Recent content by michaelpdough

I have an Intermatic T101P3 in the plastic enclosure. The hinges on the door have broken off. I really don't want to replace the box, nor do I want to buy the whole box only to replace the door. Any idea where I could find (and purchase) a door by itslef? There is no particular hurry, the...

Here is the update: I did the OCLT last night, and it was at or below .5. The stuff is accumulating on the sides mostly, but when I brush the sides it goes to the bottom and just sits. Pollen seems unlikely in Florida in June. Yes to the skimmer sock, but I am not sure about the circulation...

Pool went a bit green middle of this week. Started a SLAM and have been at it for about 36 hours. What I am realizing is that there is still a bit of residue that is collecting on the sides, and when swept down, it just seems to collect on the bottom and go nowhere. My numbers (posted below)...

Issac-1, that worked incredibly well on the green. I will up my testing regiment over the next 48 hours to keep my eye on the levels to see if anything strange happens and if a SLAM is required. Now what about the black? It is very much like in the picture. Much worse in the corners and...

Here's a pic of the (by far) worst part. Notice the black above to the left, and to the right. That is around the entire pool in patches -- again on the shady side. I have not really been able to remove it. I have tried scrubbing, even tried a bit of acid with a wire brush -- it worked but...

My pool has just developed green something-or-other on the vertical side of the cement deck which is (obviously) above the water line. We had a lot of rain over the last months here in Florida, so for a few weeks, it would actually go above the line, but not for long. The green is especially...

I have now been testing my own water for about a month -- what a difference! I always thought my water was really clear while I was trusting the pool store -- but now it is even clearer, and I have not had to buy any extra chemicals -- just bleach/chlorine! I do have a question about the...

pH was 7.8, but I have treated to lower it. I tested my tap water and CH level there is 350, so a swap is not going to do that much. I am going to try to divert some rain water and see if that will lower it. Florida rains are here every day! What should I be looking for with the scaling...

I finally bought the tf-100 test kit and it arrived yesterday. I did my first round of full tests to see how it worked, and all seemed fine except for two readings which were MUCH higher than the pool store tests. Results were: FC 11.5; CC 0; TA 120; CH 725; CYA 85. The two that are so much...

Hello All, Great to be part of the group. I have a long story of how I ended up here... We moved from North Carolina to Florida just under two years ago. My grade-shool-aged son's "condition" of the move was that the new house had a pool. (Pool or not, we were moving, but I thought a pool...