Hi everyone,
I've owned this house with this pool for about 10 years now. Sadly, I've really grown to hate the pool: it's like having a toddler; you can't leave it alone very long or it will get into trouble. That being said, we've had our share of issues: underground pipe leaks, pump dying, heater dead, spa tiles falling off...
Anyway, for the past two seasons, I've been having a lot of trouble with keeping my pressure down. Even after I completely pull the DE filter apart and clean the grids, I can only get the filter to run for 8 hours 2 days in a row before the pressure jumps up to 30+ psi. For awhile I thought it was a mechanical problem, but now after finding this forum, I'm wondering if it's a chemical problem.
I bought the big kit and here are the latest numbers:
pH: 7.5
FC: 10.5
CC: 1
T/A: 90
CH: 410
CYA: 100+
The water is cloudy and when I pull apart the filter to clean it, there's definitely a green to it. I also have trouble with calcium build up, particularly at the waterfall from the spa into the pool.
Any initial thoughts based on this?
Thanks!
I've owned this house with this pool for about 10 years now. Sadly, I've really grown to hate the pool: it's like having a toddler; you can't leave it alone very long or it will get into trouble. That being said, we've had our share of issues: underground pipe leaks, pump dying, heater dead, spa tiles falling off...
Anyway, for the past two seasons, I've been having a lot of trouble with keeping my pressure down. Even after I completely pull the DE filter apart and clean the grids, I can only get the filter to run for 8 hours 2 days in a row before the pressure jumps up to 30+ psi. For awhile I thought it was a mechanical problem, but now after finding this forum, I'm wondering if it's a chemical problem.
I bought the big kit and here are the latest numbers:
pH: 7.5
FC: 10.5
CC: 1
T/A: 90
CH: 410
CYA: 100+
The water is cloudy and when I pull apart the filter to clean it, there's definitely a green to it. I also have trouble with calcium build up, particularly at the waterfall from the spa into the pool.
Any initial thoughts based on this?
Thanks!