Recent content by Harbinger of Fun

Makes sense, I appreciate the explanation.

I am having my old aluminum bullnose coping and concrete decking repaired/replaced with cantilevered concrete coping. It's a vinyl-lined pool with wooden walls. The decking and coping is being poured continuously as one pour and will extend over the top of the now flat liner track...

Yesterday afternoon the pool company finished installing the new vinyl liner, cutting out and sealing the returns and skimmer plate, tucking the corners, and removing the vacuums. The pool was filled to 1/2 inch below the bottom of the plastic steps (which we also had "refinished") in the...

So I have a SWG pool, CYA is about 60ppm. Last week, I noticed some yellow "dust" in the pool, potentially mustard algae. This was odd as I keep pretty consistent FC levels at or above the mustard minimum. It spread really quickly this past weekend to the point where I'd brush it and it would...

I just realized that it can probably be shop vacc'ed it off of the surface. The pool people are not going to be happy when I ask them to do it... you know, since they created this problem. Any links to this? I was under the impression that the sand should be replaced every few years. Won't...

Had pool people open our pool Monday 5/14 to a green mess. CYA had gone to zero over the winter, so I let them dump a bunch of trichlor into the pool. They came back Wednesday and, without asking me, added Flocculant because "omg the water hadn't completely cleared yet in TWO WHOLE DAYS."...

We recently returned from being away for 2 nights. I cleaned out the pool beforehand, didn't think much of it given the short time away. Well, apparently there was a wind storm while we were away. When we returned, the skimmer basket was completely full and clogged. I cleaned it out and...

I have this question too. I last tested CYA in late July at 60ppm. I bought new R13 from the store (Taylor brand this time) and now my CYA is apparently below 20pppm?!? We did have Irma here where I drained twice. FC: 9 CC: 0 CH: 100 TA: 50 pH: 7.4 Salt: 3200ppm CYA: >0 but <20

It's definitely the SWG, because the bubbles noticeably disappear when the SWG cell is off.

I sampled some in a clear glass. The cloudiness seems to actually be very tiny bubbles which dissipate quickly. I wonder if it's related to me turning on the SWG to 100% while FC levels were still 30+

So something interesting has happened. After the water turned back crystal clear during the intial SLAM and stayed so during the beginning of the mustard algae shock, I've since noticed cloudy water and small bubbles attaching to the pool walls, especially near the shallow return. The bubbles...

Prior to the SLAM, I brushed thoroughly and vacuumed to waste. I've brushed/vacuumed daily since and thrice yesterday (and soon to be today). Fortunately, my pool has no water effects, no lights, and only two water returns plus the skimmer intake. I've scrubbed everything with a hand brush...

UPDATE Ran the regular slam @ ~30ppm for a little over 48 hours before I passed an OCLT on Friday night / Saturday morning. On Saturday morning, I then upped the chlorine to about 42ppm and cleaned thoroughly again, removed the ladder (likely my problem IMO), and soaked the equipment and...

Thanks for the advice. I began the SLAM last night, adding 6 jugs of 8.25% Clorox "performance" bleach bringing FC up to 27 after 30 minutes. Added another jug to bring it up to 30 FC. Waited another hour, tested before bed, down to 27 FC, so added another jug again. Tested in morning, down...