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tfinch2

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Yikes. How long did it take your pool to get that way in the first place? No cleaning through the winter?
 
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Thats nasty. What did you need, about 300 bags of shock to get that thing clean?
 
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Goosemaster

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ewww...please tell me that you didn;t swim in that


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Did you get that dye that turns colors when urine hits it?
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LOFL..that would be HILARIOUS
 
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So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: compnovice
I know pools have bugs in them...thats about it....
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You should also realize that pools should never be green...especially FOREST green.

Your pool was like saint patrick's day meets the shining, modeps.
 
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Modeps

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Haha, yeah well... things had a way of kicking my ass when I was down. Last summer my wife and I went away for a week to Jamaica. I turned off the filter because it was acting weird and I didnt want any problems. I came back to a pool with some leaves in it, and a little green. I tried to get it back to clear, but to no avail... so we just had another company close it.

This year, I take the cover off and it's still greenish but not as bad as in that picture... I tried to hook up the pump and the piping fell apart in my hands (rusted through). It took me a month of going back and forth to the pool store with various attempts at hooking the pool back up (It was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole type of deal) parts would break after it was working for a day... it was great fun. A month without the top on and the sun hitting the pool helped the algae population a bit.

Finally we got it going.. and there you see the before and after shots of chemical treatment. "Yellow Out" algae killer, about 24 1-lb bags of shock, and lots of leaf hunting and vaccuuming.
 
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Modeps

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
Originally posted by: Unheard
Thats nasty. What did you need, about 300 bags of shock to get that thing clean?
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bags?
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Shock comes in liquid and powder form.. I buy the powder (bags).
 
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loup garou

Lifer
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Dude...wtf happened to your bug thread? I can't find it.

Anyways, that bug was a caterpillar hunter.
 
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Originally posted by: Modeps
Haha, yeah well... things had a way of kicking my ass when I was down. Last summer my wife and I went away for a week to Jamaica. I turned off the filter because it was acting weird and I didnt want any problems. I came back to a pool with some leaves in it, and a little green. I tried to get it back to clear, but to no avail... so we just had another company close it.

This year, I take the cover off and it's still greenish but not as bad as in that picture... I tried to hook up the pump and the piping fell apart in my hands (rusted through). It took me a month of going back and forth to the pool store with various attempts at hooking the pool back up (It was like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole type of deal) parts would break after it was working for a day... it was great fun. A month without the top on and the sun hitting the pool helped the algae population a bit.

Finally we got it going.. and there you see the before and after shots of chemical treatment. "Yellow Out" algae killer, about 24 1-lb bags of shock, and lots of leaf hunting and vaccuuming.
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man why didnt you just buy a 25# bucket of shock?

also you can we hang that portion of liner thats out of track,lower the water level alittle and get your biggest pot, fill it and bring to a boil then pour it on the spot and tug and clip.

i own a pool company.

 
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So

Lifer
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Originally posted by: surferdude
also you can we hang that portion of liner thats out of track,lower the water level alittle and get your biggest pot, fill it and bring to a boil then pour it on the spot and tug and clip.
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Uh...I about half followed that...could you clarify?
 
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bctbct

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Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: surferdude
also you can we hang that portion of liner thats out of track,lower the water level alittle and get your biggest pot, fill it and bring to a boil then pour it on the spot and tug and clip.
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Uh...I about half followed that...could you clarify?
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Heres the other half

Looks like you have a sag in your liner or that you have a beaded liner and that the bead popped out.

Either way pour hot water on it and stretch it back into place.

 
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Staples

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Good job. My pool looks that bad in the Spring usually befcause I don't touch after it gets cold and it is under big trees so I get lots of leaves in it.

I actually took care of it this year so I has not looked that bad for at least 18 months.
 
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Originally posted by: bctbct
Originally posted by: So
Originally posted by: surferdude
also you can we hang that portion of liner thats out of track,lower the water level alittle and get your biggest pot, fill it and bring to a boil then pour it on the spot and tug and clip.
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Uh...I about half followed that...could you clarify?
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Heres the other half

Looks like you have a sag in your liner or that you have a beaded liner and that the bead popped out.

Either way pour hot water on it and stretch it back into place.
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thx yea what he said:)
 
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