Recent content by wrenchpuller

Yeah, I should have known better but I can be a bit impatient. It held for about 2 days. Backwashed and rinsed this evening and noticed sand in the sight glass, on filter I could feel it and see it in the return. Going to give Speck Pumps a call in the morning. They sent an email back to...

I'm going to try it and see what happens. It's not a very big crack or hole. I figure if it sets up and cures correctly it may be fine, I'll give an update in a couple of days. If I can get parts, I may go back into it after the season is over and do it the right way.

I removed the sand out of my Aquaswim AQ 250 filter this morning to change the sand and found a 3 cracked laterals. Two of these are on the ends where it is slotted but not open all the way through and the other is where it connects to the hub. The one at the hub it closes when it sits on the...

So, here's a quick update. I cut out the valve to remove it from the filter and am going to re-plumb with unions so I don't have to do that again. When I pulled the drain from the bottom of the filter about 1/3 of the sand came out on the ground and it sure was dirty. I was going to deep...

Great advice, I'll be sure to do that. Looking forward to a great season and learning a lot more from this site.

Alright, Thanks guys. I'll start stocking up on bleach and deep clean the filter Saturday. One question. On Saturday my CC was 0. We had several rounds of storms that blew some stuff in the pool along with several inches of rain and someone didn't clean the steps good and get the dirt off...

I'm definatly going to go the TFP way. Also, we have a inline feeder using triclhor tabs and about some Cal-Hypo left. I know what replaces the cal-hypo, what is the best thing to do with the feeder, leave it empty and only use bleach and CYA to keep levels where they should be?

Thanks for your reply Tim. So far this year the water has been clear just with the spots on the bottom but the same with the filter after turning the pump off then back on if I don't backwash. I'll try deep cleaning this weekend. I haven't been able to get my TA reading. Already have it sorted...

Hello all from SW Mississippi. I have been reading the forums and going through pool school and have learned ALOT. A little background. We got the pool with the house in Nov 2013 and have never had a pool before. We got pool stored last season with medium results, i.e. green water, clear...