Recent content by JerseyMike37

In NJ and pool season is pretty much over. I'm debating on covering my pool early with a mesh safety cover (would close it but water is up around 68 degrees still) and leaving the pump and everything running until water gets down to 60? any thoughts on this, I would then just open the cover...

thanks, I just emailed them

I have been following TFP and everything has been working out well, pool was complete last September and closed until mid April. recently I noticed a small chip in the plaster in the sun shelf. I first thought It might be calcium but I reached down and it is a divot in the plaster. See pic...

thanks, that is just what I was wondering....so maybe I'm reading it wrong and it is really when the color first changes to salmon (and then changes back). I do always try to read the bottom of the meniscus (I was a chemist undergrad) but might consider the Tayler sample sizer.

good point, I will check when I get home, I did buy it from amazon and they often have older stock there

I recently converted my pool to salt water and initially added a bit too much salt (salinity around 4000) I bought the accuchek strips and confirmed it. Then I bought the Taylor K-1766 and that also confirmed 4000. I replaced around 10% of the water and rechecked...got 3800 on the AquaCheck and...

awesome, thanks for the tips

New in-ground pool (Gunite with waterline tile) finished in September, used for a couple months and closed in cold NJ.....I believe they dropped the water level when they closed it...I have a mesh winter cover and now it is up in the tile area so I am dropping it down. I have a couple of...

Ok sounds good

Btw it is a heat pump, not a gas heater

We aren’t using the pool anymore and the heater created more resistance by 8psi so I bypassed it for the last month or so Pump is single speed, should I run it overninght

pool installed this past summer and they didn’t have the cover in until mid November pool closing company said no big deal that they have orher people that keep their pools open through November Tonight it’s gonna get down to 30 so I’m worried about damage to the pool or the heater I have the...