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New plunge pool - filter recommendations?
- Under Construction
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Thank you! I will send a pic. We are the builders 
at least my husband is! He is not a pool guy but has had a pool person in already. The bench is an afterthought.
at least my husband is! He is not a pool guy but has had a pool person in already. The bench is an afterthought.Drained Due to CH Pushing 1000ppm..
- By proavia
- Just Getting Started
- 85 Replies
Based on your PoolMath logs, you need to focus on keeping your pH and TA in check.
If you were to do an acid wash and continue to allow the large pH and TA swings, you will encounter the same issues again.
Looking at you most recent PoolMath log from 5 months ago, it isn't really possible to have a TA of 30 and a pH of 8.5. How did you accurately measure a pH of 8.5. Also, with FC greater than 10, your pH will usually show higher than it actually is.
Review the extended test kit directions. Be sure to take the TA and CH tests to their endpoints.
Many stop adding dropss on the TA and CH tests before the endpoint is actually reached.
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If this was my pool, I'd choose option one of the three that @PoolStored posted in post #4 - and I'd test more often, focusing on keeping the pool closely aligned with TFP recommended levels.
If you were to do an acid wash and continue to allow the large pH and TA swings, you will encounter the same issues again.
Looking at you most recent PoolMath log from 5 months ago, it isn't really possible to have a TA of 30 and a pH of 8.5. How did you accurately measure a pH of 8.5. Also, with FC greater than 10, your pH will usually show higher than it actually is.
Review the extended test kit directions. Be sure to take the TA and CH tests to their endpoints.
Many stop adding dropss on the TA and CH tests before the endpoint is actually reached.
Extended Test Kit Directions Archives
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If this was my pool, I'd choose option one of the three that @PoolStored posted in post #4 - and I'd test more often, focusing on keeping the pool closely aligned with TFP recommended levels.
Should I get a new main pump?
- By PoolStored
- Pumps, Filters, and Plumbing
- 11 Replies
A Variable Speed pump (VS) should have continuous power and not be connected to a timer. The pump runtime should be controlled by its internal control panel and clock. A separate mechanical timer can control the SWG. Care must then be taken for the SWG timer to turn on 15 minutes after the pump begins running and SWG power off before the pump turns off. This can become a problem when house power is lost, and the pump retains the proper time while the mechanical timer does not. Anytime you lose power, ensure you check the settings on the timer and the pump. The flow switch is a secondary safety to the timer.
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SWG How It Works - Further Reading
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Let’s see your water after removing winter cover!! **RESURRECTED FOR 2025!**
- Swimming Pool Start-up and Closing
- 382 Replies
My pool is so ghetto compared to the others on here! A mural behind the pool would really set it off and make it look more classy!
Drained Due to CH Pushing 1000ppm..
- By PoolStored
- Just Getting Started
- 85 Replies
Your CH and CSI has been consistently high.
You have three ways of handling scale:
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You have three ways of handling scale:
- Run your water chemistry at a low CSI of around -0.6 or even a bit below and it may melt the scale off over a few months. This is the least damaging to your plaster finish but will take the longest.
- Drain the pool and sanding the plaster using diamond sanding pads with power sanders.
- Do an acid wash of the pool that will remove the scale but also etch the plaster, remove a layer of it, and weaken the plaster.
Calcium Scale - Further Reading
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Let’s see your water after removing winter cover!! **RESURRECTED FOR 2025!**
- Swimming Pool Start-up and Closing
- 382 Replies
It pays to have a good friend who is an artist when you build a ridonculous garage-mahal right next to your pool!Beautiful!! And the ocean in the background? Can I come vacation at your house?
Let’s see your water after removing winter cover!! **RESURRECTED FOR 2025!**
- Swimming Pool Start-up and Closing
- 382 Replies
Beautiful!! And the ocean in the background? Can I come vacation at your house?
New to me pool - Progress pics
- Just Getting Started
- 73 Replies
I don't believe that it is.
I just did another AA treatment and everything just disappeared, except for a few spot where there is rusting on the bottom of the pool.
I have yet to reintroduce chlorine, as I want to have these rust spots lift. It's been about 12 hours.
Is this from metal in the gunite eeking through, or just negligence from prior owner?
All of the spots you see are rust spots, and the are heavily concentrated in a spot on the shallowest end of the pool, and near the drain of the deep end. Rest of the pool is mostly clear.
Electric Heater without cover
- By JamesW
- Everything Else
- 21 Replies
Y = 84 + (-19)e^(-0.03825x).
X = -26.1438(ln((Y - 84)/-19)).
Y = Temp.
X = Time in Hours.
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X = -26.1438(ln((Y - 84)/-19)).
Y = Temp.
X = Time in Hours.
Y = 84 + (-19)e^(-0.03825x), x from 0 to 80 - Wolfram|Alpha
Wolfram|Alpha brings expert-level knowledge and capabilities to the broadest possible range of people—spanning all professions and education levels.
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I think I can, I think I can…
- By VinnyinNJ
- Above Ground Pools
- 36 Replies
One of my sons is in the plumbing trade, at one time he was in residential plumbing and needed to supply his own tools. I'm a firm believer in getting the best tools for working with them every day. He settled on Milwaukee Fuel 18 volt tools. Every single one of them are beasts at what they do. His co workers at the time had lesser quality tools and always were impressed with how well they worked. Now he's in industrial/commercial plumbing and they supply the tools ... sometimes not the best ones at that!Careful with HF. I needed a cheapo angle grinder and it did the trick for $15, but it had no oomph whatsoever and I could easily stop it from cutting.
For my one time small job I dealt with the sweet time it took to cut a 4 inch square, but if the project was larger, i would have wanted a more powerful medium cheapo tool.