Recent content by Holiday

Yes, I suspect something is brewing. I have 0 CC, I believe. When I did the dpd powder test the water did not turn pink at all. I normally try to keep my FC according to my CYA level. I usually have the FC a little high as I try to get it just right, I feel it's better to be a little high rather...

Hi guys. This is our second summer with our new pool. We had a blue solar cover until a couple weeks ago. I never really had a hard time keeping the FC level right. The cover got hit by a hail storm and we replaced it after it had lost hundreds of blue circles and was really falling apart. We...

This link takes you to an older post with an excel spreadsheet download that you put in you SWG size, what % is't running and how long and it'll tell you how much FC you're producing. You can also put in how long you want to run, how much FC you need and it'll tell you what % to set it. It takes...

I know how you feel. Last week my pool builder finally had their "Pool School" for customers at their business. I went with expectations of maybe being told how my equipment works, how to take care of it, how to program it and how often to clean/change things. I was instead listening to the pool...

Manual calls for 9 pounds, but thinking back to yesterday I think I only did 6, my scoop does 1.5 pounds and I was thinking 4 scoops is so much faster than 9... and the math doesn't add up. :scratch: And there is a lot less DE junk in the filter than there was when I cleaned it, pretty sure I...

It's odd looking, but the guy assured me it was right.... The flow comes out of the top of the pump, goes under the filter and into the lower opening of the push/pull backwash valve and into the upper opening of the pump like it's supposed to. Then it comes out the lower filter opening and...

Thanks in advance for any help you can give. My pool was finished and filled at the end of February. When the pool guy started my system he added the DE dry into the skimmer, saying it was fine to do it that way even though I've read to make a slurry. Initial brushing showed very little plaster...

Thanks for the advice and tips everyone. We went to Harbor Freight and got a submersible pump. I'm using it to circulate water between the pool and spa. The main body of pool water seems to be holding the PH stable and rising very slowly, but the spa isn't. I've been brushing right after adding...

Yes, I did figure out that the SWG is going to be in that long stretch of tube in the bottom right of my last picture, they plan to install it after the 30 day start up is over and I can add salt. I felt silly not knowing that the box was a check valve :oops:, but at least I didn't plumb...

Sooo... A guy came out to get my pump moving my water around, and he spend a lot of time looking at manuals and my set-up and was looking at my backwash valve. He was thinking the plumbing had a problem, so I got my manual and double checked. He was right. The red circle is where water from...

I tested my PH on a whim and it was 8.2. So I diluted 5 1/2 cups of MA and poured it around the pool then brushed for a bit. The spa topped off with 600 gallons so the hose went back into the pool for the last inch it needs to be halfway up the skimmer. My ragamuffin had a blast being able to...