Hello everyone!
I will likely be posting more in the future, particularly once keys are in hand, but my husband and I are about to close on a house with an AGP. Exciting! I’ve always wanted my own pool. So, when we saw this box thing attached to the filter thing (assuming it’s a filter, no clue) that said “Perma Salt” we looked up the Family Leisure video about it and prepared ourselves for a simple, carefree summer of no hassle sparkling clean pool time. High fives all around!
Until we saw the price tag for chemicals. YIKES.
So, being the researcher I am, I jumped on the ole’ Google; originally to find cheaper chemicals but not long afterwards it became a search to find out how to treat my pool like the perma salt system had never been.
I’ve been reading through your forums for several hours now as well as other forums and even big pool companies that weren’t Family Leisure. Everyone has had a lot to say about Perma Salt. A lot of very negative things.
Is it possible to bypass this unfortunate copper nonsense with my pal, chlorine - destroyer of fecal contaminants and microbial pests? From what I’ve read, it is indeed.
I took chemistry in college once upon a time ago, and honestly, they had my doubts gone about keeping the system at “communicable disease transmission risk due to an almost complete lack of sanitation.”
Well, we have a 4 year old in day care and I’d say that’s about all the communicable disease we care to deal with in our off hours.
Obviously, that square shaped box of snake oil and lies has got to go. Trouble is, I have no idea how to remove it. I don’t know the terminology of the structure of the filter thing, still not 100% sure that’s even a filter. Call it an uneducated assumption.
I don’t understand what the hoses are doing and where they are going, the things that hold them together, the doodads and flibbertygibbets allude me.
Complete, 100% noob. I do know how to swim, at least.
I took a good pic of it on our recent inspection. We don’t know much about the pool at all, though we will get those details at closing.
What I can tell you is the house is 5 years old and the pool has definitely been in operation. The water level is low, which reassures me of relatively low copper levels once fresh water is added. It should also mean very little water, if any, in the filter thing and it’s many hoses.
Take a look at this picture and in your very smallest, most dumbed down terminology, how do I get this thing off of here?
I will likely be posting more in the future, particularly once keys are in hand, but my husband and I are about to close on a house with an AGP. Exciting! I’ve always wanted my own pool. So, when we saw this box thing attached to the filter thing (assuming it’s a filter, no clue) that said “Perma Salt” we looked up the Family Leisure video about it and prepared ourselves for a simple, carefree summer of no hassle sparkling clean pool time. High fives all around!
Until we saw the price tag for chemicals. YIKES.
So, being the researcher I am, I jumped on the ole’ Google; originally to find cheaper chemicals but not long afterwards it became a search to find out how to treat my pool like the perma salt system had never been.
I’ve been reading through your forums for several hours now as well as other forums and even big pool companies that weren’t Family Leisure. Everyone has had a lot to say about Perma Salt. A lot of very negative things.
Is it possible to bypass this unfortunate copper nonsense with my pal, chlorine - destroyer of fecal contaminants and microbial pests? From what I’ve read, it is indeed.
I took chemistry in college once upon a time ago, and honestly, they had my doubts gone about keeping the system at “communicable disease transmission risk due to an almost complete lack of sanitation.”
Well, we have a 4 year old in day care and I’d say that’s about all the communicable disease we care to deal with in our off hours.
Obviously, that square shaped box of snake oil and lies has got to go. Trouble is, I have no idea how to remove it. I don’t know the terminology of the structure of the filter thing, still not 100% sure that’s even a filter. Call it an uneducated assumption.
I don’t understand what the hoses are doing and where they are going, the things that hold them together, the doodads and flibbertygibbets allude me.
Complete, 100% noob. I do know how to swim, at least.
I took a good pic of it on our recent inspection. We don’t know much about the pool at all, though we will get those details at closing.
What I can tell you is the house is 5 years old and the pool has definitely been in operation. The water level is low, which reassures me of relatively low copper levels once fresh water is added. It should also mean very little water, if any, in the filter thing and it’s many hoses.
Take a look at this picture and in your very smallest, most dumbed down terminology, how do I get this thing off of here?
So by now you probably know that system uses copper which over time can raise the level of copper in the water to a point where staining can become an issue. Plus, it's not a sanitary system as they "claim" you can operate with very low levels of chlorine - never a good thing. So unplugging immediately and ultimately removing would be your best option. Fortunately for you, it appears unions were used when it was installed, so with some PVC and a couple union fittings, you should be able to remove that system and install a piece of PVC in its place.
