Recent content by arpferd

Looks like the pool passes all three. I guess I was just surprised by how much chlorine I need to add every day :-D

Hi Butterfly, I brought the FC up to 5 two days ago, it was 3 yesterday, then 1 this morning (after which I brought it back to 5). I have not yet shocked the pool at all this season. Is the "overnight FC test" where you shock the pool until the FC doesn't drop overnight? Also, should I start...

I have the same problem, but I don't even have a Polaris return line. My Hayward pool cleaner has to be plugged in at the skimmer basket. I'm in the middle of lowering my TA. My quick and dirty solution was to take some 1/2" PEX pipe (flexible plumbing tubing) that I had left over and shove it...

So we had pool people for about 8 months after getting tired of the Leslies "buy a bunch of this and bring another sample so we can tell you what else to buy tomorrow" run-around. But they stopped showing up and after a few weeks I had a green pool. I changed the DE in my filter, threw in some...