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Michael Silvester

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  1. Those pictures are so ghastfulness .That's so glad to hear it's better now Hi, Congratulations on getting your pool back to normal! Take Care, Michael Silvester
  2. Hi Da craw, Hight chlorine levels and shocking the pool with the pool cover still on will cause this damage to your pool cover. At this stage there is nothing you can do other than taking off your pool cover so that the small bits of plastic dont clog up your skimmer basket. Cut your losses and put this one down to experience. Take Care, Michael Silvester
  3. Hi All, I'm setting up an Autoresponder series Newsletter about Swimming Pool Maintenance and I'd like to know ====================================== If you had just One question about Maintaining your swimming pool...What would it be? ====================================== Regards, Michael Silvester
  4. Hey waterbear, Your put up a great argument Regards, Michael Silvester
  5. Hi, In my country, Automatic chlorinator could mean anything. You of all people should know that people make up all sorts of names for equipment. I know people that dont have a clue if their pool is salt or not. So I dont think it was such a crazy thing to say and that first post could be taken either way. Regards, Michael Silvester
  6. Hi, If you have a salt pool, there is absolutely no way the chlorinator can produce any chlorine if you have no salt. That's if you have a salt pool. If it is not salt do exactly what waterbear has suggested. Regards, Michael Silvester
  7. Calm Down Waterbear...You might blow a gasket Sand Filter = 60 microns (With sand) Cartridge = 20 microns D.E Filter = 6 Microns For the newbies out there the smaller the number the better the filter is at picking up smaller particles. To me the choice is simple, and this is my personal opinion only. I would go with a sand filter and fill it with something like zeolite or zelbrite (volcanic medium) as this will filter to about 3 microns according to some manufacturers. Combine that high quality filtering with the ease of backwashing and your set! Regards, Michael Silvester
  8. Hi, I hate leaks...they are such a pain in the ass! The above post is correct, you have to wait to see where the water level drops stops. Once it stops. Buy yourself a leak kit. (Colored Dye) Then do the army crawl around the edge of the pool slowly squirting the dye around any joiners, plumbing etc. The dye will get sucked right into the leak. Try the most obvious spots first...and make sure the pump is off. the water has to be perfectly still. So take your time and try not to rush as you'll stir the water up too much and it wont work. Once you have found the leak you can add a clear vinyl patch to the area. This will be included in any good leak test kit. Good Luck.. Regards, Michael Silvester
  9. Hi All, Take "Waterbear"s advice. Spot on! Another great tip that I learned from my Advanced Water Chemistry Study is that yellow algae can be re-introduced back into the pool via clothing! So if your still swimming, put everyones bathers into the washing machine and add some algaecide to the wash. You dont need much, just quick splash. Normal washing will not get yellow mustard out of clothing or bathers. Hope this helps? Regards, Michael Silvester
  10. Hi, I see these little buggers all the time...They usually jump in when the chlorine is low. The best way to rid them is to shock your pool with chlorine and add a strong algaecide. Keep the chlorine levels at 4-5ppm for 10 days. 1. the shock will kill the young ones 2. Algaecide makes it uncomfortable for the adults Make sure you keep the chlorine at 4-5ppm for the 10 days. The little buggers will either die or leave. Try it...It works every time! Regards, Michael Silvester
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