Recent content by Sandra B

Perfect, thank you! Do you know why there would be a check valve on this part of the piping? Seems like it's meant to do something other than feed the waterfall? edit: oh, a check valve.....so it is supposed to stop the water backfeeding to the pump via gravity. That makes sense. Thanks again!

Hi all. This post is in regards to my sister-in-laws pool. New to her this season; just bought the house in the winter and it's her first pool. In her home/pool inspection she was told to "keep the waterfalls turned off" because when they were tested the pool lost a couple inches of water very...

I had one of those in your first pic in my old pool. If you turn it so the opening points up, it shoots a fountain into the pool. Nice for cooling off.

Looks great so far. Any updates? Are you happy with your pool builder so far? I'm planning a pool in NE OK soon, haven't even closed on the house yet, so any recommendations on pool builders in that area are welcomed.

Hi all. Looking to buy a house, and a requirement is to have a pool or be able to build one. Current house we are liking is built on 2.5 acres sloped to the lake. The backyard is built up with about 12 railroad ties on one side, going down to around 3 on the other side. The yard was obviously...

Thank you Pat and Michael! I'll do the bleach; it's so much easier to figure out. Thanks a million, I've been to Walmart and I'm out the door, only 2 hours late :). Sandra

...and don't know how! I have to leave today to take care of an ill parent for a 2-3 weeks, about 6 hours drive away. The pool was all ready (yesterday) so I went out this morning to do a last check of the equipment pad. The SWG is throwing a code 170, which means a problem with the front...

Have you unscrewed the vacuum port fitting from the wall to make sure the connector isn't somehow stopping flow? Maybe the pressure relief valve is messed up, and there's a screen to catch debris that could be clogged.