mak2
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i asked alanejackson about this but I bet I dont get a usealbe response, so I will ask you guys.
I am sure I complained about this last year but one of the reasons I have not spent much time on the forums is I bought a forclosure home about a year and a half ago. Basically eveything in the house is broke unitl I fix it. Well last year the pool worked fine. I had a pro come close it and was going to have someone come open it this spring.
now the trouble begins. The guy called me in March or Feb stating he would come open the pool including getting the water and leaves off the tarp cover over the pool. A couple of weeks ago he called and said I had to get the cover off myself, from the looks of things that would be most of the work. So I decided to do it myself. Well of course i spilled about a ton of leaves and water into the pool turning the clear water to a dirty mess with leaves. Well I spent a couple of days straining them out. Then I added the chlorine, turned on the filter and the water had cleared up a lot, I got out a lot more leaves with the net and the filter basket filled with leaves and stuff several times. It was beginning to look like a success after all. Last night I had to go to a dinner. After work I checked the basket and it was so full the water had stopped flowing. I emptied the basket and the water started flowing again. that was about 24 hours ago. I got home from work tonight and checked the basket. I was completely empty, which I thought was bad because I knew no one but me would empty it becasue i have teen age kids who would not do a thing if I dont tell them. Anyway, the filter basket was empty and the water was not flowing. I lifted out the basket, nothing. Under the basket are two openings or outlets. One was competley clear. The other is full of sand, not filter sand but sand and gravel, like from the creek. I tried to push the garden hose down the hole and it appears to be completely full of sand. Could this sand be from under the pool? how did the plumbing bust? Help
I am sure I complained about this last year but one of the reasons I have not spent much time on the forums is I bought a forclosure home about a year and a half ago. Basically eveything in the house is broke unitl I fix it. Well last year the pool worked fine. I had a pro come close it and was going to have someone come open it this spring.
now the trouble begins. The guy called me in March or Feb stating he would come open the pool including getting the water and leaves off the tarp cover over the pool. A couple of weeks ago he called and said I had to get the cover off myself, from the looks of things that would be most of the work. So I decided to do it myself. Well of course i spilled about a ton of leaves and water into the pool turning the clear water to a dirty mess with leaves. Well I spent a couple of days straining them out. Then I added the chlorine, turned on the filter and the water had cleared up a lot, I got out a lot more leaves with the net and the filter basket filled with leaves and stuff several times. It was beginning to look like a success after all. Last night I had to go to a dinner. After work I checked the basket and it was so full the water had stopped flowing. I emptied the basket and the water started flowing again. that was about 24 hours ago. I got home from work tonight and checked the basket. I was completely empty, which I thought was bad because I knew no one but me would empty it becasue i have teen age kids who would not do a thing if I dont tell them. Anyway, the filter basket was empty and the water was not flowing. I lifted out the basket, nothing. Under the basket are two openings or outlets. One was competley clear. The other is full of sand, not filter sand but sand and gravel, like from the creek. I tried to push the garden hose down the hole and it appears to be completely full of sand. Could this sand be from under the pool? how did the plumbing bust? Help