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  1. gdmacfarlane

    Air in the line?

    I opened the pool about a month ago and everything has been fine. Today, before my daughter and I went for a swim, I connected the vacuum to the skimmer to give the floor a quick clean. At the end of our swim, we noticed that the returns were spitting out air intermittently. I stopped the pump...
  2. gdmacfarlane

    Going from 1.5" plumbing to 2.0" SWG

    My pool uses 1.5" plumbing and I want to DYI install a Core35 SWG which uses 2" unions. Is it as simple as getting 2 adapters to move to 2" after the heater and back to 1.5" after the SWG? I want to make sure that this doesn't cause problems as I am by no means an expert here. Also - does...
  3. gdmacfarlane

    Pureline SWG

    I am going to move from my Frog Leap system to a SWG and install it myself. I am leaning toward getting this Pureline from INYO. I am not familiar with the brand, but the price is half of some of the Hayward models. Any advice will be appreciated. Would love to know whether it is reliable.
  4. gdmacfarlane

    Salt Water Generator with Ultimate Radiance Pool

    I installed a new pool at the beginning of last season. I have the Frog Leap system which has worked fine last year. This year, I am having trouble maintaining the chlorine where it should be and the water has gotten cloudy at times. I am thinking about replacing it with a salt water...
  5. gdmacfarlane

    Pool is getting cloudy, chlorine, pH, TA and CYA levels are good.

    I have a liner pool with a sand filter. Brand new last year and while I have learned a lot about pool maintaining a pool, there is so much still that I didn't know that I don't know. For the last week my pool has been getting cloudy. I have been checking my levels daily, shocking...