Recent content by Greta

Thanks Catanzaro. I have only 1 skimmer and no main drain. I have been using the vacuum every other day for over 3 years now. This problem has just suddenly occurred, which tells me it has nothing to do with how I'm filling the vacuum hose. The guy at the local pool store also showed me an...

Thank you, I will, as soon as I can.

Thank you for your support. The new hose didn't solve the problem. I believe there may be an issue with the hard plumbing, as we're having drought here in TX and ground shifting. I've exhausted every other possibility. Thanks again.

I have examined the hose for any tiny hole and see none, and if it were a hole in the vacuum attachment point (i.e. the under-water hole to the skimmer), wouldn't it cause loss of vacuum all the time and not just when the vacuum hose was attached? I'm inclined to just buy a new hose, as I can't...

Yes.

I'm having trouble when trying to vacuum the pool. I'm doing it the same way I've been doing it for the past few years, but suddenly the pump started losing its prime once the vacuum was used. I have removed and lubed the gaskets, but as long as the vacuum isn't attached, the pump runs fine. I...

I'm testing with the recommended Taylor kit. You may be right that I'm not keeping the chlorine level consistently high enough. The pool is clean except for the yellow stuff that brushes up. Not a leaf or bit of other debris is in it. And the fact that the filter water is green, tells me it's...

Pool season greetings, I have been "slamming" the water for almost a month now to get rid of cloudiness, brushing bottom and sides daily and cleaning (green with algae) cartridge filter every few days. Using Sodium Hypochlorite 6%, holding chlorine level between 10 and 15. We've had lots of...

"Failed Chemistry" asked a question that's on my mind about shelf life of MA. My gallon bottle of Transchem muriatic acid says to dispose of it after 6 months. Mine is about a year old. I didn't think it expired, but now that I've read the label... I have added 6 oz to my 6000 gal pool twice in...

Thank you everyone for your helpful input!

That's a good point, Nathan. I have replaced water, so I must assume that my last CYA test was prior to the addition. I have also made the error of adding too much water only having to drain some off (a serious error here in drought-ridden TX). My testing chemical for CYA is fairly new, so I'm...

I'm sure this isn't a "new topic", but I can't locate an existing thread. Just got back from out of town and the pool water is turbid. pH is good, but CYA is not registering at all; no cloudiness in the test vial. I need to SLAM the pool ASAP, so can someone tell me the best CYA product for the...

Pool surface is vinyl. No, I don't know how CH got so high. Originally, I was using the chlorine tabs, but the CYA was so high that pool store sold me Calcium caplets, same product as "turbo shock", which supplier reassured me had no CYA in it. But that's only been for the past 2 months or so...

The pool is again draining...evidently I needed to tend to the CH before correcting pH and TA. The pool calculator recommended a 56% drain and refill with 0 CH refill. Hope municipal water isn't high. On reducing the TA, the part I missed was the repetition of the process. Guess that could take...

Since Thursday and the incremental addition of muriatic acid, the pH has come down from 8 to 7.2, but, alas, the TA has only come down from 150 to 125. Now that pH is so low, how do I bring down the TA? And, the CH is at 450! How do I bring that down?? Tech support from Taylor Kits said there...