Recent content by graler

I went to WM yesterday looking for bleach and they only had a few old bottles of the Cleaning (8.25%) on the shelf. Everything else was this new Concentrated bottle ( listed as 6%). The price on each was 2.94 per bottle. Looks like I will have to search out a new source for bleach or go to their...

I was in the pool today as the landscaper for the property behind me was working. I now know what some of the stuff in my pool is. Billowing clouds of dust every time he went by leaving a very nice coating a stuff on my pool surface. I did find some algae growing in the foam on my weir door. It...

We get the same kind of accumulation. Small brown collections - like a snow drift. When I brush I can see clouds of stuff kicked up. The water tests fine - no CC - ever. It is almost like the water is in layers and near the bottom there is not alot of movement. I find that when I brush daily it...

I saw this 10% at WM and bought it. That is what I started the summer on. Once we started swimming the family was saying that their skin felt dry. I checked PH, chlorine, and TA levels and all where right in line. The bleach source was the only thing different. I used up what I had and went back...

Just got an email from Leslies. It is Shock Week - who woulda known. Glad I wont be celebrating or even participating.

When i leave the pool for an extended period of time I throw some tabs in a floater. The CYA gain isn't going to be enough to impact anything.

I think I already know the answer to this. I have an above ground pool. In Texas we have been getting a little rain lately (last weekend was 10") the skies opened up again last night. Lots of pumping water to waste (sorry California if I could get it to you I would). This morning I am standing...

Yeah the light and the weir were both clear.

First off this has been a great summer - first full summer with the pool and this method makes it easy to maintain. With that being said we always had some small accumulation of what looked like dead algae each day. The numbers were perfect always within spec. In the last week or two I made a...

Last year we had a green Baquacil pool and very little swimming. Made the conversion several months ago and are really enjoying the pool. 100 degree days feel different now. Cooling clear water!

All of our water pathways to and from the pump and filter are those ribbed hoses that came with the original system. The line from the filter to the pool tends to move around as the water flows through it. That movement has now caused a small leak. It is time to upgrade. It looks like 1 1/2...

The pockets in the back are perfectly sized for pavers and in the instruction sheet it mentions pavers can be used to prevent floating.