Recent content by wakasm

I went ahead and took a video. (link to video since the embed doesn't seem to be working?) My main issue right now is: 1) I can't get that union off the intellichlor. I am just not strong enough. I tried using a strap wrench and couldn't get it off, my hands, all my strength, tapping it...

I am comfortably trying anything. I am just uncomforable that I can somehow cause more problems than I solve lol. I just didn't grow up with handy work, so every step has been an adventure with this pool, that's for sure. I just am not sure how to get B off if I were to replace it...

Since I don't know the terms. I'll try to illustrate. A is on REALLY TIGHT attached directly to the intellichlor (I can't seem to get it off, so I am letting it dry and will try in the morning). I assume this is the union? I tried to remove it with a strap wrench but all I seemed to do is...

Hello, Second year pool owner. My pool started leaking at the Salt Water Generator and I am trying to figure out if this is something I can fix, or should I be calling a pool professional to do so. I think when they opened my pool, they tightened the ring (in arrows) too tight, and now it...

My goal is to do the open myself either next summer, or the summer after. This was my first year with a pool ever, so I've had to do a lot of learning.

Hello, Not sure if this is the right place, but I bought a house with a pool last year, thanks to this site, I've been able to maintain a lot of stuff on my own. I currently only pay a pool company to open and close my pool (something I hope to do myself in future years), but I recently had...

Sorry to keep bumping my own thread - but I went out to the pool to do my weekly numbers + scrub the walls, and I noticed my pump was not on. When I try to power it on/off, it doesn't turn on anymore. I believe that my pump is now officially dead. When I called my pool company, the had...

Sadly, if it's just the bearings - after watching this video - I might be above my skillset. I wonder how difficult it would be to replace it myself with a new one. I haven't found a video showing that process... only showing replacing the motor itself.

Just added another video showcasing the sound (in case it helps). Also looking for advice, if I do replace the pump, what pump to replace it with. Same or a variable speed one. One part of me thinks replacing it with the same model might make it go easier, but I've read that certain variable...

Hello all, I am a fairly new pool owner that bought a house with a pool last year (details here). Looking for advice. Having never owned a pool, I (think) I have come a long way, balancing my own chemicals, even performing minor maintenance on my own as needed. Right now I am only relying...

I use one of these - not sure if there was something else you were referring to.

Thanks - are there any tricks to actually clearing it up? Or just perfectly normal? I am missing a weir door on my skimmer and I have yet to figure out a replacement (the one that is supposed to fit doesn't and the team that opened my pool said they couldn't fix it), that's the only thing I...

Ok - good to know if that is the case, for whatever reason, this video kept coming up as the first result when I researching this, last year I added Calicum Chloride, so thought I was doing something wrong. (Technically my first year with the pool). Water is pretty clear, pretty blue. The...

Here are all the details about my pool from a post last year (with pics) - details also in signature (SWG pool with plaster) ------------------------------------------ Test Results 06-26-2019 @ 04:29 PM ------------------------------------------ Free Chlorine: 3.5...

Weirdly enough, I have not had much success scrapping it with a finger nail and getting it on paper (it seems to evaporate into the water rather quickly). But it still comes back nightly. I've tried increasing my FC for a week and a half now, scrubbing daily, sometimes two or three times, and...