Calling all pool experts...

[califconstruct]

Looks like there's something up with your D.E.... unless its not D.E. sand.. then you could have a leak in the lines, of which your getting dirt in the pool.

Do you have any air bubbles that jet out, when you start it up?... or while its running?.. this would be a sign of a leak.

I tend to set people up with Cartridge type filters.. that you don't backwash.. but wash out and replace every other year.

The pool you have there is a San Juan Fiberglass Pools.. depending on size, either a Dallas, Pacific, Phoenix, Vegas or (Colorado - discontinued). (I am/was a San Juan Pool dealer).

Cleaner -- if you have a separate cleaner connection on the wall.. those lines typically are plumbed with 1.5" pvc.. If your running the cleaner.. each cleaner has a suction level of which they work best at. too much.. may not work well, to little.. same thing.

IMO... Its best to run ...or 70 drain/30 skimmer.. ... since debris tends to settle on the bottom.. you'll have more crap down lower.. However. you'll need to move it.. if your cleaner hooks up to the skimmer.. to give your cleaner more suction. - for a say.. 2-3 hour time period... ( which I do with automation).

Art Correa
California Construction Co
Sun Splash Pools and Outdoor Living
831-902-8551 mbl

http://www.sunsplashpool.com

[ironworks]

I really enjoy our pool. Our 10 month old daughter is gonna swim about the time she walks I'm thinking. Our pool is a salt water pool and the lack of Chlorine taste is great. We have some kind of vacuum the goes on the bottom. And a debris filter on the south side at surface level. My pool guy is 60 bucks a month for chemicals and service. I can make more the 15 bucks an hour at the shop on some days. So I would rather pay for his service. And that includes the salt they put in the pool a few times a year.

[GregWeld]

I have both a pool and a hot tub and there are days I use the hot tub twice a day... I wouldn't have a house without one.

The pool is a social magnet and has created a lot of enjoyable days with friends and family as the pool leads to food and drink etc. It's a great gathering place on nice days. If you have to calculate what it's going to cost... then you're just stupid. Things with water in them or around them - are costly. Doesn't matter how much actual use it gets - the pumps run the heater runs - there's chemicals - there's repairs.... People on a budget should not own one. Sorry... not trying to be an ass -- it's just being factual.

I never look at the water or do anything with the hot tub or the pool -- there's services that do this all for you. It should just be part of the drill. 52 weeks a year - weekly service. In the long run -- it's cheaper because they keep the stuff in tip top shape - and the chemical balance is critical. Get it wrong and it eats stuff up... Working on that stuff would take all the fun out of ownership.

[Vegas69]

Sixty bucks a month for that hotel pool. That's a bro deal! I'm paying $150 a month for my pool and separate water fall which is a debris collector. Worth every stinking penny. Includes filter cleaning twice a year.

Hot tubs are less work due to size.

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Sixty bucks a month for that hotel pool. That's a bro deal! I'm paying $150 a month for my pool and separate water fall which is a debris collector. Worth every stinking penny. Includes filter cleaning twice a year.

Hot tubs are less work due to size.

I was thinking the same "all inclusive resort pool" . it sure is nice with all them Palm trees.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by Blake Foster

I was thinking the same "all inclusive resort pool" . it sure is nice with all them Palm trees.

It's my back yard boys, don't hate me.

With all those trees come a pretty sore back.

[Blake Foster]

Originally Posted by ironworks

It's my back yard boys, don't hate me.

With all those trees come a pretty sore back.

LOL . I hear ya just finished mine.

[SSLance]

My wife has been after me for 14 years to put a pool in our backyard...I'm pointing her towards this thread for further evidence as to why we still don't have one.

[OBeer-WAN-Kenobi]

Personally, I have a creek.........

No maintenance.
I can fish in it.
It attracts wildlife that I can shoot/trap and eat (they don't have a nasty chlorine aftertaste either).
It makes free ice all winter long.

[SSLance]

Originally Posted by SSLance

My wife has been after me for 14 years to put a pool in our backyard...I'm pointing her towards this thread for further evidence as to why we still don't have one.