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It's cold here in New York, pool is closed for the Winter. We are on well water and have been renting a water softening system for many years. The never-ending monthly payments have caused me to look at buying a new unit and installing myself. First thing I need to calculate is the hardness of...

I think it is fair to say a good number of people on this forum, me included, have taken on an 'obsessed' attitude towards pool maintenance. :D I'm sure we've all had that situation where at a social gathering someone casually something about a swimming pool, and then before you know it you've...

Just wanted to update everyone about how things are going... Rather than mess with the pool pump, I went to Harbor Freight Tools and bought a utility pump for $80. Put one hose off the pump into the pool and another hose from the pump to a series of splitters with 8 garden hoses connected with...

ok, so from a chemistry standpoint it looks like it would be fine to do. BUT another question... My electric pump is pretty weak and I'm not getting enough water pressure to run a sprinkler with any kind of coverage. So... how about using the pool pump to feed the sprinklers? I could hook-up...

I'm in New York state, inground pool was winterized last Fall and is still covered. Will probably open in June. The water level has risen all the way to the pool deck. Just this past week we hydroseeded (grass) a large portion of our property in an attempt to expand our lawn. We only have one...

Yes, screeding is what I mean. It's good to know that screeding is not standard. When the pool was built over 25 years ago, it did have a very smooth finish on all surfaces. But maybe different materials were used back then? And the vertical walls are now perfectly straight and smooth. It is...

Just finished a full vinyl in-ground pool remodel. 16' x 32' rectangular with 9' deep end. Just got the in-pool LED lights hooked up and first thing I noticed when I turned them on tonight was how irregular the surface of the liner is on the bottom and sides of the pool. It is bumpy everywhere...

This is my second season using the Taylor TF-100 kit + K-1000, so I'm pretty comfortable using it. The start of this season I got a full refill of everything, so all regents are brand new. I also had a pool store test the water, and I have two different brands of test strips that are also brand...

Went to the pool store this morning and had my water tested. They get CYA reading of 43 ppm. So that falls right in line with what I added. That kit test with the black dot in the bottom of the tube was giving my reading this morning somewhere between 70 and 90. Maybe I'm doing something wrong...

We just had our pool remodel finished last week. New vinyl liner and had water trucked in. Tested using my kit at home the other day and had CYA = 0. Pool stored tested it as well and said CYA= 2ppm. So I went to Wally World and bought Stabalizer/Conditioner, brand HTH. Says it is 96% CYA. I...

Yev That is another pattern we are considering. In fact, that is the one we would go with if we want to make sure our pool always looks blue, no matter what the weather and surroundings. Do you have any pictures of your pool on a sunny day you could post? How did the mosaic work out as far as...

We are remodeling a 20 year old vinyl pool. We are trying to achieve this kind of water color. Our pool is in direct sunlight, hardly any shade around it. Out of the liner choices our pool builder has supplied us, we think this is the only one that may be close: To my eyes it has a...

Thanks for all the feedback guys! I'll have to ask around for some quotes on a SWG from some other local places and see what they charge. Although I do not know the brand/model I was initially quoted. Dave, that blue liner looks great! Actually, your whole yard looks awesome. For stamped...

We have a pool that is a 16' x 32' inground with vinyl liner. The pool was installed about 25 years ago, the liner was replaced at least 10 years ago probably before then. Vertical walls are poured concrete, then the slanted walls and floor is I would guess compacted sand. Here is what we are...

Thank you!!! I used Metal Magic this week. I only used 1/2 dose (1 bottle in my 20k gallon pool). It worked great! It totally cleared the metal stains and there was no cloudy water at all. And only $16 per bottle. I'm sold on this stuff!

My guess is the algaecide used before AA keeps the green algae away, but from low FC for several days allows bacteria like pink slime, that is immune to algaeside, to grow.

I probably slacked on adding the sequestrant every week, but I have put a lot of it in over the past two months. Never going more than 2 weeks without. IN any case, I think I figured out the cloudy water. This time it was really bad, usually it clears up in a couple days after AA treatment. It...

Fill water is coming from our well. So yeah, I'm sure that's where the metals are coming from. I'm sure that's a big reason for the cycle starting all over. I just thought between the CuLater and Jack's Pink Stuff, the stains would not re-appear. Last time the stains were on the liner I tested...

I've been through 2 cycles of this over the past month. I have metal stains on my vinyl liner, very uniform over the entire surface. I treat with Polyquat60. I dump 1 lb of Ascorbic Acid into the pool, the stains are lifted. I put a LOT of metal sequestration into the pool. I put a CuLator in...

I want to know if it is OK to add Polyquat60 AFTER I started the ascorbic Acid treatment process? I have a bottle of Poly60, I added 1 lb of AA a few hours ago and 64 oz of sequestrant. All stains are lifted and water is looking blue, slightly hazy. PH is at 7 and chlorine is at 0.

Based on your pic and your descriptions, you are dealing with the same struggle I've been having for the past 2 years. I'll bet it is metals in the water. Buy a small bottle of vitamin C tablets and crush 3 or 4 in a sock and wipe the liner in a spot with it. I tried cleaning the liner with all...

Yes, to both.

One of my underground lines has a pinhole size leak, above ground, a few inches from where the hose comes out of the ground before it goes into the pump intake. Temporarily wrapped it with Gorilla tape and it is holding pretty good. But how should I permanently fix the leak? Here is an image of...

Yes, probably the smarter thing to do, deal with it before closing. But I tend to go the "do it the hard way" route . And I wasnt very clear. I knew there was some staining earlier this year, but due to the pattern of the liner i did not realize how extensive the staining was until i lowered the...

If it helps any, the small ares I wiped off super easy with the vitamin C solution. So although its been like this for most of the season the stain hasn't "stuck" at all.

Started draining the water below the skimmer and noticed the liner and stairs all around the pool below the water level all tinted a yellowish-orange color. Crushed up some Vitamin C tablets in a sock and wiped the stains and they came away instantly, revealing a pretty big contrast with the...

ok, well here is what I did... Brought the FC up to 20 with bleach. Then put 4 pucks in the floater and solar cover on. We'll see.

Typically 1-2 FC per day. And when we were having 95 degree weather full sun days it was closer to 3-4 FC per day. Forecast looks like high 70's low 80's and partly cloudy for most of the week I'll be gone.

I'll be gone for a week with nobody to look after things. Here are my current numbers... FC 12 CC 0 pH 7.6 TA 110 CYA 90 I cannot do a large scale drain and refill to get my CYA down, I plan on doing that at the beginning of next season. So I just need to work with what I've got. I do...

Got it. Did it. Done. Thanks!