Recent content by trauert

Battling the pop-up issue is pretty frustrating, I know! I had the Paramount PCC2000 system installed in my 15k gal in ground pool and after opening the first year noticed that it would "stall" at a station in the cycle. The builder told me it was a pressure issue and that I needed to adjust...

I was having real issues with air in my system and I eventually discovered that the o-rings on the diverter valve stems had failed. Every time that the pump shut off I would loose the prime and the wet side of the pump would eventually go dry. It would take several minutes for the pump to...

I tried an acid wash to remove scale buildup which makes sitting in the spa a bit painful at times when skin comes in contact rubbing over the plaster. The acid wash did not remove enough of the scale and made what was left worse by removing a bit of the underlying plaster leaving the remaining...

Hello fellow pool owners. We built our plaster pool and spa in the fall of 2016 and closed it about a month after the initial fill. Since then we have truly enjoyed every moment of it's operation. I have learned so much about water chemistry and pool maintenance in the past five years. We...