Recent content by Dcarrill

Re: Opening pool CYA 0 but adding CYA to 30, what level to s I wasn't planning on just getting to 25 and leaving it I was thinking I would maintain that. I guess mostly what I was wondering is when shocking say I do the 12ppm for CYA 30 is 12ppm the minimum and I can do anything over that as...

I must have lost a lot of water over the winter because my CYA previously 40 is now showing as 0. So I know I need to increase that and have used the pool calculator to determine how much I need to add to get to CYA 30. I put solid CYA in a sock and have it dangling in front of the return water...

2 foot might be a bit of an overstatement I guess I won't really know until I get in there and start moving the soil around. Thank you both for your help I think I will start with removing the loose soil and see where I am at. At least now I have a solid game plan and feel a lot better about the...

Fantastic information Dave thank you very much. I think I may have to dig down a couple feet to get closest to undisturbed ground. Assuming I do that can you take a look at this selection and tell me what you think I should put in to fill it back up...

It is soft topsoil and unfortunately I don't have the excavator anymore. I just rented it for a day to clear up the lot and level it out. That was before deciding to get a pool and reading here. I was planning on just hand tamping it but I could rent a compactor if that would be best. I am going...

That's the thread that actually started making me question what to do. I assume the reason they suggest not backfilling is because undisturbed ground is compacted naturally. However the ground I plan on setting this pool on has been turned over and is not at all compacted. I'm just not sure if...

The place I want to put my pool had lots of trees and brush on it so I rented an excavator and went to town tearing it all out. I pulled up huge roots and basically ended up turning all the soil in the process. I want to place a 16' round summer escapes metal frame pool and from what I have read...