Recent content by curcurt

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    Problem: orange film on pool walls; Cure: muriatic acid; What's the cause?

    I tried Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) on these stains and it removed all the stains. I still have some above and at the water line that it did not remove. It is like a hard water stain.
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    1st Winter with Pool...Various Questions

    Thanks for the info. I live in South Louisiana, in an area that gets just a few nights of freezing weather. Sometimes into the teens. Pool temp has reached 78 and heading down with more cool nights coming in this week. My pool pump time is set for 8am to 6pm. Should I start reducing this time...
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    Construction Day 1

    Thanks, we had a plan for our backyard and it didn't include grass. The trees may become a problem though. We are waiting one month to switch to salt, but the chlorine hasn't been that bad yet.
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    Construction Day 1

    It's done. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55071801@N04/42074034495/in/dateposted-public/
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    Construction Day 1

    Some additional work today.https://www.flickr.com/photos/55071801@N04/40541225240/in/dateposted-public/
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    Construction Day 1

    This will be close to the final design. We didn't want the cured tanning ledge and depth stays at around 4 ft overall, except for the middle will be 4'6".
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    Construction Day 1

    We are doing a 15 x 32 x 4 ft deep saltwater pool with a 5 ft tanning ledge and 18" bench area along each end. Wish us well on our new adventure, 1st pool.:o
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    1st Post - Just Starting to Get Quotes From Contractors

    I have picked my contractor and he uses Jandy equipment. This is all I have from him for now: 2 hp jandy pump 460 jandy cartridge Jandy PDA 4 computer (we are upgrading this to IQ20-RS Aqualink) Jandy aquapure salt system I have a neighbor that services pool systems, along with sub-work with...
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    1st Post - Just Starting to Get Quotes From Contractors

    I have decided to start the process meeting with pool contractors to get quotes for a pool. Looking at a 15 x 30 gunite pool with the overall depth of 4 ft and a 5 ft tanning ledge. Ran into one concern with the first contractor over my request for a saltwater pool. He stated that on other jobs...