Recent content by emk35

Great, thank you. I think I will try that. I couldn't believe how fast my chlorine was getting used up after doing the ascorbic acid treatment so if there was a way to avoid that it's worth a shot! I will try to get my hands on some Metal Magic and see if it does the trick!

OK, thanks. Pool finally seemed to be holding FC again - no loss overnight so I went ahead and let kids swim today. Water has been clear pretty much this whole time with the exception of right after doing the treatment. I think I will wait till the weekend is over and then try more...

Hi all. So I discovered this site 2 years ago (have had a pool for about 5 years) and did a lot of reading (but no posting) and learned so much. I have been using pool school and pool math ever since then to keep our pool in pretty decent shape. Here is my current situation: We have a big...

Thank you. I was away and unable to get any pictures but will try to get some today when the rain lets up a bit. They should be starting the tile job on June 11 or 12. Right now we have a full pool but it is still effectively closed. Would it be better to just leave it sitting like this...

We normally have our pool company open and close our pool for us. I'd like to open it myself this year due to our circumstances. When we went to pump water off our cover to get it ready for the opening we noticed we kept running the pump and there didn't seem to be any progress. We realized...