Recent content by wooley1987

Thanks for the reply. That’s a custom skimmer lid 🤣

We have 15-year-old Kool-Crete on our pool deck. It has really started to come loose, and it is looking pretty rough. Also, my pool boy (pictured) likes to pick it up and eat it. I got a quote to replace it from the company that did it initially, but we are not sure this is what we want to go...

I believe you are correct. On my last year down I used less DE than usual. My goal is to clear the DE from the pool and I have been brushing and vacuuming to remove it. I think I have solved my problem. If I can remove the visible DE from the pool without raising my pressure to a dangerous...

CONFESSION TIME... I let my pool turn to a pond this winter. I made this decision after letting it get so nasty that the pressure rose and cracked my manifold, allowing all my DE to enter the pool. I’m familiar with this because I did the same thing last winter. MY JOURNEY BACK... I replaced...

I appreciate the insight. Nursenini I am using the Leslie's FAS-DPD kit. I needed a test kit in a hurry last year, and bought this one from the pool store. I believe it is very similar to the Taylor kit.

Long time listener, first time poster! I have been using bleach in my pool since I bought my home in Jan 2016. I did a partial drain to lower the CYA, and did all last summer with bleach, plus occasionally lowered the pH with muriatic acid (I believe my spa spillover causes the pH to creep up)...