Recent content by Gail/Dave

Thanks for all the input!!! Much appreciated!😀

Is there a real difference between a 8 and 12 mill solar blanket as far as heating the water during the day and keeping heat in at night.

thank you I now have the filter on recirculate as suggested. this is what I’ve done to date. I have been slamming for over a week. CYA at the beginning of this time was 50 after repeated filter cleanings and topping water off its at 40. FC has been between 15 and 22 PH Between 7.2 and 7.5 TA...

I have a DE filter and I’m cleaning out a LOT of algae . This is my question does it seem plausible that I would have to clean the filter every hr ? Or should

Ambient temperature is 55 today snowed this weekend ? temp at night just above freezing. Pool temperature ⛄️! About 50! MN you gotta love it!!

Thanks for the help. does the poly fill in the skimmer change the flow rate and is there any thing i should pay attention to.

The water is very clear just an off color and yes we have Iron in the fill water we have extreamly hard water with iron. . Yes i believe the # are right i dont believe the water softener was able to keep up with the pool fill

Need some help we just started up a brand new above grd pool, better late then never, and the water is kinda a greenish blue. Opening # FC -- 0 CC - 0 PH- 7.8 TA -175 CH -250 CyA - 0 I added chlorine and CYA only so far. Pool was greenish blue before adding bleach and cya. It took 2 days to...

will do and will let you know the results thanks

I went out and looked at the top of the valve and it has a rinse on it also i will start turning the lever in on direction from now on, I'm also going to do some reading on how to operate the filter. :salut:thanks. Also because of the age of the pool filter my husband is going to check to see if...

The filter has a multi-port valve. thanks for the info on posting picture

this is the picture of the pool IMG_2637_zpsbdvq4jxy.jpg Photo by gwdw1 | Photobucket what is rinse after back washing never heard of that. Also we have had the pool / equipment since sept of last year. we got it used. the guy at the pool store said we could use glass in that filter instead of...

this season when i opened the pool we had a swamp! Ive been filtering and shocking pool for almost three weeks now. Ive been vacuuming at least 2 times per day and checking chlorine levels a minimum of 3 times per day. my numbers have been pretty consistent over this time. they are as follows...