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: 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: 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: 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 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 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 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: 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 Winter Months and CYA Levels Winter months and CYA levels in the pool go hand in hand. It’s going into winter again and it’s time to start concentrating on lowering my CYA levels in my pool. This way, next May when the “Pool Season”, opens my CYA levels will be low enough to not worry about having… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Getting Rid Of Black Algae Getting Rid of black algae is very hard to do. Once it has established itself it’s roots are not exposed to the chlorine in the water and that makes it hard to kill. So how do you get rid of or kill it so doesn’t come back. There are chemicals that… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Secrets to Booking a Great Cruise Cheap Cruise Deals Made Better The secrets to booking a great cruise is a simple thing, right? Just talk to your travel agent, or go online to a cruise website, and hop on board when the time comes. At least that’s what the uninitiated think. But there are secrets the… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Importance of Witness Marks My neighbor learned about the importance of witness marks this week. He had to replace his pool pump and of course this involved replumbing piping from the new pump to the filter. The project also expanded into replacing some short turn elbows with 45º fittings on the filter return… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes Set Up and Use of the Algae Gon Chlorine tablet holder This article is about how to set up and use the Algae Gon chlorine tablet holder. This piece of equipment is essential in eradicating black algae from the pool. I recommend it to all pool owners who are suffering from a black algae outbreak. Related Article: Getting… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kreepy Krauly Not Moving Inspection It’s time for a Kreepy Krauly not moving inspection. My pool cleaner won’t move when the pump starts up. I know the drill, I’ve been thru this before. Check that nothing is blocking the flow of water at the cleaner(Check for debris in Kreepy Krauly’s flapper and tubes). Make sure that the pool… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Black Algae Bloom Attack If your reading this you may have a black algae attack in your pool’s future? Have you got a black algae bloom in your pool? It recently happened to me. Now don’t get me wrong. This is not a couple of spots here or there in the pool. This is a… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes How to Backwash Sand Filter Backwash sand filter? It is the most important part of your pools health. No other part of the pool system removes fine debris from the water.  How a sand filter works Your sand filter cleans debris out of your pool water. It collects the debris in the sand chamber. The… Read More »