Best pool vacuum heads according to redditors
We found 1 Reddit comment discussing the best pool vacuum heads. We ranked the 1 resulting product by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 1 Reddit comment discussing the best pool vacuum heads. We ranked the 1 resulting product by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
If you can get to a pool store once every other week or so at least, a smaller test kit is fine. The only levels that need adjustment more than every couple weeks/monthly are chlorine, pH, and alkalinity. The salt level, CYA, and calcium/hardness don't change quickly enough (outside of a major rainstorm dumping in tons of fresh water) to warrant weekly testing. I would get a Taylor Troubleshooter K-1004 test kit. If you want to be fancier, or decrease your reliance on the pool store testing, get the Taylor K-2005-SALT kit. It'll test pretty much everything. I personally prefer the 2005 kits over the 2006 kits because the 2006 kits use a powdered first reagent for chlorine that annoys the hell outta me while the 2005 uses all liquid. But what would I know, I've only tested water poolside a few thousand times.
For the fine powder in the pool, you need to vacuum it which will require a 1.5" vacuum hose in whatever length let's you cover the pool from the skimmer and a vacuum head. I could write a few paragraphs on how to use these, but YouTube has numerous videos on how to vacuum a pool that'll show it much better than I could type it.
Your filter is a Hayward Swimclear. Looks like the C1200, but hard to tell which one it is without knowing how tall it is. It has a cylindrical cartridge inside that needs to be cleaned probably every week or two during the season. Again, a video can teach you this better than I can type, so YouTube 'how to clean a pool cartridge filter'. Also, your pressure gauge is busted. Grab a new one next time you're at the pool store. It'll screw off, and the new one will screw on with some Teflon tape on the threads to seal it.
The Aquacal Heatwave is a heat pump that works the same way an A/C does, but in reverse order, to pull heat from the ambient air around it to heat up your pool water. You turn it on, tell it what temp you want the water to be, and give it a few days up to a week to heat the water pretty damned efficiently (compared to a gas fired heater). Some models even have the ability to cool the water down if it gets too warm in the summer. Hard to tell which one you have based on the pics.
As for the main drain in the side of the pool, it's hard to say what exactly it is or for without having better pictures showing more wide angle shots of your equipment pad, and of the whole pool at once.