Recent content by Jackslap

OCLT was essentially nill. Measured last night after sundown and FC was in the 4-5 range. 12 hours later this morning I just measured 4-5 again. So that is good news. Tonight before adding anything I will measure again to check the daily burn. I have a sinking feeling because this pool is...

The water looks great. I was just mainly worried about the CH levels. At this low the water will leech calcium from the plaster right? And the TA being that low will cause the PH to bounce correct?

So the winter was not kind to me time wise. I was not able to get as much done as I had wanted on this pool. The light was not replaced because the wiring for the light was never pulled through nor hooked up to the electrical system when the previous owner moved the pool filter set up from one...

Alright, update: I scrubbed the basin out with just plain water and a scrub brush today, got it looking pretty ok. I decided to fool with the acid a bit, I didn't have a lot of light left so I knew I couldn't do the whole thing at once. My pump sprayer is broken, just found that out today...

So first snag. That Darn cover ring over the light won't come off. The screw is corroded in there. I've used WD-40 and PB blaster to try and loosen it up, but the slot for the flat head screw driver is brittle and shallow. It won't allow for a screw driver to be used. I'm thinking of...

Thanks dude. Bought one of your test kits. Awesome. When I first got your kit I tested the water back in May. The CH reading I have from that chart is 190. I'm not sure if it would have fluctuated up or down from there throughout the summer but I never tested it again. I didn't do anything...

I drained my pool a few months ago in preparation for whatever I might need to do to make it better this summer than it was last summer. I don't have tons of money and plan on doing whatever I can myself. Any improvements will help I'm sure. Last year my main problems stemmed from...

Anyone, anyone? I read today about something called aqua guard. Anyone familiar with that? Cost + effectivness kind of thing.

If you view this video here you can see the same effect I'm seeing in my own pool with those slight blue colored spots showing through. Fast forward to about the one minute mark when he is sitting in the pool going over the materials needed. So it would seem to me that what I'm seeing is quite...

I've owned my pool now for about 14 months. When I inherited it, it was green etc. I straightened it up and used it this past summer, but due to all kinds of little divots in the plaster, algae is a problem. I know that the previous owner (family aquaintance) did not really care for the pool...

Apparently it works. The former owners dog just chewed up the power cord. I know how much these things cost and so it took me a few weeks to convince her to give it to me. I told her if I could get it working we'd talk price. You and I and the walls know that to fix the power cord costs...

It needs some work. One of the foam rollers was chewed up a bit by a dog and the power cord is severed. The drive belt is new according to the previous owner. Does anyone know where I can get parts for this thing? I tried the manufacturers website but came up empty as it is an old model and...

I inherited the pump when I bought the house 1 year ago. Don't know it's age or it's history. One day it started making a small whining noise. A noise that didn't exist until just last week when it started. The pump still works as normal, I haven't noticed any drop in it's efficiency. BUT...

This just occured to me tonight while I was dosing the pool. Stupid me has not been taking into consideration that I should be overdosing during the night so that the levels never drop below the minimum during the day. Here's what happened the past 24 hours. Raised FC levels to 13 last night...

Ah, forgot to mention that test results show VERY little IF ANY CC's. That should have been part of the initial post to help you understand just how much I'm losing to the sun. This is adding up man. Anyway, shocking pool should be the next step according to what I read. I will consult the...