Recent content by XRAYTIM

Hi Everyone Do you have a suggestion on how to patch a hole in an inground steel pool wall? Background: Last season the pool light niche leaked water and was temporarily patched with marine silicon. Currently my pool liner is out and my pool light niche is inspected. I want the light...

Thanks for the tip about pool turnover The slide I am referring to is a slide that people climb and then slide down into the pool. It has a connection to the pump. If there is enough pump pressure water will flow down the slide and make it more slippery :)

8 hrs needed to turn over 1x, but typically will run 12-14hrs per day.

Hi everyone I want a new pump for these reasons: My pump is 17 years old, its noisy when running now, it doesn't start the first-time every-time, it will not pump water up 7ft to the slide unless filter has just had a fresh backwash is 20 psi) The current pump is a Sta-rite dyna-glass 3/4...

Lol exactly It seems that one way or the other isn't so much obviously better. Bigger heater is more convenient *after* you have paid the bill. Smaller heater will do the job. Thanks for the comments, appreciated.

*If I am using the spread sheet correctly .... A difference of 30degree F. will need 88000 BTU, (wind 3-4 miles/hour) to maintain heat. I am thinking that almost all of the time either heater would keep up. Does that sound right?

I do not have a heater now. I want a gas heater. My pool company is recommending a 250,000 BTU heater for my pool. I have used a pool heating spreadsheet to estimate that 250,000 BTU will raise my pool 10 degrees in about 7 hrs, and 4 degrees in 4 hrs. We use the pool on weekends mostly; the...

Hi While I had my sand filter apart, I decided to top-up the sand to make up for what I had wasted. My pool store sold me a "mineral replacement" They told me this was better than sand - because it would last longer, would filter down to 15 microns, it didn't have silica dust - it was...

My two bonding tests (Lepage Pl premium construction adhesive and Dap sealant) failed so badly ..... no grip to the filter tank at all. I tried the filter tank just sitting on the pedestal with a tank of water and it was nearly stable enough to leave - but it was still easy to shift around. I...

Great idea - my palm to my forehead. I was keyed into the fact that it was originally bonded. I have two adhesives currently curing so I can test the bond. After I test those bonds I will try out the $0.00 dollar solution. I will fill it with water and see how easily it shifts about on the...

Hello! Help! tl;dr? What I can I use to bond the sand-filter-base to the sand-filter? I have a sta-rite t-200bp-1 sand filter. The problem was that the top of the sand filter was not level with the base of the filter. Looking at the sand filter I could see that the base is not centered to...

Pagirl, Underwatervana, & jblizzle You folks are great! Great analogies, pointers and suggestions. Thank you for helping me sort all this out. Never needing routine shock would be ideal! I am looking forward next season.

Re: Chlorine level for IG pool in Canada cya. Hardness.... This thread is jumping around a bit...... I useCal-hypo for shock every two weeks. I've never been able to go longer or else I will get Algae. Someone suggested it could drive up hardness so I commented on my experience. Trichlor...