Recent content by jballer

I chlorinate with liquid bleach and really only use the puck chlorinator as a supplement when we’re going out of town or I’m trying to increase CYA. Haven’t bought pucks and don’t plan to, but have been running down a big bucket left by the last owner. I want to go SWG, but the thing stopping...

Yeah it was closer to 60 when I started out, and I didn't mind it during the colder months when FC held easily. Think I can get there by loading my inline feeder with pucks? I usually chlorinate with 10% bleach from Home Depot, but inherited a bucket full of pucks with the pool and held onto...

Thanks for the feedback! Whoops - FC 4.8 CC ≤0.2 pH 7.7 TA 80 CYA 30 CH 575 Temp 79F CSI 0.32 I have no reason to suspect heater scaling, aside from some waterline buildup, and the fact that my domestic water fixtures and tankless heaters get mineral scale. The heater's manual mentions annual...

Hi TFP - thanks for your wealth of guidance. Bought a house and inherited a pool built in 2014, and I'm now a year into self-maintaining with the help of Pool Math and an initial SLAM. Some of the things on the list that I haven't tackled and would be good to know if they're urgent: - Haven't...