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Hey all - I don't post here very often. I'm on my second year of pool ownership and TFP after firing the pool guy. The pool looks great - the system WORKS! I just thought I'd relay a conversation my wife had at work with another pool owner at work. Guy-Yeah, you know when you go out to...

I went through several cheap backwash hoses my first year, and thought about running PVC. As a stopgap measure I bought a Haviland deluxe backwash hose (reinforced with fiberglass). It's still going great even after being left out all winter. You might want to check if they have a dealer near...

:rockon:Correct. All three criteria have passed. The CCs have never been above 1, and have mostly been at 0.5 or below. I THOUGHT the water was clear when I started, but the bar has risen on how I define "clear" throughout this process. I can't say which makes me more excited: 1) We can...

Finally passed the OCLT this morning. Now I can let the FC drift down and see where my other numbers are.

Things are looking good today. I vacuumed all the crud to waste last night and then brushed everything down. After a quick vacuum and brushing today, the pool is as clear as I've ever seen. I need to give the niche another brushing and clean off the outside of the light fixture housing...

Ran home over lunch to add chlorine, and everything I stirred up last night has settled to the bottom. Tonight, should I vacuum to waste, or like normal and let the filter do its thing?

HOLY $#!7!!!!!! So I decided to brave the SLAM level+ water, grab some tools and a mask, and see how to remove the light. It turns out that it needed a hex key. Fortunately I've assembled some Sauder furniture in the past, so I have some disposable ones. When I got the light out, it was like...

I still haven't figured out how to remove the light. I am getting the brush into the stepholes of the ladder fairly well. How unsafe is it to get in the water when you're at or slightly above SLAM level? (to get to the light)

Well, looks like we'll be at it another day. Last night: FC =18.5 This morning: FC= 15.5 or 16.5 (she ran multiple tests) An odd note: This morning as I checked out the pool, I noticed my pressure was in the backwash range (above 15psi bc my normal post-backwash pressure is 12psi) After a...

Thanks guys. I'm not really complaining about the process. Anything worth doing is worth doing right. I just ran home over lunch to test and add chlorine. The pool actually looks better than yesterday. We had gotten complacent about vacuuming and brushing since the previous homeowners...

Hi all - I thought I'd document my saga with the pool that came with our new house. When we first bought the house, my wife hired a pool guy that was recommended by one of her co-workers. After noticing his bills were routinely 2-4 times as high as his quoted rate, it was time to take over...

Hello all - I'm glad I found this site, and the trouble-free pool method. It's kind of like the paleo diet for pools. We bought a house this year with a pool. My wife contracted a pool guy on the recommendation of one of her co-workers. He was the cheapest of the people we found, and we...