Recent content by indyattic

Yes, I am now vaccuuming at least twice a day. I was away from home and trusted DH and the kids to maintain the pool. When I came back, it was green and I found out that DH had just been dumping in chlorine and backwashing. On top of that we had to replace a valve under the pool, which meant we...

Thanks for your help. I just scrubbed and vaccummed for an hour or so, then checked my readings. After sitting in the sun all day: FC 9 CC .5 pH: 7.5 TA 120 I am happy that the FC is holding relatively well. It took me days to get to this point. :cheers: I will bump it up to 16 and see...

There isn't a lot of CYA on the floor, at least that I can see. Just noticed some floating particles when I went to take samples. I used the Pool Calculator for the CYA - I had 10 and was trying to bring it up to 40 per that. The water is still cloudy and a little green.

I've been workin' the steps for about a week, and I'm so close now that I don't want to accidentally make any steps backwards. Thanks in advance! I am using a TF50 test kit. Last night, our FC was at 12, and this morning DH said it tested at 11.5. However I tested the same sample again when...

I think you really need to get a better test kit. Trust me - even if you get it cleaned up this time without it, someday you'll go on vacation and come back to a green pool, and you'll wish you had bought it when they told you to. (There's a reason I know that.) Do you know for sure how much...

Our pool is like that. There' s a small gap between the deck and the pool, and that's where the tie-downs go. Yes, we (ok - the kids) have to climb under the deck to fasten the cover down.

If you look at my post count, you'll see that I am hardly an expert. :mrgreen: However, when I was tinkering with my "stuff" earlier, I noticed that the Pool Calculator says you can use either. But it takes more borax than washing soda to achieve the same results, so personally, I went with...

Thanks so much. Good to know that I might be better off replacing it next time, too. If I do that, I'll also move it to a place where I don't have to crawl under the deck to reach the dratted thing. I was hoping to avoid buying a whole new valve. The replacement cover is only $20 shipped...

I have a big oval Doughboy above ground pool. The deck is built around it, and most of the plumbing is under the deck. My pool has two returns, one on the bottom on the deep end, and one on the side. Pretty standard. There is a Hayward Dial-A-F....(something, the sticker is torn there) valve...

Heh! I ended up going in. I wasn't swimming yet, I was scrubbing. I think it made a difference. I have now held my 10 ppm for 2 entire hours! And my TA is down to 180 from 257. It is so wonderful to see some progress. There was so much muck that it took us 2 weeks of scooping, filtering...

Woot! I finally have held my shock for a whole hour!

I have another question: Can I get into the water to scrub without doing my skin harm? My FC is (hopefully) around 10, and my CYA is at 10.

Thanks! We had vacuumed it quite well, but it's fall and the trees are dropping "stuff." I don't want to get behind. An update ...because my test kit only goes up to a 3, i am using stupid test strips until I can get a better test. (I am going to order it off this site.) Last night we dropped...

I have a question - can I vacuum the pool while getting my water properly adjusted, or will stirring it up give me inaccurate results?

Well, I added the acid, then dear hubby added the bleach after a couple of hours. I just went to check my FC level, and found that my test kit only scales up to 3.0 - Argh! So I had to resort to the stupid, hard to interpret strips. And it started raining. :roll: