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I'll get a night pic soon. We put a pizza pan down to catch the marshmallow drippings. What good is a firepit without s'mores?

someone has to be the boss! :whip:

[attachment=0:nsw98qbl]firepit and patio-web.jpg[/attachment:nsw98qbl] fireglass purchased online. 60lbs diamond clear, 5 lbs sapphire blue, 6 lbs mandarin. gas was running to the pool directly underneath platted patio, so just cut and t'd into existing line. running bond pattern in pavers...

We use a rock called 'Iowa Rock'. Don't know if it's river or not, but has greys, beiges, whites, and faded reds in it. Medium sized. Holds it place great (better than pea gravel) on slopes and looks great. Not sure if they have that where you are.

yep. aeration in the evening with flow fountains/deck jets works for us. we only have a couple weeks we have to worry about this is St. Louis, though. Oh, and temp last night was 83. Solar cover is doing wonders holding temps for us. Initially heated it to 80.

Thanks, Jason. They are 'trumpet vine' if anyone is interested. There are different types of climbers....winders (wisteria, clematis, etc) and clingers (like the tpt vine). You need to make sure you use a 'clinger' on a wall. They get 'urn-like' flowers later in the summer. Great for...

Here's a pic of ours!

Done. Will repost new #'s tomorrow. Thanks again.

new set of #'s...5/13 FC 6 CC .5 TC 6.5 pH 7.2 T/A 130 CYA 54 Salt 2750 (I have put 160 lbs in this week) Still have the foaming on the surface. Any thoughts? Thanks. Ben

I don't believe I'm using any algaecide. I've only used stabilizer, liquid chlorinator, and salt. Not much debris in the pool...have kept it clean with a robot quite frequently for the last couple of weeks.

Today's #'s 5/12 FC 6 CC .5 TC 6.5 pH 7.2 I am getting a foam across the top of the pool. Water itself looks good and the numbers seem to be fine. Salt is showing a little low (3200). What is the foam? TIA. Ben

Here are new numbers just taken 4pm CST 5/11. FC 4.5 CC 0 TC 4.5 pH 7.2 T/A 120 CYA 70 I thought it looked much better today, so decided to take a full set of numbers. Great results! Anything I need to do to those? Otherwise, plan is to add salt (very low...2500). Thanks again TFP! Ben

got it. Happy Mother's Day 'fpMom'!

Let's see if I have this right. -add another 1/2 bottle of my liquid chlorinator tomorrow (Mon) -recheck FC/pH daily -should notice some results from in FC by Tuesday -retest CYA Thursday. One more question: currently my salt level is very low (2500). should I add salt now, or would that just...