Recent content by alphadog

I have not been diligent at measuring chlorine - I had some cloudiness start when the season went from cool to warm - I thought I caught it. I had never measured CC in the past, but I got an upgraded FAS DPD kit with CC measure - seeing it at zero had me looking for "other problems" instead of...

Thanks for the reply. I always think I have things dialed in for the year, than bam, something changes.

My season started off great (of course pool water was cool) - as things heated up I started to see a little cloudiness. I have 9 year old gunite/plaster pool. All chemicals balanced when opened in may - CYA 50, PH 7.6 - I don't have TA or CH handy but they were all good. I just replaced my...

Thanks, i just have this fear that I will order a seal kit, then find diffuser has a problem, order a diffuser, then find impeller is cracked...... But I just priced pumps, seals are way cheaper. And thanks for the hint on better seals, that is new to me.

I have a 1.5 hp Hayward super 2 pump. It started leaking last season and I can’t tell from where. I assume it is the shaft seal as it it is 9-10 years old. Should I bother replacing the seals, or just replace the entire unit? This pump runs my Paramount cleaning system. I am concerned if I only...

I have an in floor/wall pool cleaner, so mixing can't be it. And the heads clean stairs so shouldn't be that. Pool was drained for a month while tile was replaced and shocked with new water. Oh well

I did the overnight test, and i dropped from 9.5 to 7 PPM to i guess something is living in there. I will have to SLAM it - wish i knew how it happens when it never went below 7ppm this year so far.

I will have to add it to my signature - good point - cloudiness has been consistent for a week - i had also dumped in a gallon of chlorine a week ago to raise the PPM a bit, but no effect on water quality. It hasn't got better or worse. Gunite/plaster pool. SWG, Hayward cartridge filter (4 -...

I started the season late, drain and fill due to new tile that I installed. Everything looks great, but the water is just slightly cloudy - i can see the main drain fine, but it just isn't crystal clear. My fill water is always high alkalinity so i spend every year working to get TA down, and...

I guess i am surprised that the coping which is adhered to the bond beam via thinset/mortar would expand/contract and not pop off, and the same could occur for the tile, but yet the joint between them would move enough to crack when they are both adhered to the beam with the same mortar/thinset...

Thanks for the feedback.. i worked for a pool company in my younger days, but we always poured cantilever and used the plastic cove edge. I was in Virginia and there was snow. In Ohio now with similar seasons. Even if the grout line cracks due to some coping movement, i can't see that taking...

I am re-tiling my pool (3rd time this has had to be done as first time the frostproof tile failed at being frost proof, and second time installer installed wrong) and so do it right, i am doing it myself. Gunite pool, plaster finish, old tile removed and surface is clean and flat (chipping and...

Thanks everyone... will do some aeration to get back down to around 50 TA and see how it goes.

I would have to check fill water, but have not had to add any with rain this year. No water features - I do have in floor cleaning system, but it doesn't aerate. I would like to see my pool stay at 7.4 to 7.6 for some period of time. it seems like it was more stable after the aeration for...

Thanks, I had my TA at 60 PPM and it seemed to demand acid still - so i thought maybe it was too low. From the Taylor kit, i thought that to low or to high would cause bounce, so I raised it from 60 to about 90 - still the same bounce. Sounds like i need to read up on borates. My pool is...