Recent content by GApoolnoob

I just added about 3 and 1/2 pounds of CYA which should bring me up to 30. FC dropped to 9.5 during the day, the sun has not made an appearance.

I had been backwashing it very frequently when I first turned it on as the water was filthy. Filter pressure is sitting at about 11 psi which is about 1 psi up from the base readings.

The pool is roughly 14k gallons and I have a heyward pump and sand filter, not sure of model. It is a salt water system but I have not added salt yet. Salt levels are around 1000 at the moment. I have bought some CYA and will get it in this evening.

I would like to start by thanking ya’ll for such an amazing resource. I don’t think I would have attempted this if I had not stumbled up on these forums. We had an excellent pool guy but last year he hung up his hat and turned us over to a terrible pool company. We fired them in the fall and...