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Sorry I didn't see this sooner... this week has been very busy. Go to your local hardware store and get an RV potable water filter (scroll down here a bit: http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/79613-As-Promised-pictures-and-the-saga to see what I used). I watch for these to go on sale at the...

Should have updated this. Broke the heavy screw-driver in that slot... YIKES, didn't think I had that much upper body strength; however, I worked in a Bakery while going to College so I have a little bit. Finally took the rotor into work with me and after shift asked to use the big work vise. We...

Any purchase made with a debit card, credit card, or bank check can be traced by WalMart stores. Do not let them tell you otherwise. The store where my folks live pulled purchases up for the past 90 days once for my Dad (very long story... ) The store look-up will not work for cash ( obviously...

+1 Or some sort of mischief... could have been someone taking a dunk in the pool with cowboy boots on; however, it really looks an awful lot like a knife/razorblade cut parallel to the ground and the the liner tore from the force of the water draining. There are some large patch kit on the...

Yikes.. nice rain :) I should mention that the dilution method does not work for pH. Just for chlorine, total alk, etc.. How long have you been using the pucks? Also, take a look at the ingredient listing on the container... it will be helpful to know what chemical was/is being used for the...

Honestly, most of us are going to tell you to get a different test kit for the long term (My sig has a link to a page that compares and discusses some options). On the bright side, you can perform a full range of tests... please post the results for all of the tests that this kit will perform...

I've a cover on my pool too: I've cut an old bleach jug open so that the top third is open; however the top and handle still work... like my g.ma used to do for cloths pins. I lift part of the cover by the return and scoop out pool water to about 1/4 to half fill the jug I dilute the few cups...

As Casey said... scrub (^_^) http://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/79613-As-Promised-pictures-and-the-saga No I didn't add any bleach to begin with, I just stepped right-on-in the slime and used the pool brush on a short pole on the inside walls. Once I filled the pool, as part of the...

OK, appears that the threads may have seized but good... on the 1600gph impeller. So, if I break the impeller getting off, anyone have any idea as to what an equivalent impeller would be? I have a Fastenal shop handy in town (imagine that, no Target, no major mall, but a Fastenal shop) that I...

No, you need to lower the ground and then site prep so that the area under the entire pool is level side to side and front to back. Think of this as setting a deck or a patio, you need the proper grade for drainage; however, in this case, you need zero grade so that the stresses on the liner and...

That'd be correct, and also if it is any better or worse than the stuff I bought at the pool store for like $1.5/lb Been reading thru the forums and other sites and some swear by glass, others by zeo, and yet others have had no issue with the $8/50lb stuff... :confused:

Disneyland 40+ years ago :D

Ok the fact that you have had fiddle-backs and b/b-widows along with the wolf spiders; IMHO, it is time for a professional...

I plan on transferring the sand I have in the old filter to the new filter. This is stuff I purchased at a spa/pool supply out of Omaha (about a 2-1/2 hour drive) when we purchased the pump. IT's pretty pure white. I looked at this stuff and Menards when when to see of they had a new unit to...

Well, I cannot get the impeller to come off the shaft. I think Intex must have supper-glued the silly thing on. I do know now for a fact that the front bearing is gone - back one solid as a rock where as the front one just wiggles and tilts and makes for an interesting grinding feeling... . Know...

Follow-up: - The impeller... there's no pool shop in town that I can this to, nor any repair place for that fact, so that we can match the impeller. I've been looking at the pump repair sites that list these for other pumps (for example: Impeller 1-hp Single speed or American 3/4HP impeller )...

Not as a result of the chlorine addition; instead, it's a result of removing the dead biomass, or anything in the water that might precipitate out, that the chlorine has reacted with. I have very high iron levels in my fill water; thus, I precipitate out the iron and then kill the algae unless...

I certainly agree that a contract is a contract. However, it's good customer service to help the consumer out if the warranty or service contract has "just expired" for small items and the price of the pump isn't $113Manf more likely less than $30 from what I can tell now that I have it open...

where's my tin-foil hat... I know I laid it down here somewhere.... :ROTFL:

1st thing I tried was calling them... Expired in May of this year. The lovely lady with a very "indian" accent was so very sorry to learn of the problem with the pump; however, it's out of warranty and there was nothing she could do to help me but she gave me the part number for the replacement...

:wave: Hellow Casey. Looking at replacement pumps at various places online and trying to find anything that will work. Even if I can repair the current pump, I think a replacement might be a better long term solution and I can put it in storage as a spare Thus, for replacement I'm looking to...

Well this sucks, the pump on my sand filter just seized. It started, sounded very loud/noisy, then like a garbage disposal, then like plastic on plastic, and then buzzzzzzzzzz... I know a seized electric motor when I hear one... ran across the yard to turn it off. if anyone can help please I've...

I know old thread; however I'm in the same boat. The motor sounded like plastic on plastic squeel and the seized up. I've everything pulled apart except for the impeller in the volute body... is there a set screw that I can't find, does it screw on CCW, press fitted and I just need a wonderbar...

I hold a degree in Chemistry and have over 20 years in industrial labs; thus, when I read articles such at the on listed in OP I like to see the original source/basis for the report: What bothers me, is even on the ACS website and journal searches, I can not source the research document. I've...

Ok, so last fall as the pool water is dropping into the low 40's and after reading intex's site about the liner becoming more brittle when very cold I think... I'll just drain, dry, drop the legs out from under the ring pull the cover down and wrap it under the entire thing - brilliant. The year...

Great, thnx :)

Ok, looking at posting pictures for this year; however, I couldn't remember size etc... Obvious place to look... the rules: Rules: Attachments OK, got the size and the photobucket thing... Yet there is a stick about hotlinking and then there's the tutorial Posting Photos Tutorial What I don't...

:EEK: Didn't think of that... another reason I was after the method, I think it had me adding it slower too now that you mention it.... I was targeting the shock level at the bottom of the poolmath. I did however dissolve the dichlor in water first before adding it to the pool so that at least...

:calm:all right... it was great to see the kids in the pool :shark:this weekend.. just used the 12% to get about 3ppm FC in there and let them play. Of course, the FC was 0 and 8.0pH when they were done. SO I started adding the dichlor Sunday evening... Says in the package, dissolves easily in...

You know that is petroleum based.... Make sure to work it into the scalp too... :laughblue: