Recent content by Jeff F

Thanks for the response. They ended up doing it and everything turned out fine

I'm currently having a pool built and am close to completion. I'm scheduled to have a micro fusion midnight blue finish installed in my pool this weekend. I've been told this is a 2 day process, first they apply the finish and the next day they do a mild acid wash to expose the pebble finish...

Hi all, getting ready to to construct a new 32 x 18' inground Gunite pool. I have large sloping hill behind where the pool is going to be placed. My plan is to have a Waterslide built into the hillside and also a waterfall. I was wondering if anyone had an similar situations with the layout...

Are there an issues that may come up with having my chlorine between 7 -12? I have cartridge filters, would it benefit me at all to clean those? I drained about 3 inches this morning and I' m refilling now. I guess I will do this a few times in the next couple weeks. The problem that I...

Ok did the overnight FC Test and chlorine level went from 3.8 to 2.8 ppm? Should I be worried about this result? Water still looks crystal clear, but I'm concerned with my high CYA level still. I raised my FC to 7 this morning as well. We are in a drought in Calif. right now, so I don't want to...

I was planning on shocking my pool to raise chlorine level to proper range of 8 ppm. My question is if I use hypochlorite shock will that raise my CYA or just my calcium hardness? How much will a bag raise my CH? My chemistry is FC = 2.8 PH = 7.6 TA = 80 CH = 210 CYA = 120 20,0000 gallon...

I will do the overnight FC test and let u know. I'm blown away at how quickly the CYA climbed in such a short period of time. What do most people do that just use the chlorine tabs to keep the chlorine levels in check rather than liquid chlorine? Are they just keeping their chlorine levels...

Question coming from the new guy. I had a new 20,000 gallon plaster pool put in 7 months ago and the guy who did my startup seemed very knowledgeable and said just to keep the pool chemistry very simple, no scale removers, phosphate removers, etc, so that is what I've been doing. I read all the...