Recent content by Hydrookie

Side questions… The concrete dude is coming today. I still have clouds. But… I’ve killed all the CCs. I have just run out of CYA reagent so I can’t see what’s going on. The strips are … strips. Says 60 ish Meanwhile… should I just let it sit now until after concrete talk? Or keep...

We have recently corrected a major drainage problem where we took on a huge amount of water from neighbours up the hill behind us. The pool over-flowed in about 2 hours. It was wild. The level of dodgy set up around here is amazing. I managed to get the pool back to balance but the CC was crazy...

No one has been in there for at least a week… but the rain and run off situation has been bad this summer. This water and pool has been through heck with the previous owner so we just decided to pull the plug, so to speak. I only just noticed this “using a sequesterant after the stain removal...

Side bar… the step and pebblecrete has a baked in greenish hue. That’s not new.

Today’s weather report: strong chance of cloud. Don’t know whether I can continue the legend of the stain treatment here but I’ll just do it until someone tells me not to do so. Part of being a rookie incudes cocking things up. Sooooo… FC 1.0 CC 2.8!! After all we went through to get to 0...

Hello - I find myself in the curious position of lurking and learning after buying a house with a wild 90s pool. The previous owner had a laissez-faire approach to most things related to maintenance and the pool was no exception. The pool was surrounded by crazy shedding trees. The weir door...