Calling all pool experts...

[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.

[Che70velle]

Originally Posted by 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.

I'll trade ya'...

[Vegas69]

Originally Posted by 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.

Now we're talkin!

[Code510]

Thanks for all the responses. Unfortunately I have had any free time to mess with this pool. Tomorrow is the day though. I'm going to figure out where its leaking from and get it fixed.

With the amount of sand that's in the pool, it has to be a decent sized rip/break/etc. At least that's what I'm telling myself haha.

[Code510]

Well I'm still fighting the good fight lol...

On Friday I took apart the Hayward filter system, washed all the DE off the filters, and inspected everything very carefully. I didn't see any cracks, tears, splits, or anything that would indicate leaking.

With DE, I then ran the filter and vacuumed up the pool. I then backwashed the filters and let the pump run for a few hours. Vacuumed again, backwashed again. I did it for a third time as well.

Pool is pretty clear. I do notice that I'm getting air in the system. My return jets have a constant bubble stream in it. I just looked that up on youtube and am going to try to figure that out, but I'm thinking its the strainer pot lid seal.

Then I can work on figuring out the DE in the pool issue. I still haven't added any DE back into the filter yet.

[GregWeld]

How about this! -- Try looking your filter model # up on line at Hayward.com and see if you're even supposed to using DE....

[Code510]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

How about this! -- Try looking your filter model # up on line at Hayward.com and see if you're even supposed to using DE....

Yessir I am. 6 pounds of it...says it right on the filter/housing

I was just reading through a few threads on a pool site and they had a couple of suggestions. One is the multi-valve, on the outside of the filter canister might be leaking. I do know that when my pump is running, the drain pipe for backwashing and such does drip a little bit. Also, the filter manifold inside the canister, there's an o-ring that I could replace.

Guess I'll keep messing with it before I admit defeat haha

[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.

[Code510]

Originally Posted by SSLance

haha hey I will say that yes my pool has been work. But I absolutely love it. There's nothing like jumping in after working on a car, or mowing the yard, and being instantly cooled off.

Once I figure it all out I'm sure that it will be less work. I'm just on a learning curve right now.