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  1. As I had stated in the fist posting, I am not familiar enough with this site to know exactly what to do to accomplish this. I'll happily send it to you through e-mail, as I know how to do that, and you can take it from there.
  2. I'll e-mail them to you- see what you think. I'll try to reduce its size so it doesn't take forever. Drop me a line @danny@starr-litepools.com. so I know that you got it. Take care.
  3. I negelected to mention that the building department is having trouble determining whether or not this issue is considered a building code violation.
  4. I've been in the fiberglass pool industry for the last 24 years, and I can honestly say that I have never seen what I had just recently been made aware of from contact with a homeowner. I had a customer contact me to provide assistance with regard to a previous pool crack as to its possible causation. Upon viewing the installation photo's, it showed that the installing contractor rather than leveling the pool at the shallow end- physically removed the top of the coping to level it; I'm talking about 25 feet of it- gone- and once the pool was filled with water installed waterline tile to hide his mistake. I'd like the opportunity to post the picture of exactly what I am explaining, but I am not familiar enough with the web-site to know how to post from my computer- I would appreciate any info. My experience with fiberglass is that the coping gives the pool its strength and integrity- and removal of such seriously weakens the pool itself- not withstanding the fact that doing so goes beyond the scope of the engineering design of the pool and exposes the manufacturer to a liability that could have otherwise been avoided. Any input?
  5. Correct, and that is generally 14.7 psi at sea level. Unfortunately, thats the pressure of everything(inside the pipe as well as outside the pipe) at sea level. If you're suggesting to just plug the returns and suctions and see if the pool stops loosing water, i agree. I would just leave the word "static" out, it may be confusing to interpret. When I answered robfire I never thought I'd end up getting into a semantic argument over terminology with someone whom I never met- do not know where they hail from or what their background is. In Florida- namely the Florida Building Code- section 424.2.12 it states with regard to new construction that "All pool piping shall be inspected and approved before being concealed or covered. It shall be tested and proved tight to the satisfaction of the administrative authority, under a STATIC water or air pressure test of not less than 35 psi for 15 minutes. So, if I am using the wrong terminology to describe how to pressure test then so is the State of Florida where I am currently licensed as a state Certified Commercial Pool Contractor and have been for 6 years now. I signed on to this forum to answer the questions posed and provide help- I do not post just for the sake of doing so.
  6. Do you mean a pressure test? "Static pressure" is no pressure applied. You will find out faster (if you have a leak) if you apply positive pressure to the line. The American Heritage dictionary defines static pressure as "The pressure exerted by a liguid or gas, especially air or water, when the bodies on which the pressure is exerted is not in motion"
  7. I meant sectioning off a specific section of pipe- inducing water into the line to no more than say 20 psi tops and see if it holds; if it does not there is a leak in that line. If I in any way mis-spoke or was un clear- I do apologize.
  8. If your pool seems to be leaking when the pump is running, I would suspect a plumbing leak. Usually the best course of action is to submit each section of plumbing to a static pressure test. I'd probably start with the returns, then skimmer line then main drain. Whatever section of piping doesn't hold static pressure is your leaking line. You may want to hire a leak detection company- they should be able to go farther in that they should have an electronic listening device- (made by Fisher) and can narrow it down to a specific fitting. Otherwise you would have to trace it backto the break.
  9. I don't know if you've tried this yet but, there is a clarifier that is called aqua floc or Floccing agent . How it works is that once added to the pool leave pool pump running 1 hour and shut off. Ideally, the clarifier takes all the particulate and drops it out of suspension to the bottom of the pool so it can be vacuumed out. If it works, you will want to be sure to vacuum that debris to waste before the pool pump comes back on the next day or all that debris will be stirred up again.
  10. Is the debris really fine in nature? Every once in awhile, I've had a problem with really fine organic material not being caught when being vacuumed. Of the three types of filters out there,sand will not remove nearly as many particles as a cartridge or DE filter will. I still believe that the only way to tell for sure about the functionality of your filter is to inspect it internally, anything short of that is speculation at best. AS a last resort, I have added no more than a cup of DE into the skimmer, and then vacuumed the pool. The DE helps to catch the really fine particulate that the sand cannot- I stress THIS IS ONLY A LAST RESORT MEASURE. When done vacuuming, backwashing will flush the DE out of the system.
  11. It sounds to me that you may have a broken lateral in the sand filter itself. The "laterals" are radiating arms at the bottome of the sand filter where the water is forced back to the pool once push through the sand. If it is indeed a broken lateral, you will have silica sand from the filter blowing back through the return lines. Either way it needs to be checked. Hope that helps Starr-Lite pools
  12. Being the only legitimate competition that this gentleman has, and having been knowledgable of his work, for some 18 years or more, and our being situated in highlands county for many years we have been in competition. I can think of no situations involving his pools that we had to become involved in. He picks the pools that he wishes to do and gets them done. My opinion is he is a good choice- speaking with 550 pools we have installed as a background.
  13. I would like the opportunity to reply to the allegations set forth by "duped senior" as set forth herein. I can say that the last contact from this person was over a year ago. Our company is family owned and has been selling fiberglass pools from Blue Hawaiian in Largo, FL. since it was Blue Dolphin in 1986. With Regard to the crack in question, I was not notified that there was a problem in writing, as is required not only in my contract signed by "duped senior"; but with the manufacturer as well. The first notification of such was from the manufacturer- by passing us completely- three and a half years after its installation. A personality conflict between "duped senior" and I on certain aspects has put us at odds with each other. We have never inspected such crack or been allowed on property. On several occasions, both our company and the manufacturer spoke with "duped senior" to resolve her issue. We were both informed that a third party has patched her pool- thus invalidating any warranty the pool had. Blue Hawaiian works to resolve warranty issues as do we. As with any product, problems can and will have the possibility to develop. I take issue that none of the complaints made dealt with any building code violations by our company specific to the pools construction, which was evidenced by her reports to "BBB, DPR and 8 on your side." Addendums and timeline issues are the major facets. I try to be of help to the customers in the area I serve. Despite efforts to the contrary, an inability to resolve issues between "duped senior" has made for an impass between us- that coupled with the continuous circumventing correspondence with our company to effect results. Starr-Lite Pools
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