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Well, whatever you buy just be careful not to pick up the Clorox Splashless concentrate. I did and was wondering why I was getting suds in the pool and just talked to the folks at Clorox and they said it does not have the same disinfecting effect as regular Clorox. So I'll be visiting my local...

Thanks PSG, I'll buy a gauge on Saturday and just replace it. i needed to clean my filters anyway so will get that done as well.

I have an air leak at the top where the pressure gauge is, causing the filter housing to be about 1/2 full of air in the morning. It that a replaceable part or do I have to buy the entire top half of the filter housing? It's starting to look rather old and weathered so was wondering how long...

I talked to my neighbor who works for a pool company and his suggestion was just to stick with the Whisperflow. I called Pentair and they recommended I just buy a motor, seal and gasket. The motor looks to be around $200 on-line. I called a local shop and they quoted me $299 for a motor and 1...

Dumb question, what is the easiest way to determine if it is 115 or 230V? There is no marking on the pump that indicates that. Can I call Pentair with the serial number? I guess that might be the easiest or I can call my builder but who knows if they know.

Thanks for the suggestions, I don't have a spa and the only thing close to a water feature I have are 3 scuppers that allow water to fall into the pool but I rarely open them. I'll check the voltage and look into the models you recommended, thanks again.

Thanks Jason, with my luck I'd get it apart and something would go wrong. I guess I could buy a new one and then try to fix and resell the old one? What make/model would you recommend I consider as a 2 speed replacement? Best place to buy? Would that be a DIY project? Any ideas on search words...

My pool/pump is 5 1/2 years old. It has been louder than usual for the past few months and when I started it manually this morning it just sat there whining for about 30-45 seconds before it began pumping. I felt the motor housing an hour later and it was extremely hot at the end. I have...

Thanks for the tips, might have helped if I remembered that I posted this question before cause I just reposted it. my bad. I have not used silicon on the pump strainer in quite some time so maybe that is the culprit.

On ocassion, and have not been able to determine the circumstances leading to the ocassional event, one of my pool returns will shoot some bubbles into the pool when the pump comes on in the morning. If we hear it, I walk over to the filter housing and bleed some air using the valve on the top...

A couple of times a week I notice a gurgling sound when the pool turns on and have some bubbles coming primarily out of one of my 5 returns. I have to go to the filter canister and crack the valve on top to let the excess air out and then everything seems good for a few days. Everything else...

Sorry, I never had to use one. My leak was at the same location of a prior repair so never had to go that rtoute. Let us know who you use and how it works out for you. Did you try to find it yourself? Got any wet spots in your yard?

Thanks, we don't use much suntan oil so it's probably other oils falling out of the air from folks using lawn mowers and weed wackers. I clean my filters 3-4 times a year and they never have any kind of gummy substance on them. So it's probably an affordable solution to use this a couple of...

My pool is in balance and I noticed my eyeglasses had a film on them after I got out of the pool. So I happened to be cleaning the garage and found some Natural Chemistry Pool First Aid from the days before going BBB. I broadcast 1/2L on the surface and the next day my glasses were pretty much...

I start my pump around the time the sun starts hitting the pool like 8:30AM and keep it running till 6PM. I might increase it by an hour cause my pool water isn't as sparkley as it could be.

Once again I learned how things can get out of control by not regularly testing your CYA level, once every 3-4 months is definately NOT the way to go! BTW, I wish I had known about the CYA eating bacteria a few years ago when my CYA was 150! :) It cost me $53 to go from 0 to 40 using the...

Thanks for the replies, my pool water is 72 degrees and I have an auto filler. I checked my CYA and it now reads 20 so will pour the second bottle in tomorrow. I will turn off the auto filler to make sure the repaired joint from January is still holding.

I tried to search but if you use cya you get an error message saying there are too many matches. I had an underground line crack and lost a lot of water back in January and probably got some mud mixed back in the water so might be bacteria or maybe just new water. I've been dumping a lot of...

I have not checked my CYA for a couple of months, last time it was 40. I just checked it using a new 8 oz bottle of Taylor R-0013 and it isn't cloudy at all. I did the test twice, carefully measuring the pool water to the bottom of the label and then filling to the top with R-0013 and shaking...

Seems like this was an isolated case (well, actually a couple of cases) which is good news. I bought some at Sam's and it worked as expected.

I've been buying the 3 jug boxes of Clorox at my local COSTCO off Rt 75 in Plano and it's taken me awhile to determine the sodium hypochlorite is only around 2-3%, not 6%. I did the overnight algae test to make sure that wasn't my problem. I've been following the recommendations to get my Cl to...

Happy to report the PB came through for me and fixed the break at no charge. The plumber and his helper showed up and finished digging it out and had it repaired in a similar manner to the other repair in a little under an hour. I figured it was going to take me another 8 hrs or so. The best...

Ted, With you and Bama I might try it myself, but the PB said he would come by with his plumber to talk about it. I'm guessing it would be a $300-$500 job and given the fact that they are the ones that created this mess, I might like to do it myself and know it's done right. I'm guessing these...

Thanks for the comments Ted, I'm about ready to call somebody to fix this but really don't trust anyone - especially the PB. Calling for rain here the next 2 days so next chance to dig would be Saturday. I wish I knew what pipe is what, like an idiot I never took pictures before they covered...

Problem bigger than a DIY repair??? Finally got to digging my leak and found the crack in a pipe that is the adjacent to the pipe that broke 2 years ago. It's a 1 1/2 " pipe. Can anyone comment on the rest of the nightmare in this hole? The cracked pipe is tightly wedged under this mess and I...