Recent content by ar.control.tech

Ya know, that would have been a good thing to write down. I'm not sure what it was. come to think of it, I don't think I ever actually saw it. The second dose I put in was a Wal-Mart special, though.

So i hate it when people don't ever tell how they ended up so here's the update, but way too late. After spending WAAYYY too much on chlorine trying to SLAM my way through it. I let the chlorine level drop and maintained a normal level. The water, chemically, was near perfect. The taylor kit...

It is the S244T. I folded them down to maybe 20 degrees from level.

About a month ago, I decided to change the sand in my pool filter. I have no history of the pool (how old, maintenance issues, etc.) and was having a masssive algae issue. So we decided to change the filter sand before doing a SLAM. In the process of cleaning it all out, one of the lateral arms...

yup, i am. but the brush doesn't provide enough friction to knock it off in one pass, or multiple passes. actually i got a nylon scrub brush and started in on it with that. stick isn't very long though.... "Herbie" is making his rounds across the bottom and I'm hoping he's knocking it down...

not yet. as you suggested, I though maybe it was too early. I think I'm going to start it this week.

Still going. Still milky. it feels like it's clearing up but I still can't see the second step. well i can see the steps outline. but nothing clear. I'm almost positive that it the scaling is a major factor. if i stick my arm in the pool and rub it off you can see waves of white come up. I'm...

I'm a disaster, this is my third attempt at replying. In short, ran the full test on a brand new K-2006 test kit. FC=12 (ran out of chlorine yesterday), CC=2.5, PH is 7.2, TA= 90, CH=130, CYA=90. I have bad scaling because my PH was WAAYYY high before hand. I understand the OCLT to be simply...

Thanks for the reinforcement, Duraleigh. Viking, floc is now a nuclear option. I did it after opening last year. It was a total nightmare. Every time the floc settled, I would vacuum it out. I was told to vacuum to waste so i would drain the pool below the skimmers in a matter of minutes. It...

I have been struggling all year with this pool. Last year, the pool store had me running circles. I gave it one more shot to open up this year and never got anywhere. Still had a swamp and they had $300 of my money. So I made the change. I started the SLAM this past Thursday after getting my...

Okay, so first time long time and all that. Or kind of. I moved into this money pit and this dang pool is a microcosm of my woes. I have spent thousands and labored hours on this stupid thing...I've tried wally world chems, i've tried unethical pool stores, and now it's your turn TFP...