Recent content by Streeters

My pool is clear and sparkly.......I do appreciate the suggestion(s). Looked very carefully at the 3 B's.... am curious as to if anyone out West like us has found Borax and what has been your success rate with using them. Happy swimming all- :P

UPDATE: Test results So, I was wrong about excess calcium...I went to leslie's and here are the numbers from their testing: FAC - 10.0, pH 7.4 , TA-170, Calcium hardness - 250, CYA- 30+ and Phosphates- a whopping 1500 So, have added a phospate removal product and have been instructed to run...

Made my notes, will get test kit(s). I'd much rather spend the money on a good test kit - I really like the idea of using "real" chlorine (bleach) that will not add even more calcium to my pool. Hope I don't have to drain it - hubby said that's it for the year if thats the case. Water here is...

I've read pool school and other topics and I really think that the calcium has gone too high........the product I've been using is 57.8% calcium hypochloride which (of course) states it is safe for vinyl pools like ours. However, in reviewing everything else on this site it seems to be the only...

I need to get a test kit.....am embarrassed to say I have not used one for 3 years. :oops: My routine is/has been to run filter for 6 +/- hours per day, brush sides and bottom mid week, back wash, rinse, vacuum thouroughly then backwash/rinse everyweekend, shock weekly and add stablizer and...

UPDATE: Filter fianally back together water STILL cloudy Hello everyone, Well we got the standdpipe out, new lateral installed, put it all back together with 150 lbs of new sand (silica 20), filled it up, back washed & rinsed, added 2 lbs of shock (BioGuard "Maintain").......- ran the filter...

Update, I hooked the hose from the pump to the return and boy does the water move!! It was pretty easy- thanks for that great tip. So, I am now circulating for an hour or two, letting the water sit and then doing it again on & off all day. I have 2 floating dispensers with 2 tabs in each but the...

Thanks everyone.....the local pool store told me ALL liquid pool chlorine is 11 or 12% and to not add it....dang it and and she had no idea of what 6% was. So, I predisolved two1 lb packets of granular shock n clear that I use weekly in a 5 gal bucket 1/2 bag at a time and put it in all around...

Thanks so much!!!! We have a 13'x 25' , 11,000 gal splash pool - above ground, vinyl......don't think I can use liquid chlorine but will go to local pool shop and find out....other wise I will pre disolve the granular shock and pour it evenly around and brush well.....meanwhile put 4 tabs in the...

Okay, We took our meteor sand filter apart to change the sand and can't get the center standpipe off of the head. Just broke off one of the little fins, dang it!! They DO NOT fold up....... :rant: In spite of other sites that say you never need to do this, we found the sand packed up hard and...