Recent content by Hook_emHTX

I recently had my pool drained and acid washed. There has always been a calcium line on my tile since I purchased the home, so I had the company perform a bead blast as well. I had hope the acid washed would take care of a few copper stains I had from batteries falling in the pool, but it had...

I checked the pump lid and gasket, and no leaks are visible in the yard. The pump was cavitating all day until it shut off in the evening. I woke up today and the system is running just fine with no air in the return at all.

I recently changed my spider gasket, but I cannot see any water going in to my waste line. My levels have been dropping, but it’s been 100+ degrees this week, so it’s been hard to tell what is “normal” for evaporation. There is no standing water in the yard. I wish I could figure this out...

I was hoping maybe I can get a few ideas for troubleshooting my pool. I have a 28000 gal inground pool with a Hayward DE filter and 2hp standard pump. When I woke up today, I noticed air coming from the jets and my pump constantly cycling up and down with all of the air in the line. This has...

Hey all, Just wanted to post a follow up on this thread. First of all, the suggestion to SLAM was spot on. Even with blue water and a seemingly perfectly running system, after a few days of shock, my filtration system is running as designed. I never would have received this advice from...

You’re telling me. I just replaced the pool pump and the rest of my filter grids in the fall.

High FC was a user error on my part. I am currently using Taylor's TK-2006 for testing. I can post the rest of the details on my pool equipment later when I have a chance to confirm pool pump details. Good news is no loss of FC overnight and CC is 0 as of this morning. As for the comment...

I might also add that my pump has been running continuously without a need for backwash… so things seem to be moving in the right direction.

Measuring FC was a bit of a challenge for me. I walked both my wife and son through the process to help me with the readings and to make sure our results were accurate. We are sitting at 13FC right now with an inaccurate reading of around 20CYA. The test kit doesn’t measure less than 30 CYA, but...

I’ve received the test kit and have been measuring my FC since beginning the process, but just as a word of advice, I wouldn’t recommend doing your own testing in house if you are color blind. Fortunately, I have folks in my house capable of helping with test results, but they are equally if not...

I really wish I would have spent more time in here understanding the methods that are taught. With that said, I’ve recently spent a significant amount on trichlor and just purchased a couple hundred dollars of pucks for my online chlorinator. With that said, would it be safe to continue the use...