Recent content by SeanH

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    Inground Vinyl Pool Lost Most of it's Water Over The Winter

    Started filling it, but it's so discolored, shrunken and has so many wrinkles in it we decided to replace it. Turns out I got this liner 7 years ago. I've had problem with it since I got it. The pool is not perfectly symertrical and the installer only measured the corners on one side. I...
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    Inground Vinyl Pool Lost Most of it's Water Over The Winter

    It doesn't look good. The shallow end seems pretty brittle. I've got a few hoses in now to fill it. I've got one with warmer water in the shallow end. I guess all I can do now is wait.
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    Inground Vinyl Pool Lost Most of it's Water Over The Winter

    Thanks Jason. That's my plan this weekend. Unfortunately we've had non stop rain for the past day. Hopefully it clears up by tomorrow so I can get the cover off. Sean
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    Inground Vinyl Pool Lost Most of it's Water Over The Winter

    Looking for some advice here. I have a 26,000 gallon in ground vinyl liner pool. I'm located in NJ. I closed the pool in September and lowered the water just below the skimmers. I noticed in the last snow/ice storm we had a little while back that my solid cover was sagging way more than I've...
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    Fiber Clear

    This is my third season with FiberClear and I'm quite happy with it. My biggest reasons for switching were handling of DE and not having to worry about backwashing onto my lawn. It works at least as good as DE for me. I haven't changed anything else in my BBB routine. Sean
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    The Zodiac "Barracuda" MX8 Suction Side Cleaner

    I ordered one today from PoolSupplySales.com for $389 plus the $100 rebate. Thanks for the tip rv4hess! :whoot: If it will get the junk off the bottom of the pool now that I have to use the manual vacuum for I will be thrilled. Sean
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    Skimmer / Drain Question

    I have a floating skimmer now that runs off one of the returns. It's been that way since I've had it for 5 years as the built in skimmer has not worked since I've had the pool. I'm still losing water, but not at the rate I was before they plugged the drain. Guess I'll just keep and eye on it...
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    Skimmer / Drain Question

    Hi All. Hope everyone is having a good summer....at least better than the northeast where it seems to rain every day! Anyway, I was having a problem with water leaking from my pool to the tune of 1" per day on bad days with no one swimming and very little sun. So I had the pool company that I...
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    Southern Butterfly Offset Umbrella From Lowes- any good?

    We bought that one from Lowes about a month ago. Havn't taken it out of the box yet, so I can't give you an opinion yet. As soon as we get it assembled I'll let you know. We did look at a similar one at Target for about the same price, but this one looked sturdier. Sean
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    First Time Fiber Clear Usage

    It's been about a week since I put the Fiber Clear in my filter. The water seems fine so far. I don't see any adverse affects at this point. Hopefully it stays that way! Sean
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    First Time Fiber Clear Usage

    Wow. Sorry to hear you had to drain and re-fill. Hopfully this works. I wonder if the salt has an adverse affect with Fiber Clear? Hopfully someone else has experience with it. My pressue is good so far after 48 hours or so. Sean
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    First Time Fiber Clear Usage

    After deciding I didn't want to deal with used DE backwash anymore I thought I would try Fiber Clear. I thought I would share this in case anyone else is contemplating it. I gave my filter a good cleaning first. Since my skimmer is not functional, I have been adding DE for the past few years...
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    Vinyl Liner Problem

    I have to tell you, your advice was AWSOME!!!!!! :goodjob: My wife admitted that she was ready to give up before I attacked it last night. The pool is full, the pump filter and light are all up and running and there are no plumbing leaks to boot! This is probably the first year that...
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    Vinyl Liner Problem

    I've got about 18" to go to full. When I came out this morning I noticed there was about a 4" section of liner that had poped out. I got it back in with some hot water without too much difficulty. It looks like the force of the water is stetching the liner against the sides. Hopfully it has...