving up" when they cant dig through)?