Recent content by carlbob

Here's a question for you scholars. Pool Water has been dropping at a fast rate. Did the bucket test, and the pool lost 1/2 inch of water from the bucket and over 11/2 inches from the pool in 24 hours. I've dye checked everything but the main drain and can see no signs of a leak. There are...

I didn't take a set of readings before i uncovered the pool but here are the readings from 2 days before I opened the pool. I guess it could be pollen, but I have a full solid cover on the pool, but i guess it could have blown in from the sides.. ph 7.5 fc 5 cc 0 ch 275 ta 100 cya 40 water temp 64

So I was bored yesterday and pulled off the pool cover. I knew there would be a few leaves and their were. What I didn't expect was yellow mustard algae on the pool walls and floor. I've kept up with testing the water and adding chemicals and running the pump for 4 hrs each day over the...

We bought ours a couple of years ago when we were walking through academy sports. Its a floating theremometer and it wasn't expensive. I've also seen them on the shelf at home depot and lowes. I keep mine in the pool year round since it doesn't freeze here.

I painted it on the hottest of all days last summer. It was 107 in the shade. It was dry enough to walk on within two hours and I put alll the pool furniture back on about four hours later. We had about a ten minute unexpected rain shower about six hours after I painted and it didn't hurt it...

My pool deck was done with kool deck several years ago before we moved in. I looked into many different options on paint from all over. I decided to buy the pool deck paint from home depot. Its been down for about a year now and its holding up well. I pressure washed the surface before and...

My pool pump motor went out last saturday. Ordered a replacement motor from inyo pool supply. Motor was scheduled for delivery on 9/22 and arrived on time. While waiting on the new motor to arrive, I simply followed my daily routine with adding bleach. I turned on the water hose and poured...

Ok I took your advice and took a vitamin c tablet and rubbed it on a 4x4 area of the pool wall. Most of the staining has disappeared. I live in the city of arlington and I wouldnt think we have metals in the water, but maybe so. These stains have been in the pool since we bought the house 2...

i know its organic stains because over the winter before I found this site I had been using chlorine tablets and granulated shock. The bottom came of the tablet floater and the tablets landed on the pool floor. There are nice bright circles where they had been sitting.

I had to go to the pool store today to buy some calcium chloride. Was talking to the store owner about the ugly organic stains on my walls and floor. I have already done the slamming process for 2 weeks as recommended by one of the tfp experts, but it didn't help with the staining. He said...

We bought our house with the pool about 2 years ago. The pool hand not been maintained very well. Its a plaster pool and the plaster has some etching. I know its going to need redone in a few years. The pool floor and walls are stained with algae. I have brushed with my pool brush, but no...

I am a newbie on this site, but we bought our house 2 years ago and we had never had a pool before. My wife googled the internet and found several people who do what they call pool school. It cost me 100.00 to learn about my equipment, what valves did what and so on. It really helped me since...

I purchased the tf 100 test kit. Thats the one everyone was recommending.

As far as how much water I used for the ch test, it was whatever the instructions said. I will start using liquid chlorine as you are all doing and save the tablets for next winter. Thanks for your recomendations.

I've had my chlorine pool uncovered for about 2 weeks now. The water is clear but I've been waiting for my test kit. Got my test kit today and took my first set of readings. All i have done over the winter is to add power powder plus once every 3 weeks and I have kept a chlorine tablet...