Recent content by ghall6292

Thanks! I'm already warmed up to 50 degrees in less than an hour. I'll just wait until the cup warms up to 70 degrees and test everything at once.

Which tests are adversely affected by very cold water (45 degrees?) I will not be opening my pool for at least another month, but I just want to see how my chems survived the winter. I suppose I could just let my Solo cup of pool water sit until it warms to room temp, but that would show...

Success!!! Suggestion #2 was the magic bullet. Just log out and back in; what a Dufus I can be sometimes. Thanks for coming to my rescue; it's appreciated! Gary

Hi, I just renewed my Pool Math subscription yesterday for 2025. I loaded it onto my Samsung phone. Everything went without a hitch. However, when I went to check that it was also synced to my PC, it said I needed to upgrade my subscription to Premium. I had just done this upgrade and paid for...

My advice is to hit Amazon. They sell spun polyester hairnets in packs of 100 (or more!) for very cheap. I think my pack last year cost around $10-$11. Not sure if they come in different "grits" or not. They're made for the food prep industry to trap human hair, so probably not. When they get...

Hi Jay, and welcome to TFP. I've been in your shoes, as has almost everyone on this site. There is light at the end of the tunnel as long as you're' willing to see it, as well in trust in the 10's of thousands of new friends you have just discovered. You seem to have the right attitude to become...

I did hear back from Lee, and he recalled doing a manual process for me last year for this issue. He is doing the same this year. Just wondering if I should just download the PoolMath app from the Google Play store and register in PoolMath as a new account. Probably no way to do this w/o losing...

Hi @Leebo, I cannot renew my Premium Subscription. I conversed with you last year when I had a similar problem. I believe you told me it may be because I originally ordered the app thru the Microsoft store. It is being used on my PC desktop. How do I re-subscribe frum perhaps Google Play...

I'm in good shape. This morning, I was at 6 ppm of residual chlorine left from closing in November. My CYA is at 40, just where I like it at opening. Still have a skim of ice on the cover, but none under it. I normally bump CYA up to run at 50 for the Summer, run my chlorine somewhere between...

Thanks Marty. That was pretty much my plan, but it just seemed too obvious! I was certain there must be something I was overlooking. Plus, my wife said I should post this on the Forum before I regretted doing (or not doing) something stupid. ME??? :rolleyes:

I just scored a great deal on a used Hayward sand filter (less than 2 yrs. old.) The previous owner was a Pool Store regular customer, and he used the pucks + bags of Shock methodology. It seems last summer he kept finding yellowish sediment on the bottom of his 24' above ground pool. He was...

As far as having a "proper home set up for testing," I most often use a small area of my pickup truck's tailgate. It's parked in the shade and the ice in my "prescription" won't melt. 🤫

After years of struggling with getting my 24' x54" AGP covered for winter, I finally found a simple (almost FREE) solution. Let me preface this by explaining that due to many trees, including pines, spruces, maples, beech, and walnut, leaving it uncovered would create a quagmire over the winter...

Thanks! Easier to just go pick some up. Also, that allows the old Boy Scout in me (BE PREPARED!) to relax and not wonder if I'll need it before it comes on the Brown Truck. :D

I just used up the last of my stabilizer I bought a couple years ago. I was going to order from Amazon, but noticed online that my local Wally-World has Clorox brand in stock for about the same price. No 2-in-one or anything; just says Pool Stabilizer. Priced about the same as Amazon for the 4"...