Recent content by Whynotme

Just got a new O ring delivered yesterday and will be trying it next couple of days. Thanks

My filter is leaking at the middle junction. I've cleaned the O-ring and lubricated it, made sure top and bottom of the housings are nice and clean and posi-loc ring is on perfectly. Why is it still leaking?

Update, I forgot to pack the kit. Dang it. I would have done it too, because we were staying at a resort off-season, meaning, there were hardly more than a few people even at this hotel, much less any of them using the pool. We never ended up getting in the pool or the hot tub. Pool water...

Staying at a luxury hotel for 3 days this week. Has anyone ever tested the pool water at the hotel? This place has an indoor pool and spa. I'm not going to test it, but my wife thinks it's funny that I would even think of it. I mean, who doesn't like testing water? It's fun and sort of...

Thanks all, certainly alot to consider here. Will need to decide soon. The big tree next to the pool is starting to shed. Usually the wind blows over the pool towards the tree, so falling leaves generally fall outside of the pool area, but one good gust of wind in the other direction is going...

Exactly how do I plug a bottom drain from the inside? I'm surely not getting in 58° water.

Ok, gotcha. Thank you for clarifying. My pH was 7.8 before the SLAM.

I added enough liquid chlorine to bring my free chlorine to around 25ppm. That was yesterday and my pH was 7.8. now my pH seems to be off the charts. I'm using a taylor 2006. After putting in the initial five drops of the 04 reagent, I first try a acid demand test and five drops swirled after...

Just posted a pic. Left pipe is skimmer. Middle is bottom drains. Right is return. Some say just raise the end of the bottom drain higher than the water level and if it freezes it has somewhere to expand. Others say use antifreeze in that pipe. I guess using antifreeze would be like insurance...

My pool builder (Kayak) says antifreeze is not recommended. Many people on this FB group who work on Kayaks say they use antifreeze. It does get cold where I live but I've never checked the pool to see if it's ever been frozen. Anyhow, if I just hang the bottom drain pipe up higher than the...

This will be my first winter closing on my own, and I've been tormenting myself deciding what to add for closing. I've decided to increase my FC to around 20 for a couple days, turn off the SWG and let it drift back down a little then add the recommended amount of Polyquat 60. That's it...

That's interesting about doing SLAM just before closing and using Polyquat 60. I was reading that Polyquat 60 has little to no effecacy at high FC levels. I created a post here the other day asking about just that topic.

I thought I would bring FC to SLAM level for closing and also wanted to use Polyquat 60 as recommended by a few pool veterans here. Reading now that PQ60 is only good at normal running FC and that adding if during a SLAM will basically be a waste of money. Is it better to close at FC 10 and...