Recent content by danblanding

I really appreciate your responses. I'm going to try to investigate using the guidelines suggested by 257. hopefully it's just evaporation!

I am losing about 1/2 inch of water per day in my pool and I am wondering if this is normal. I have an in ground 25,000 gallon plaster SWG pool with a connected hot tub. I am in Los Angeles CA area. I run the pool equipment 8-10 hours per day. Thanks for your help.

Thanks for all the info. I checked out the Pool School and it is so helpful! I read the section on staining and I suspect that the color in my plaster is from iron deposits. I tried the vitamin C tablet test and after holding the tablet to the plaster for about 2 minutes I removed it to find a...

Thanks for all the info. The previous owners installed a sacrificial anode so I guess I'm covered. I notice that the plaster has a dingy yellow look to it. The plaster is only 7 years old. I thought maybe the discoloration was caused by corrosion of the copper pipes. Do you think this might be...

Thanks for the replies...and the patience since I am now seeing that this question has been asked and answered at least a couple of times in other threads. :) I appreciate your help. And I will definitely check out the boards you mentioned. I have a lot to learn. -Dan

I just bought a house that has a salt water pool. I had a pool technician come check out my pool and he says I have copper pipes running underground and that I need to immediately stop running salt and switch to chlorine or I will ruin my pool. Another pool technician I spoke to said that SWG...