Recent content by Dmsattelberg

The only reason I ask if its your first year is because last year I took over a pool mid summer to take care of. At the start of the season, Sustain Summer Shield was put in the pool. This product acted like CYA, but you couldn't test for it. I added CYA, and during my SLAM had to increase my...

Fran, Is this the first year of using TFP.....first year of using just bleach in otherwords?

It stinks that you are going through all this now, but don't let that get you down. Without finding your broken pipe, you could have been chasing your tail for a while before discovering this problem. I cannot comment on the pea gravel, but I would do what the filter recommends. Once you get...

I always test in the evening. Make sure pump has been running for at least 1/2 an hour so the water is well mixed. I get water from about 12 inches down in the water. I add bleach in the evening after my testing, just so the chlorine doesn't have to compete with the sun...

I had the same problem last year with finding "stuff" on the bottom of my pool after changing over from cal-hypo to bleach. I eventually took a turkey baster to the bottom of the pool and sucked it out to see if I could figure out what it was. I let it sit overnight in a small glass to let the...

You could alway buy a cheap graduated cylinder from a lab shop, online, or ebay

I would like to chime in as well. Took over my in laws pool last year, as they are getting older, and was tired of looking at a dirty, dingy pool. Found this site, and as they say, the rest is history. First order of business was to order the TF100 and read, read, read pool school. I am also...

Are you sure you added Boric Acid?

to save even more money, go to a hardware store for the acid, probably half the price of pool store muriatic acid...

Keep at it....In no time at all you will be able to throw a quarter in the pool and tell if its heads or tails....If your eyes are good, maybe even read the year. :)

Just follow these plans, and in a bout 1-2 weeks, you will wonder what all the fuss was about..... One thing that was mentioned, and I just want to drive the point home is to brush the pool daily. I was in your shoes over the summer, and the pool I was working on turned out beautiful. Some...

stunning is the word I would use.... absolutely love it....

Tiba80, You are on the right track. You are so much better off than you were a few weeks ago. Just remember that life happens, and at times you wont be able to baby the pool as much as called for. It may take a little longer than it would if you were testing it 4 or more times a day, but...

Experts, please chime in if I'm wrong with the next statement; You stated your CYA was 45. According to the CYA/Chlorine chart you need to be dosing at 18. I would make sure you DO NOT let your chlorine get below that while doing the SLAM. Dose your pool a little higher to insure that it...

If you use the pool calculator on this site, it looks like you will need to replace about 75% of your water to shoot for a CYA of 50...I would hate to see anything happen to the pool if you were to do that all in one step, so my advice is do it a few feet at a time, but dont bother running a CYA...