Recent content by jerseypool

Will do. Thanks!

With my old DE that was absolutely the case. Flow would be noticeable different at the returns with only a few pounds increase in pressure. Surface area was only like 90 inches or something. Cartridge filter has 420 inches of areas so the flow is not very affected at similar pressure...

You will not regret it. Every time I drive past a big puddle of water from all of the neighbors washing their DE and water down the drain I know I did the right thing.

Yes. I brush every day 😁 The cya reading using the Taylor kit is hard for me to see so I usually take to a pool place to read the cya and confirm my results. Two different places had it at 47 using the electronic spinny test thing. Not reagents. I did actually take it up to 25 ppm albeit for a...

Yes. Totally agree. Trying to be patient but My 9 year old supervisor and 12 year old manager are very pushy and quick to point out that the neighbors pool was also black and they are now swimming. I have a 2 year old pentair 420 cartridge set up. I listed cleaning routine in previous post. I...

Thank you for the info on TA. I have riding that merry go round for many summers. Will be nice to get off. I hear you on the CYA. Last year I didn’t add it until after it was clear and I thought I lost way too much chlorine due to the sun. This year it looks like I over corrected to soon. Pool...

Been using BBB method following this forum since 2015. Always have great success opening pool even without having a good cover. Ours has some holes and Dog likes to run across it like it’s not there so haven’t used it for 3 years. I do blow out lines and put all equipment in shed for the winter...