Recent content by dsm1212

Search for "limestone cleaner" on amazon or google. There are a half dozen products there with some good reviews. I've used the Simple Green Stone Cleaner indoors but not on limestone. It says limestone on the label though. steve

Mine is on patio blocks on top of about 8" of stone (same as pavers) in full sun. The condensation runs right away and I've never even noticed it. My ground is sandy beneath the stones though. What really irks me is when I walk behind the pool shed to feel all the cool air coming off the heat...

It is a fiberglass pool with no tile border. Oddly he changed his tune when he showed up. He drained it down enough that he says it shouldn't be necessary to have the pump. Same guy, I have no idea why he said something different a few months ago when the pool was installed. I ended up going...

Closing my pool for the first time and the PB is going to install the safety cover. He's suggesting I put an automatic pump under it on the first step, which is about 6 inches down from the top. I think it will keep water out of the skimmer so it doesn't freeze there and maybe crack something...

I seem to be in good shape now. My pool installer did a couple of tests on my salt level and it matched the SWG. My pool installer did a great job except for water balance. He just pumped in some water and dumped in the salt and left. Thanks for the startup help!

I had my water tested at the local pool store just to see where I'm at and there was one discrepancy with my own testing (CH) and with my SWG. So this is what the pool store gave me: Results from poollogger.com FC: 6.3 CC: 0.1 PH: 7.9 TA: 63 CH: 129 CYA: 69 Temp: 80 Salt: 3600 My own tests...

Ha, when I posted that I had set it to zero it was misleading, I had just set it to zero and if you see in the posting the FC12 was from 18 hours prior to that. I had still left it on that prior night so the SWG had run for ~18 hours at 35% after the FC12 test before I lowered it to zero. Having...

Thanks, yes 9255 was the manufacturer :-). My installer said he thought it was about 8700 gallons so maybe he is right. Tested last night (see below) and made no changes today (SWG still at 0%). I'm out of calcium but I'll add some more CYA tomorrow morning and recheck FC and CYA tomorrow night...

Good points, pool is small and swg ran at 65% for 32 hours. Set my sig, let's see if it works. Thanks!

Ok, so new fiberglass pool after filling and running SWG for a couple days I had FC=1, CYA=0, PH=8.2, CH=0, TA=50. Test kit is K-2006C. Initially I lowered PH to 7.6, added CYA, added calcium, bumped SWG from 50% to 65%. Adding the solid CYA required running the pool for 24 hours (instead of...

I did get the C kit, much more too it and front says "Service Complete". Chem dates are 3/19. So I can use them this year and through next summer. That seems good enough for me, but how long do they usually last? steve

I forgot to mention the pic was the same on all the kits. This one does say the model is K-2006C though. Person on their chat line says it is the C version, but I'll still update here when I get it.

New FG pool owner. Just purchased the K-2006C on sale at swimoutlet.com for $60.18 less 10% for first purchase. Seemed like a good deal so I thought I'd share before it ends. If this is in violation of rules here feel free to delete. I'm not associated with swimoutlet.com...

Regarding my question: "Does anyone sell a nice looking box in the US with a liftable cover?" Unless sanity prevails I have slippery sloped into looking at pool houses. Maybe with a bar like this...

Ok, I figure in the winter I'll tarp the equipment. When in use I was just going to have a privacy fence to hide it (no cover). The pentair quad cartridge filter is kind of tall to work on and I think to cover it I'd have to have a liftable cover or a full building. Plus I don't think I can...