Recent content by kwhyde

Ugggg....in reading more, I think I've caused these stains when I went on vacation. My Ph drifts up regularly, and I put extra chlorine since I'd be gone. Think this is the culprit? Ph has always raised rather quickly.

The vitamin c worked on the steps...easy enough! Assuming the ones in the deep end are the same, I've read about crushing the tablets and putting them in a stocking. How do I get the stocking to stay on the curved portion of the pool? How long does it typically take the vitamin c to work? As...

Hi there. I have rust colored stains that are on my plaster in deep end and on 1st step. See pics. Any ideas? Water sparkling clear.

Thanks for the videos. My husband did change the sand after 10 years of using a Hayward sand filter with the same sand. He had read that it loses it's coarseness and becomes ineffective. Our water became crystal clear after for a couple of weeks, only to become green again in the last couple...

I have. It is on the conversation bench, so only one foot of water above. Probably dried in sun over the day. It is hard.

We are getting a new concrete deck installed with brick coping. They installed coping yesterday, and what do you know....there are a couple spots where a quarter sized glob of mortar fell onto our gunite pool surface. Any advice on how to remove them safely with minimal damage to gunite? I'm...

Thanks, guys....will have some fun playing with that tomorrow.....

I need to apply Vitamin C to a stain in the deep end of my pool. I've read where people put it in a sock and weigh a rock down on it, but I can't swim all the way to the very bottom where it is. It is even on the sloped part where a rock wouldn't rest. Any other suggestion for how to rig it...

Great! I've got some powdered shock (it says dichlor) left from my BAD days of high CYA....can I use that to raise my CYA understanding it will lower my PH a bit?

Here are my current numbers: FC 3 CC .5 TC 3.5 PH 7.5 TA 70 CH 240 CYA 25-30 I know I need to add my normal bleach, but I'm guessing I need to go ahead and bump my CYA a bit. We've had a TON of rain in the past month. Should I also bump the TA and CH numbers as well? They seem a bit low for...

Makes sense. Probably over winter. We don't cover and with cold weather, FC was probably down for a while.

Could I be wrong? What are the implications if I am? Added a bit of borax this a.m. to raise pH a bit.

I did the test of rubbing it on a piece of paper....green streak. Also, it's in all the typical black algae places....

I had a bit of black algae growth, so brushing with soft brush, and following with the wire brush on the various small areas of black algae. So trying to shock for a couple of days to kill it. Having a party Saturday...first of season. Should I just go buy stabilizer? I assume it is quicker...

Started using BBB method mid-season last year. LOVE IT! We had HUGE CYA numbers and had to drain and refill several times. Well, believe it or not, we have had sooo much rain that my CYA is now 20 or maybe a bit less. I know I need to add some stabilizer. I have some pucks left from my...