Recent content by Fndr70

i got you, thanks! I'll backwash it asap then.

Interesting, thanks. I feel though that I would be backwashing like every two weeks then.

Can you expand on that more? I can't adjust the clean pressure and 'red pressure' (for lack of a better term) differential. It's just a dial on the pressure gauge. My pool guy set it when he opened the pool. The green is at about 10-11 so the red is at 20-21. Are you saying I should...

Is there any harm to backwashing a DE filter before the pressure hits the red line? Right now my pressure is about 17 and the red line is 20. At the pace the pressure is rising I will hit the red line in like 2 weeks when i'm on vacation. So is there any harm in backwashing it early? I doubt...

Thank you both for the info!

Hi everyone, I recently added CYA to get my level up to 60 (it was 0.... pool was built and filled last fall but not used till now). pH was 7.8 before starting the addition now it's 7.2, which makes sense. However my TA went up from 80 to 90 (the drop test is subjective though because it...

Thanks for explaining the sock method. This might be a REALLY stupid question but does it have to be a white sock? I'm more of a colored sock kinda guy lol

Hi all, End of last year I got an inground pool with a SWG installed. Previously I had an above ground pool so I'm familiar with the care, but I'm unsure of how much CYA I need for an SWG pool. Right now I have the SWG at 50% and my FC goes between 2.5 and 3.0. I have no CYA in the pool...

I ended up getting the Taylor 2006-c cuz it’s what I already had and it was on sale on Amazon. Plus it’s one of the recommended kits in here. I also got the Taylor salt test kit.

Thank you for the advise! I know the basics but will refresh myself. I was under the impression that a salt water pool is maintained differently than a chlorine pool but seems I was mistaken. Any recommendations in a complete kit?

Ok here are my numbers FC 1.0 (I had the solar cover off most of the day) Ph 7.2 TA 70 Calcium hardness - about 100 but I found this test difficult to read CYA - 0 (cuz I haven’t added any) So if calcium hardness doesn’t really matter I guess I just need a little stabilizer right?

No heater

Will post a full suite of test results later today. FYI some of my regents are a more than a few years old because I never really used them.

Hello everyone, At the end of last year we had an in ground pool installed with a salt water filter. Previously we had an above ground chlorine pool so I’m familiar with the basics. However with the salt water pool I’m getting conflicting information rom different sources so I am trying to...

Yeah I think that’s the plan. As far as I can tel it’s just sitting in ground. I only want this pool to last one more year so I really don’t want to drain and Re level if I don’t have to. I’ll just keep an eye on it and lol for any significant changes.