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I had to Google Rube Goldberg before I found the hilarity in that sentence. For the record I only repiped the suction side of that setup and I cannot figure out why there are so many couplers between the pump and the filter. Unfortunately this is right out of the playbook of the previous...

Here’s all my ugliness. I’d like to take a sawzall to the whole shed and build a different enclosure but time is an issue. The breaker box is also an issue I’m not sure what to do with. I had an air leak at the ball valve last year and I cut them out and replaced them with the Hayward diverter...

What’s cooler than being cool?

Good to know. I’m not sure why I had 50 as a benchmark. Thanks for the link.

Replacing the pump is also on the list, but it’s still working for now. As for the pad, well, that’s a whole other can of worms. Everything is in an old aluminum shed. Flooring is wood and it’s beginning to rot. I’d like to tear the whole thing down and build a new one, or maybe just an open...

Kind of like those before & after photos. “Before” has bad lighting, colors toned down, no makeup, hair is so so. “After” pops with color, makeup, bright lights & salon hair, oh and evidence of that thing they’re trying to sell.

Just closed the pool a few days ago. It took forever waiting for the water temp to get under 50 degrees. The sand filter has been in use for around 20 years. I estimated based on the manufacture date for the serial number. Based on how fast debris settles on the bottom of the pool I've...

Thanks New Dude!!

Hello Friends, Any idea where I can find or even begin to look for one of these dewhickeys? It locks the step rail in place and one of them was missing when we bought the house. TIA.

4) Don't be a stupid like me and add garden grade DE before learning that it's not the same thing. OOPS

I bought a plastic condiment bottle on Amazon that I use to get all my test levels. Easier to get accurate measurement levels too.

Welcome to Trouble Free Pools! I ended up getting rid of it by using the TFP SLAM method. For me keeping phosphates out of the pool is near impossible as I have a huge tree canopy over my pool. Phosphate remover isn't usually recommended here anyway. In fact, if you look around in Pool School...

My Leslie's store tests with a computerized system. It was broken for a few weeks and they tested with drops and entered the results in their system. They told me they prefer to do it this way because it's more accurate than the computer testing, but they have to use the computer for testing per...

I'm new to this but I have a question. Isn't it relevant that the pool is filled with well water? Has the water coming from the well been tested for metals? Does it go through any filtration process before going in the pool?

It does. I realized I have the same problem, although I'm sure I had mustard algae at one point because at the beginning of the slam it all turned grey in color. Since then we see debris in the pool that's the same color which we thought was mustard algae coming back, but it's gritty and grainy...

That's new info for me. So I need to add Borates instead like it says here? water balance for SWGs

10% Liquid, but only for about a week while I was in the SLAM trying to get rid of mustard algae. Tablets before that. My CYA started out at 105 and Leslies had me displace enough water to get it down to 49. That was before I found TFP. I just tested my tap water. I assume the spigot would...

I had a SWG installed about a week ago. I had no idea that my CYA should be so high with a SWG until I read some blog posts here. I also wasn't told by the pool guy that an SWG would push my PH up. I kept wondering why it seemed to be going higher. Here's where it gets unusual. My daughter...

Update: Seems that the SLAM worked! As of this morning I still didn't see any growth. Funny enough this is the same day that the pool company called, said their guy was on their way to convert to SWGC! I need to go update my signature now. LOL

Fingers crossed. So far so good. Yesterday morning we passed the 3 conditions of the SLAM so I raised the FC to Yellow Algae levels for 24 hours. This is more difficult than I thought it would be as we had direct sunlight all day and in the days before when I started the SLAM it was raining or...

I read several old threads on Mustard algae. One of the comments on a post said first you complete the normal SLAM, then you raise to Mustard Algae SLAM levels for 24 hours. Then after that, you let the FC levels fall to mustard algae minimum for several weeks. Is that correct? For me, my CYA...

Thank You! I've been stressed for weeks over this so any little bit of info/encouragement means a lot!

Hi Sarah. As I am in the middle of this same process I'm curious to hear how it turned out?

Heard. Thank you.