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My reel for my solar cover scoots across the deck when I try to unroll the cover. Over the years, I prevented this by placing a bag of play sand on the legs at each end of the reel. The sand works great at keeping the reel in place. The issue is that the UV from the sun degrades the bag and it...

This post is about switching from sand filter to a cartridge filter. Let's get some preliminaries out of the way. I've owed two pools since 1996 with sand filters so I'm quite knowledgeable on their operation. I am familiar with cartridge filters even though I've never owned one. I'm not trying...

I have a can of paint left by the previous owner. It is a perfect match for the trim in the house. Sitting in the can for 3 years, it did form a skin on top. After mixing, it is a bit chunky. I was looking at paint strainers at Lowes. They don't look much different than hairnets I used in the...

I hope this is the right place to put this question. My neighborhood has a community pool. I know the testing and operating requirements can be different than a private residential pool. Are the community pools requirements the same as commercial pools? Since I own one of the few pools in the...

I started getting messages that asked if I wanted to enable push notifications. I said never ask me again. Am I missing anything?

Here’s mine. Maybe we should have had a contest.

I'm curious if anyone has tested their FC over a day to determine when the FC is at its highest level and lowest level. This would be for those people who run their SWG 24/7. I would assume that the highest level would occur after sunrise. How long I don't know. I would think the SWG production...

The general theme for VSP here is to get the largest size you can. Often that means get the 3HP pump over the 1.5HP pump. What sort of limitation on your system (piping, other equipment like filters and heater) prevents you from getting a 3HP pump? The reason for the above question is that I am...

My pool has a Pentair Superflo 1.5 hp VSP. Let's just say I've never liked the pump. With the equipment and piping configuration on my pool, I have to run the pump at 2000 rpm just to keep the SWG operating. At this speed, the flowrate still isn't that great where I would get good skimming in...

I'm posting my issue for confirmation. I'm pretty sure what the problem is. I was testing the FC in the pool water this evening. It was low even though I had recently increased the output. I looked at the cell. The red cell light was on. On the display, it read COLD. In diagnosis mode, the cell...

I was on vacation the last two weeks. I did my latest tests today. Everything looked good except FC has dropped from 11 ppm to 5 ppm. A drop was expected since I lowered the output from 45% to 30%. I'm still trying to dial in the SWG for this time of year. When I checked the iChlor 30 display, I...

When my gas heater is running, there is a high pitched whistling sound coming from the gas meter regulator. Other than being an annoyance, is there a safety issue? Is the solution just to call up the gas company and tell them of the problem and let them fix it?

Don't take the thread title literally. We (SWG users) know how heavy a bag of salt feels when we carry from car to pool. It's 40 lbs. That is how much weight I have lost so far. I would like to lose another 30-40 lbs.

I have a couple of concerns about my equipment. At the pump at full speed, the pressure reads 19.5 psi on the sand filter. I don't know if that is high or not for clean conditions. When I run on recirculate, the pressure is 16 psi so the pressure drop across the sand is only 3.5 psi. I deep...

My wife ended up in urgent care yesterday. Her lip blew up like a balloon. The staff were so concerned that they took her back immediately ahead of everyone else in the waiting room. They were concerned she would go into anaphylactic shock. They couldn't tell what caused it. They asked about...

What would be causing all the blank space below my signature? I went to my signature to be sure there weren't any hard returns at the end of my signature that would be causing this. I did not find any blank lines after the end of the signature.

I'm going to need a sump pump. The pool on the new house doesn't have an overflow pipe like my old pool. I pulled back the mesh safety cover to see the water level is within an inch to the top of the fiberglass and we're getting rain most days this coming week. I don't need this pump for any...

I've had Loop-Loc covers on my pool at my old house. At the new house, there wasn't any covers on the pool. The previous owners just ran their pool through the winter. I thought about it for awhile until I found my new puppy loved to swim even in cold water. I didn't want cold, wet dogs coming...

I guess my pool wanted to send me a goodbye gift. The bearings on the pump went bad 15 days before the closing on the sale of my house. Fortunately, I found another pump and replaced it on Monday. In the last two months, I have also had to replace the MPV on the sand filter and the salt cell...

How do you find the model of skimmer that is installed on a pool? I didn't build my current pool so I don't have any details. For the skimmer, the only clue is CMP (custom molded product) logo on the skimmer cover. I may need to replace the weir door, basket, or cover in the future. Right now I...

I inherited an Aquabot Rapids XLS with the purchase of my new home. The previous owner said the robot worked fine but the power supply was broken. I have no intention on resurrecting this robot. Should I just toss it in the dump or put it out there for free on craigslist for someone who may want...

Since there was a different thread asking about sand filters, it triggered a question about my pool. I know sand should never need replacing unless someone gunked it up with clarifiers and floc. How can you tell if sand is gunked up? I just moved into a house with a pool that has a sand filter...

I'm just getting used to my fiberglass pool. My previous pool was vinyl. When I entered my test results in PoolMath, it says the ideal levels is 350-550ppm. I tested 280ppm. I was under the impression calcium wasn't important unless you had an older fiberglass pool with calcium in the gel coat...

I just took possession of my new home. I bought it back in May but let the owners say two months. My current pool is a 17x37 Grecian vinyl pool with Hayward equipment. The new pool is a 15x40 fiberglass pool with Pentair equipment. More details will come. No, I have not yet tested the water...

One week ago, I replaced the multiport valve on my sand filter. During the process, I took the time to replace some of the PVC piping to remove a Nature 2 mineral cartridge and relocate the unions so it would be easier to remove the valve for deep cleaning and also easier to replace the valve in...

The Hayward MPV on my Hayward S244T is cracked. The current valve has 2" openings. Hayward SP071620T is out of stock everywhere I look. The SP0714t has 1.5" openings. My piping is 2". Can I install this valve on the system? My reason for the question is that I am putting the house on sale mid...

What is the freshest liquid chlorine you ever bought? I needed some and stopped at Walmart for Pool Essentials brand of bleach. It was 5/27 and the date on the bottle was 5/10. Only 17 days old.

My Hayward Aquarite SWG is acting up. I have done a bunch of different tests and I think I narrowed it down to the flow switch. I have a T-15 cell. In past years, the SWG would stay on down to 1000 rpm on my VS pump. This year, it's been a random speed. I would lower the speed to see when it...

It looks like I have to change the multiport valve on my Hayward S244T sand filter. Today I noticed cracks on the neck of the filter. I'm guessing lasting 16 years is pretty good. We'll see how hard of a job it is when the new one arrives. I hope I don't have to do too much PVC work.

I am now the owner of a second home with a fiberglass pool. It will become my primary home but I don't take possession until the end of June. We did a quick walkthrough of the home on Sunday before closing today. While there, we noticed a while film on a ledge where you could see footprints in...