Recent content by flippinGeo

The leak is within the underwater pool light conduit. Unfortunately there is no way to plug it. A contractor was out the week of 11/7 and "foamed" the enclosure, but it obviously didn't seal the leak. I just reached out to my landscaping contractor to coordinate the path forward. We are in the...

I’m with you, but I’m up against the incoming winter. The likelihood of them getting here next week (holiday) is slim and I’m at risk of temps dropping below levels that I can’t keep the pump running.

That is the way I’m leaning. Thanks for that input. To your question, I’m losing 200-300 gallons a day, which equates to about 3/4” a day. I need to add water to it ever 2-3 days before it drops below skimmer. Of course, to add to it, my hoses are frozen until about 12p each day… haha.

Hello my TFP experts, I'm in Maryland (Mid Atlantic), its less than a week before Thanksgiving, and my pool is still open. "Why?" you ask "would you still have your pool open?" That's a great question! It's not because of lack of desire or laziness, I assure you. I normally start the closing...

Holy Crud! So glad to find someone else to validate the alien horde of tiny black jumping bugs!!! I’ve never seen them before. We had a storm earlier this evening. I went out to do some post storm cleanup and my skimmer was full of them! There must of been over 100k of them. I cleaned out the...

Yeah I may. The problem is if I add calcium now it will be high by mid late season and I’ll be back to getting new fill water every year. At $1200 not ideal. If I could at least 2 years that would help by keeping my CH down

Sorry I lied... Does anyone have a recommendation on a digital pH tester. There are so many on the market its hard to tell the wheat from the chaff

OK, I think this is my last question on this topic. I appreciate everyone's help on this nightmare of mine. One way or another, I'm screwed, but now it's just about reducing the "screwtiny" level for as long as I can. So my question is... Is it safe/desired to keep my pH this high (basic) and...

Sounds good. So hold on adding CaCl though? Just seems unwise to add it as I'm trending +10 CH every 2-3 days. In order to hit near 0.0 CSI at current CH I'm going to need to bring/hold the TA at 120, holding a pH of 8.0.

That is correct. But because I’m not in a position to replaster again after just 3 years, I need to try and maintain this disaster. fill water was fairly balanced… but watch my logs. CH and TA just rise with no additions. (I did add some baking soda to bring it up slightly as my pH was...