Recent content by gretta

They plastered Monday and put the acid in on Thursday. He was supposed to come back Friday or today (sat). Since I know acid start-up is not that great to begin with how many days is safe to leaver at a low ph if he doesn't show up until Monday? To be clear...these pics are before water. Now...

Hi all, I had my pool resurfaced 2 days ago and was wondering if this was what I should have expected for mottling. It is a white quartz finish. The pics are before the water went in, but it still looks basically the same. I knew it wouldn't be perfect but I was hoping for a little better...

The cup that holds the head is busted and we have a replacement just no clue on how to remove it. Anyone? A&A manufacturing style 1 type head. Thanks

Well, I guess I can see that the DPD kits are more user friendly to the novice tester. But I can find no excuse for making the FAS-DPD kits "order only." And why aren't the pool store employees at least somewhat knowledgeable? At the same time I have no sympathy for people who refuse to do a...

That's just messed up! :(

Hi there, I'm explaining to my husband that the new test kits in the pool stores don't have the tests that will go above 5 ppm of chlorine and he wanted to know if that's the case then why am I needing to put in more than 5ppm. He believes me when I tell him for shock purposes and high CYA...

Hi there, I'm not new to pools or BBB, but I have an out of town friend with a recently (vacation) green pool with a vinyl liner. She won't have a decent test kit until I get there on Thursday! I just need to know what to watch out for with a vinyl lining. Her CYA is 150 (at least...