Reading Time: 2 minutes Title 20 no more single speed pool motors for California Title 20 no more single speed pool motors for California. I was trying to help my neighbor when I got slammed with this news. Let me explain. My neighbor asked for my help in locating a replacement motor for his pool. Since he has always helped… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s Poop in the Pool It happens kids are in the pool and then suddenly there’s poop in the pool. So what do you do when this happens? It happens all too often but when it happens to your pool it completely throws you on what you should do and how should you do it.… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Air Leak in SuperFlo Pool Pump My neighbor had an air leak in SuperFlo pool pump and needed help. We had replaced his pump seal and all the O-ring/seals, and both motor bearings and after starting it up it was drawing air into the water. He showed me the air bubbles at the return jet… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes The ABC’s of Shocking Your Swimming Pool Why is Shock needed? Shocking your swimming pool is an important part of keeping your pool water clean. Shocking is the act of adding chlorine to your pool to raise your pool’s chlorine level quickly and at much higher rates than normal, otherwise known as super-chlorinating. Normal chlorine levels in… Read More »
Reading Time: 10 minutes How To Maintain Pool Water Chemistry Pool Water Chemistry is used to keep your swimming pool’s water balanced. It’s something as a pool owner I had to learn. Water that is balanced makes it easier to keep the pool clear and clean. This is a hard fact. Keeping water within a range is something that… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Pool pump troubleshooting Pool pump troubleshooting is very important for the pool owner to know. Your pool pump is an important part of your pool since it keeps your water clean. The pool pump pulls dirty water and sends it to the filter, and returns clean water to your pool. Theoretically, it should be sending… Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutes Pool Equipment Tune Up It’s pool season again and time for a pool equipment tune up. I don’t want to experience problems all season long. So it would be a good thing to visit each piece of equipment and check out those things that can cause problems during the season. Safety First Before you start… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Storing Inflatable Pool Toys Storing inflatable pool toys for next pool season? How about storing them so your pool skimming action isn’t interrupted by an extremely large inflatable? Large inflatables are expensive. But you can’t store inflatables fully inflated. So how do you deflate them with their special fill valve blocking attempts to lose air? That’s… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pool skimming without a net Quick pool skimming without a net. Yes, it’s true you can skim the pool without a net. About this time every year, I have some flowering trees that start to drop flowers. While they are set back from the pool a bunch of flowers always seem to make their way… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes My pool chlorinator My pool chlorinator is probably the most important piece of equipment I own. I really like it because it makes taking care of my pool so much easier. I have used a chlorinator for quite a long time(well over ten years). I’m on my second chlorinator. What I really like is that… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes A Long Life Pool Brush A long life pool brush, is there such a thing? It seems that every second year I have to buy a pool brush. This is because the bristles are starting to fall out. So my question is: Is there a long life pool brush? I am asking anyone who reads this… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Suction Pool Cleaner Skimmer Fix Do you need a suction pool cleaner skimmer fix? Do you have a suction type pool cleaner? Have you noticed a loss in skimmer performance since installing your pool cleaner? Well, I have found a device that improves skimmer performance and allows your suction type pool sweep to achieve it’s best effort at cleaning the pool… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes My pool pump lost prime My pool pump lost prime. Loss of prime for the pool pump is not good. It allows the pump to run dry, without water, to cool down any moving parts in the pump. Running dry can ruin the pump seal. The pump could not achieve prime again. That meant that the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Clear sparkling pool water strategy I finally have a clear sparkling pool water strategy that works. I have been using chlorine tablets for several years to maintain my pool. They work great at delivering acceptable levels of chlorine to the pool water over a long period of time. Along with an offline pool chlorinator, they… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Chlorine Resistant Algae Treatment Are you looking for a chlorine resistant algae treatment? This spring I was in the same boat. I had started up my pool this spring when something changed. I thought that it would be the usual process. Clean the pool filter. Test the water. Set the pH to the low end… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Dirty Dishes Dishwasher Fix This article is about my dirty dishes dishwasher fix. My wife mentioned the other day that the back of the dishes didn’t feel smooth and clean. Oh-oh! I had a problem. I had no idea that dishwasher performance could deteriorate when I could still hear the water jets beating on the… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Fixing warped PVC fittings Fixing warped PVC fittings is something you may need to do if you plan on recycling or reusing them. There are a lot of how to reuse PVC fitting articles on the internet. But no one talks about what you need to do if you overheat a fitting and warp it.… Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutes DIY Plastic Welding I needed tips on DIY plastic welding. Welding plastic was in my future. I needed a wet saw for a future project and the saw that came up had a crack in the water pan. The seller was very straight forward and listed it as a flaw in the advertisement so I… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes Yellow Mustard Algae Treatment My pool needs a yellow mustard algae treatment. I don’t know when it first showed up. But there was a small patch in the usual place for mustard algae to show up. You know the place, north-facing on a wall. So I did the normal maintenance thing I brushed it down… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes How I Finally Got a Simple Subscribe Button How I finally got a simple subscribe button is a long story. I have been looking for just such a link for this website for a long time. It seems that there are way too many methods of complication for a simple little link. Let me explain. What I… Read More »