Hi all.
Good morning,
I opened my pool few weeks ago and am happy to report that after all the partial draining and refilling I did over the winter, my CYA is finally in a good spot at 35ish (from at least 200!). But, my fill water TA tests at roughly 240ppm give or take (managed community well) and I'm slowly getting it down and controlling my Ph. I have been adding acid every night and am watching the TA slowly decrease, and I am now at 130 from 240. I became owner of this pool last September and it's very evident that previous owners did not follow TFP methods. I have a lot of white calcium scale on all the tile and rock waterfalls. My question it this: after I finally get the TA in a good spot and my Ph no longer rises a bunch everyday, will I be able to affect the water chemistry to try and reverse the calcium build up? Is that something that can even be done? I have already tried scrubbing some of the tile with pumice and pressure washing, but neither has made any difference. Will adding fill in the heat of the summer mess everything up and I'll just have to constantly add MA to control the TA and Ph?
Here are my test results from last night.
FC 4
CC 0
TA 130
PH 8.2
CH 210
CYA 35
Good morning,
I opened my pool few weeks ago and am happy to report that after all the partial draining and refilling I did over the winter, my CYA is finally in a good spot at 35ish (from at least 200!). But, my fill water TA tests at roughly 240ppm give or take (managed community well) and I'm slowly getting it down and controlling my Ph. I have been adding acid every night and am watching the TA slowly decrease, and I am now at 130 from 240. I became owner of this pool last September and it's very evident that previous owners did not follow TFP methods. I have a lot of white calcium scale on all the tile and rock waterfalls. My question it this: after I finally get the TA in a good spot and my Ph no longer rises a bunch everyday, will I be able to affect the water chemistry to try and reverse the calcium build up? Is that something that can even be done? I have already tried scrubbing some of the tile with pumice and pressure washing, but neither has made any difference. Will adding fill in the heat of the summer mess everything up and I'll just have to constantly add MA to control the TA and Ph?
Here are my test results from last night.
FC 4
CC 0
TA 130
PH 8.2
CH 210
CYA 35