Recent content by jmw_man

I'm using a combination of test strips and pool stores. The Pool store I'm going to now is using an automated computerized test called ClearCare Expert. Here's today's results: FC 7.11 TC 7.44 CC .33 PH 7.9 Total Alkalinity (input) 136 Total Alkalinity (adjusted) 108 Calcium Hardness 414 CYA 83...

It rises by one from a starting pressure of 16 psi over time. So, today it's 17 psi. I don't think the gauge is defective.

So, I'm not exactly new, I'm a 9 year veteran of maintaining my own pool, along with the help of staff at 2 different Crown Pools and two different Leslie's Pool Supplies in the Dallas area. For the first 6 or 7 years after I bought my house with the pre-existing above ground 25' x 12'...