Recent content by Jaxbchjim

Thanks, I will give that a try. The pebble tec plaster looks really different dry vs through water. The base substrate or whatever is blue.

I don’t have a heater and have never used algeacide in this pool, so not sure where copper would come from. My only guess would be maybe the product used to stain the Rico Rock coping and waterfall, which is sorta copper-ish in tone (you can see it in the pic where my dog is in the pool). Seems...

close-up when new

Thanks, here is a picture when it was new.

A dark stain appeared on my Pebble Tec marcite back in early spring, about 18” long and 12” wide in a fan shape. From above the waterline it appears almost black, but underwater it looks grey/brown (see underwater pics attached). I first tried rubbing a chlorine tab on it with no results...

Thanks Casey however the trouble with that logic is that you mixed square inches with cubic inches. 480 square inches wouldn't come anywhere close to 480 cubic inches since the layer of wicked water is super-thin (perhaps a few molecules??). If the wicked water was 1/50" thick that would equate...

Thanks Tim. Do you think that the wicking effect could contribute to 1/4" additional evaporation per day? Seems like a lot, basically equivalent to what is evaporating from the pool and water features. My only other thought: when the water was drained below the coping I obviously had to turn off...

Hi, New IG pool in NE FL completed in April. Pepple Tec "marcite" with Rico Rock coping and waterfall. Losing 3.5" water per week, far more than our previous pool which was just a few miles away. Multiple bucket tests show 1/4" loss from bucket, 1/2" from pool per day, even without water...