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Well I wanted to follow up to give closure on this issue. This year I opened to more of the same stain. And I decided to do the acid bath and I just got finished. I used this article http://www.poolgeniusnetwork.com/profiles/blogs/the-zero-alkalinity-acid-treatment - to help me calculate the...

Thank you so much for the responses. I will try the no drain acid wash after season. Odd thing is its not gray or dark, its yellow/brown in color. Not sure if gray mottling is also yellow/brown. I still have a hard time believing it is algae. My CC readings are always 0 or less than .5 and...

[attachment=0:1d3mtcjg]IMG_20130718_194825_006.jpg[/attachment:1d3mtcjg]I am going to reopen this problem as I have never really figured out what it is. I have spent this season trying to identify it, then got frustrated and left it. The water has always been sparkling crystal clear. I can...

So if I had to guess I would say the chlorine removed the stain better than the acid doing the test again. Jason, would your advise be to shock the pool according to pool school? I have the 6% bleach on hand. Odd thing is, the water is crystal clear and you can not rub off the stains. I just...

Well I used some granular pH down and put in a sock and put it over the stain held in place with a big rock and I also put granular chlorine in a sock and did the same for 12 hours. Honestly I really can tell if either one of them did anything to the stains. I sort of think the acid did more...

Ok I have read and read so much on stains that I am confused. I have a pool that is exactly one year old. I seem to have some greenish brown moulting staining on the deep end and it seems to be getting worse and I can not rub them off. And some light brown green stains in some rough plaster...

We recently had a pool build and finished construction mid July of this year. Per the contract the pool co. is responsible for the first closing etc. I worked with them to close the pool so I had an idea of how it was done. Basically what they did was hook up a compressor to a plug in the...

Yes they are more than happy to put in a bigger meter and hook up............bigger meter.......bigger bill. ;)

We have brushed coping and stamped concrete deck. So far it is not slippery at all. Even when wet. I had fiber added to the mix, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Re: New build in springfield mo- update w/ pics Yeah thats first thing I noticed on the outdoor BBQ, the wood door. Love it. Going to be a nice pool too.

Not put in the Laminar deck jets. We hardly use them. We do however use the sunshelf with bubbling foot jets. I can get those to cascade 18" above water line. Kids love them and they look great. http://www.troublefreepool.com/our-pool-started-feb-28th-idaho-t29982.html I also wish we would...

I still have this to do as well. I will tackle this next year. The prep will be the most time consuming. I was going to use this product. http://www.hcconcrete.com/products/soli ... ed-sealer/ with an additive they call shark grip for slippage. It is a product you can get at a shermin...

We went with Gunite/Plaster, cost was about the same between liner and gunite. Cramar is right. We started the planning in Nov. of 2010 and started construction end of Feb 2011. It was a major up taking as it completely destroyed our back yard and route to the back yard. Winters come pretty...

Those are good points thank you so much. Hopefully I made a good choice, if not, you all will hear about it and hopefully it steers someone from this forum away from them. This is why I love this web site. Filled with personal experiences. The below is from the web page. Strength and...

All, Thanks so much for all your replies and help with this. I ended up going with HPI. I like the fact that the company had been around a while, they sew in the serial number on each cover so when time to replace, they can make up the cover exactly as it was sent to me. This means the...

Very little trees, most conifers. No raised surfaces. Concrete deck. And a little precious 2 yr old girl who can dang near swim, but still need the piece of mind a safety cover gives.

I am really looking hard at the HPI aquamaster solid with a center drain. Do you have an opinion with this cover? Surprisingly enough for Idaho, Boise just doesnt get that much snow or rain Dec through Feb. It just gets cold.

I am a new pool owner, so I have yet to go through the winterization. I am a little confused on if I need a solid type cover or a mesh will do. I have read the closing part of this site, but it doesnt address if you have to retest the water mid winter to make sure the levels are good or you...

I got a quote form GLI Pro Mesh which is 98%. May I ask why you dislike Anchor products?

thank you so much. I was leaning toward the tighter weave. 99%.

To tell you my experience, as we just put a pool in. A liner pool of the same volume was about 5k cheaper. 4 years ago when my uncle put his liner pool in, liner was running 10 to 15 k cheaper. We ended up going with gunite/plaster because we wanted a shaped pool with a shelf. And also the...

Hi guys, I am having trouble deciding which pool safety cover to buy? I have done all the A+B measurements and have gotten a few quotes from GLI, anchor and HPI, I am waiting on meyco and loop-loc. Can anyone give me advise? Thanks in advance.

Here are the pump pad pics I promised. Thanks for a great site. I look forward to using the BBB method to keep the water crystal clear.

Re: Pool Build - California Dreaming I think that is the most beautiful pool I have ever seen. Amazing job spillmar. I am at a loss for words. I love all the features and lights. How did you get those lights in the stairs? Just amazing.

Mine ended up being the light niche cord rubber grommet. Electrician didnt use the one that came with the Pentair lights. He just packed with Buytl tape. Quite a long process to get to this point. First time they drained it they went over every inlet, skimmer, redid the lights (obviously...

We use 6' diameter pans to test ponds per regulatory agency standards, but MajorDIYer is right, it will not be completely accurate with a small bucket. I kept my pool and bucket covered with a heat blanket while doing my tests.

Yes it is leaking, I just went through this with my new pool. Took two months to finally resolve. See 'Our Pool Started Feb 28th Idaho' in this forum. Although my PB it wasnt an argument. Probably because I am in the water and wastewater business, and know about evap tests. My leak was 3/4...