- May 8, 2009
- 48
Hello all. I have not posted in a while. But, I have received a lot of good help here and so I post this now in hope of maybe helping somebody else in return. I doubt this is a new or maybe not even unusual issue. I don't know but I haven't heard it before though. If it's a common thing after all, sorry. but just in case, here goes...
We have a 16'x32', in-ground, vinyl lined pool. Basic chlorine system with sand filter. Due in a large part to help received from here, I have enjoyed a number of relatively trouble free pool maintenance. But, this past year, it seemed a never ending algae battle. It would turn green, and we'd clear it. In a few days, green again. It never stayed clear more than a week, maybe a few days more, no matter what I did.
The only thing new was a change in filter sand. But, there was nothing about that, that would add up to the problems we were having.
Finally we found the problem, too late for much of the season regrettably. It was a very simple thing, really. A gasket seal beneath the, don't remember the proper name of it, operation selector, call it, had worn out an was leaking through. There was no leaking outside the system to suggest the problem. It was per-chance we found it. We changed that and the problem ceased!
If this is just old news, then sorry for the intrusion. If it helps even just one person, then it is worth the effort. All I know it was like to drive me to distraction. I was amazed at how little a thing was at the root of the matter.
We have a 16'x32', in-ground, vinyl lined pool. Basic chlorine system with sand filter. Due in a large part to help received from here, I have enjoyed a number of relatively trouble free pool maintenance. But, this past year, it seemed a never ending algae battle. It would turn green, and we'd clear it. In a few days, green again. It never stayed clear more than a week, maybe a few days more, no matter what I did.
The only thing new was a change in filter sand. But, there was nothing about that, that would add up to the problems we were having.
Finally we found the problem, too late for much of the season regrettably. It was a very simple thing, really. A gasket seal beneath the, don't remember the proper name of it, operation selector, call it, had worn out an was leaking through. There was no leaking outside the system to suggest the problem. It was per-chance we found it. We changed that and the problem ceased!
If this is just old news, then sorry for the intrusion. If it helps even just one person, then it is worth the effort. All I know it was like to drive me to distraction. I was amazed at how little a thing was at the root of the matter.
